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I have a C++ .NET COM DLL wrapper to a C# COM DLL and I was curious, would it be possible to build the wrapper using Mono on UNIX? When I try, I get a lot of errors like these:

$>/opt/mono/bin/mcs /target:library *.cpp -recurse:'*.cpp' -warn:0 -out:my.dll -r:System.Windows.Forms.dll -r:System.Data.dll -r:System.Xml.Linq.dll

/AssemblyInfo.cpp(2,18): error CS1024: Wrong preprocessor directive
/AssemblyInfo.cpp(4,6):  error CS1041: Identifier expected, `namespace' is a keyword
/AssemblyInfo.cpp(4,22): error CS1001: Unexpected symbol `;', expecting identifier
/AssemblyInfo.cpp(42,1): error CS8025: Parsing error

I'm still new to COM and Mono, so I apologize if this idea is fundamentally flawed.

PS. If there's an interest I can include the actual code, but I'm more curious about the general mechanics.

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Mono is a C# compiler, not a C++ compiler, which is why it's generating errors when trying to compile your C++ code. –  Darius Makaitis Oct 1 '12 at 23:05
    
@dmakaitis Thanks! I guess I had assumed it did all .NET and not just C#. =) –  Nefariousity Oct 2 '12 at 15:35

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COM components are not cross plateform, and it works only on Windows OS, the equivalent cross plateform alternative is XPCOM used by Firefox for example.

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