Make XenCenter compile / run with mono

[hoerup]

XenCenter is a great tool unfortunately it's windows only. It would be greate if it could compile and run on mono so it can be used on OS X and Linux.

(I tried during the weekend and with Mono 3.0.12 + a few modifications I got the source to compile but didn't succeeed in getting the binary running)

[djs55]

Could you post what you did to make it compile, and the specific error
message you get when you try to run it? Thanks!

On Monday, July 15, 2013, Torben H. Nielsen wrote:

XenCenter is a great tool unfortunately it's windows only. It would be
greate if it could compile and run on mono so it can be used on OS X and
Linux.

(I tried during the weekend and with Mono 3.0.12 + a few modifications I
got the source to compile but didn't succeeed in getting the binary running)

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Dave Scott

[hoerup]

With this commit it at least compiles:
https://github.com/hoerup/xenadmin/commit/dca9a0e80069d10c7a74fcf76cdd016ddc08e47e

[hoerup]

XenCenterLib/Win32.cs +
XenAdmin/Core/Drawing.cs
and other modules with DllImports doesn't exactly improve portability

[hoerup]

ComponentResourceManager::ApplyResources also has troubles under mono
#if !MonoCS
resources.ApplyResources(this.tableLayoutPanel1, "tableLayoutPanel1");
#endif

[hoerup]

This is more of a mono bug than a XenCenter issue but the call to Properties.Settings.Default.Save();
in Settings.Cs :: TrySaveSettings() dies in a NotImplementedException() thrown in https://github.com/mono/mono/blob/master/mcs/class/System/System.Configuration/SettingValueElement.cs Unmerge() function.

This has the effect that all attempts to save data fails (and the function aborts)

[ko-85]

In my first assembly also had problems with the character case and exception types. Now do rebuild with mono 3.1 and monodevelop 4.1.4. Maybe things will improve.

[ko-85]

Built, but now when running:

Unhandled Exception:
System.TypeInitializationException: An exception was thrown by the type initializer for XenAdmin.Program ---> System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object
at XenAdmin.Program..cctor () [0x0009b] in /home/oleg/proj/xenadmin/XenAdmin/Program.cs:101
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
[ERROR] FATAL UNHANDLED EXCEPTION: System.TypeInitializationException: An exception was thrown by the type initializer for XenAdmin.Program ---> System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object
at XenAdmin.Program..cctor () [0x0009b] in /home/oleg/proj/xenadmin/XenAdmin/Program.cs:101
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---

[krono]

bump for awareness

[natecarlson]

What the hey, I'll bump it too. :)

[stephen-turner]

We (the maintainers) would be very happy if anyone wants to look at this! We saw this as one of the possible benefits when we open-sourced the code.

[sammcj]

+1 It would be great to have XenCentre run under OSX, currently our admins have to run windows VM's and pay for licenses to Microsoft just so we can run XenCentre.

[Jahsis]

+1 it would be great implementation.

[hoerup]

Jahsis sammcj natecarlson and krono: Bump's or +1's doesnt do anything helpfull to get this resolved. The only helpfull thing to do is creating patches / pull requests

[kallisti5]

Here are the package requirements for mono under linux: (Add->Add packages in mono develop)

XenCenterLib:

• DotNetZip
• log4net

XenCenterVNC:

• log4net

XenModel

• log4net
• XML-RPC.net

XenOvfApi

• log4net

XenOvfTransport

• log4net
• Discutils