Since the Mimer Data Provider is a written in managed code it can be used with the Mono runtime as well as the Microsoft .NET runtime. With Mono it is possible to write .NET application for other platforms than Microsoft Windows, for example Linux and Solaris.

Mimer Data Provider 9.3 have been successfully tested on Mono versions 1.0.6 and 1.1.4. There might be some limitations and constructs that are not allowed when Mono is used. For details, see the Mimer Data Provider release notes.

To use Mimer Data Provider on Mono, download the zip distribution that only contains the DLL and some documentation, unzip it an follow the instructions below. On Windows you can use the standard installation program to get the manuals installed as well. To use the installed DLL with Mono, follow the steps below.

The Mimer Data Provider is not installed in the Mono Global Assembly Cache (GAC) by the Windows installation program. To install the DLL in the GAC simply open a Mono prompt, cd to the Mimer Data Provider installation directory, and execute the command "gacutil -i Mimer.Data.Client.dll". To uninstall Mimer Data Provider from the GAC, open a Mono prompt, cd to the Mimer Data Provider installation directory, and execute the command "gacutil -u Mimer.Data.Client".
To install or remove Mimer Data Provider from the GAC on Linux, Solaris or any other OS use the same procedure as above, but use the directory where you unpacked the zip files since there are no installation directory.

See Also

Mimer Data Provider release notes

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