Sorry but I do not currently test or support the WebStore feature on Mono. Most people using Mono use either SQLite or pgsql, the only reason you even see webstore at all is because you configured for MySql, most Mono users will never even see that feature. I will be careful next release to make sure I leave out those files from the Mono packages.

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Joe

I have no plans at this point to support that feature on Mono.

I've been working with Mono since 2004 and while I like Mono and the idea of running mojoPortal on linux, it has always been a buggy platform that I would not recommend for any important production deployment of mojoPortal. I would say that any site that wants to do ecommerce is an important production site and I would not recommend running such a site on Mono at this time therefore I don't plan to put any effort into testing or supporting WebStore on Mono. My current recommendation is if you want to do ecommerce then use Windows hosting. I would love to be able to recommend Mono for production and since 2004 I've thought some day I will be able to recommend it, but so far it is always someday in the future and I'm still waiting. Each release of Mono has improvements but often also new bugs. I don't really blame the Mono team because they try hard but they are chasing a moving target as ASP.NET keeps evolving with new versions and Mono will always be a few steps behind or more. When someday comes and Mono is a stable and reliable platform for mojoPortal in general, then I would consider trying to support WebStore on Mono, but not until then.

Best,

Joe

I will look into this when I get a chance. If it causes the error on windows I will consider it a bug and find a way to fix it. If it only happens on Mono then it is most likely a Mono bug and you should keep it disabled to avoid that error.

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Joe

I added that in code but the thing is, that is a compiler directive and I don't compile WebStore for MONO, I only compile it for Windows. The way I produce a deployment package for Mono is to first produce a package for Windows then I compile the mojoportal.mono.sln on linux using MonoDevelop, then I replace the dlls with the ones compiled on linux/mono. But my mojoportal.mono.sln file does not include the projects for webstore since I do not currently intend to support that.

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Joe

I already said why in a previous post.

1. I don't think Mono is ready for important production sites, ecommerce by definition requires an important production site.
2. WebStore is in early stages of development and it only supports MS SQL /MySql which I do not package for Mono.
3. I do not support WebStore for pgsql nor sqlite, nor firebird, nor sqlce
4. I choose not to package nor support WebStore for Mono at this time.

Sorry if that disappoints you but that is the way it is. It is open source if you want to make your own projects and custom solution to build WebStore on llinux/mono with MonoDevelop that is up to you, but at this time I choose not to.

Best,

Joe