.NET Inadequacies

Let me start by saying that .NET is a very good development environment and =
believe it is the language of the future.  I have been porting a product from =
VC 6.0 c++ to .NET C# for about 1 year.  I have ported tens of thousands of =
lines of c++.  I have TRIED to code 100% managed code so that our product can =
run in the various security modes (Internet,Intranet,My computer,etc...) .  I =
have come up with a list of Inadequacies that have prevented me from my goal of =
100% managed secure code.  The reason I feel 100% managed code is important is =
that it provides the end user with the security that is required in today's =
networks, and without security our .NET application won't fly in the market =
place.  The Inadequacies are few and I hope Microsoft can address them in the =
next release (right).  Here they are:

1. Win Forms Keyboard events do not include the scan code.  I don't know why =
Microsoft did not include the key scan code in the KeyUp and KeyDown events =
since they are in the win32 WM_KEYDOWN and WM_KEYUP messages.  Our application =
has a sophisticated keyboard mapper and requires the scan code.  I can override =
the WndProc and get the scan code, but this prevents the application from =
running in other than the MyComputer security zone properly since security =
prohibits overriding the WndProc.

2. Win Forms has no way to get the state of the NUM LOCK, CAPS LOCK, and SCROLL =
LOCK keyboard states.  It is true, I can PInvoke the win32 api to get this, but =
this violates the security laws for everything except the My Computer security =
zone.

3. There is no c# Win Forms call to sound the alarm or beeper.  i.e. =
MessageBeep(0) It is true, I can PInvoke the win32 api to get this, but this =
violates the security laws for everything except the My Computer security zone.

That's all I have !  It is not much considering the amount of c++ code I have =
ported !  If anyone can tell me how to solve these issues in managed code that =
will run in the Internet security zone I would be a very very happy camper !

jeff roberts

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