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Re: .Net packaging/wrapper application?
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Re: .Net packaging/wrapper application? -
12-30-2007
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*"Family Tree Mike" <FamilyTreeMike (AT) discussions (DOT) microsoft.com> wrote in message news:5DBCB6AF-010C-4B6F-B4C4-9152387554A5 (AT) microsoft (DOT) com... "jim" wrote: I may be missing your goal with this, but, it looks like these tools are designed to create something similar to what VMWare does, a distributable preconfigured machine. Have you looked at VMWare? If so, does it lack some capability you need? VMWare is great. However (if I understand the creation of virtual appliances correctly), it carries with it a HUGE overhead because it wraps up the entire OS with your virtual appliance. Virtual appliances created for/from VMWare also require a license for every copy if you distribute any proprietary operating system (like Windows XP, Vista, 2003 Server, etc.) in your virtual appliance - that's why virtually every virtual appliance you see is done with Linux. jim * |
Here's a backwards way of doing it, but it might work. (disclaimer: I
haven't done this, its only a suggestion for research) I know that gcc
can be used as a cross compiler. See if it can compile IL into a win32
binary. If so, you want to have it build a statically linked win32 exe.
That is essentially what you're looking for. (You may need Mono to do
this... don't really know)
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dviljoen
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jim wrote: *"Family Tree Mike" <FamilyTreeMike (AT) discussions (DOT) microsoft.com> wrote in message news:5DBCB6AF-010C-4B6F-B4C4-9152387554A5 (AT) microsoft (DOT) com... "jim" wrote: I may be missing your goal with this, but, it looks like these tools are designed to create something similar to what VMWare does, a distributable preconfigured machine. Have you looked at VMWare? If so, does it lack some capability you need? VMWare is great. However (if I understand the creation of virtual appliances correctly), it carries with it a HUGE overhead because it wraps up the entire OS with your virtual appliance. Virtual appliances created for/from VMWare also require a license for every copy if you distribute any proprietary operating system (like Windows XP, Vista, 2003 Server, etc.) in your virtual appliance - that's why virtually every virtual appliance you see is done with Linux. jim * Here's a backwards way of doing it, but it might work. (disclaimer: I haven't done this, its only a suggestion for research) I know that gcc can be used as a cross compiler. See if it can compile IL into a win32 binary. If so, you want to have it build a statically linked win32 exe. That is essentially what you're looking for. (You may need Mono to do this... don't really know) -- dviljoen ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Posted via http://www.codecomments.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
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