[IronPython] Windows Forms on Mac OS X

[Michael Foord]

Hello all,

I've solved the Windows Forms on Mac OS problem. Although I had X11 
installed I wasn't running IronPython from xterm.

Doing that fixed Windows Forms *and* the problem with the delete key in 
the interactive interpreter.

All the best,

Michael Foord
http://www.ironpython.info/

Michael Foord wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> Has anyone had any success getting Windows Forms to work with IronPython 
> and Mono on Mac OS X?
>
> Mono claims to support Windows Forms on Mac OS, but instantiating a form 
> dies horribly (see below). I have the Apple X11 installed.
>
> Some (old) Winforms bug reports suggested I might need to add references 
> to the config file - but these are already in place in the current 
> release of Mono.
>
> Also - the bug on Mono where the backspace key doesn't work in the 
> console (I realise this is the wrong place to complain about this) is 
> really annoying. :-)
>
> IronPython 1.1a1 (1.1) on .NET 2.0.50727.42
> Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
>  >>> import clr
>  >>> clr.AddReference('System.Windows.Forms')
>  >>> from System.Windows.Forms import *
>  >>> f = Form()
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File System.Windows.Forms, line unknown, in .cctor
>   File System.Windows.Forms, line unknown, in GetInstance
>   File System.Windows.Forms, line unknown, in .ctor
>   File System.Windows.Forms, line unknown, in SetDisplay
>   File System.Windows.Forms, line unknown, in .ctor
>   File System.Windows.Forms, line unknown, in .ctor
>   File System.Windows.Forms, line unknown, in .ctor
>   File System.Windows.Forms, line unknown, in .ctor
>   File System.Windows.Forms, line unknown, in InternalSizeFromClientSize
>   File System.Windows.Forms, line unknown, in get_CreateParams
> SystemError: An exception was thrown by the type initializer for 
> System.Windows.Forms.XplatUI
>  >>>
>
> All the best,
>
> Michael Foord
> http://www.ironpython.info
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