# Can mapwingis support Linux systems?

**URL:** <https://mapwindow.discourse.group/t/can-mapwingis-support-linux-systems/221>\
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**Created:** [August 9, 2019, 3:03am UTC](https://mapwindow.discourse.group/t/can-mapwingis-support-linux-systems/221 "2019-08-09T03:03:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![zcw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c4cdca/32.png) [@zcw](https://mapwindow.discourse.group/u/zcw)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2019, 3:03am UTC](https://mapwindow.discourse.group/t/can-mapwingis-support-linux-systems/221/1 "2019-08-09T03:03:09Z")

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Can the program based on mapwingis be changed to run under linux?I have been using mapwingis in the MFC framework. Now I need to develop it on Linux. Is mapwingis+Qt possible?

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**Author:** ![pmeems](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/mapwindow.discourse.group/pmeems/32/9_2.png) [@pmeems](https://mapwindow.discourse.group/u/pmeems)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2019, 8:52am UTC](https://mapwindow.discourse.group/t/can-mapwingis-support-linux-systems/221/2 "2019-08-09T08:52:42Z")

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MapWinGIS uses the ActiveX Control framework which only works on Windows.  
We’ve spoken in the past about splitting MapWinGIS into a set of dlls that do the work and an ActiveX Control as a wrapper.  
Those dlls could then be used with Qt on Linux/Mac.

But it was only spoken of. It turned out to be a lot of work. If you feel up to it you can fork the code and try it yourself.  
When it works we can merge your work.

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**Author:** ![pmeems](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/mapwindow.discourse.group/pmeems/32/9_2.png) [@pmeems](https://mapwindow.discourse.group/u/pmeems)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2022, 3:08pm UTC](https://mapwindow.discourse.group/t/can-mapwingis-support-linux-systems/221/3 "2022-01-05T15:08:51Z")

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Closed on January 5, 2022, 3:08pm UTC