[PDFBOX-675] Upgrade .Net build to use IKVM version 0.42

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 1.2.0
• Assignee: Daniel Wilson
• Reporter: Daniel Wilson
• Created: 31/Mar/10 01:09
• Updated: 01/Jul/10 07:26
• Resolved: 08/Apr/10 23:39

Description

The current .Net build script (ant build.NET) is for IKVM 0.38, released 15 months ago.

Since that time, IKVM has grown to support a larger portion of the Java object model. I am currently investigating the possibility of improved font support, as our IKVM-compiled version crashes if PDType1CFont.prepareAWTFont is called.

The downside of the upgrade will be loss of support for the .Net 1.1 Framework. In my opinion, that is not a big deal as very few projects still rely on it.

I welcome opinions before committing any changes.