diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 78d293399..4889898fe 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,17 @@
+2002-10-26  Mike Kestner <mkestner@speakeasy.net>
+
+	Much of this patch from Vlad, with substantial rework by mk.
+	* */makefile.win32 : introduce mapdllnames.pl, api, and glue
+	* generator/CallbackGen.cs : rework namespacing for csc compilation
+	* generator/Parameters.cs : ditto
+	* generator/Signal.cs : ditto
+	* generator/SignalHandler.cs : ditto
+	* glue/win32dll.c : new dll construction source
+	* glib/Value.cs : new ushort ctor/cast operator
+	* gtk/Table.custom : comment this out until we add a default ctor tag
+	* gtk/ThreadNotify.cs : make ReadyEvent public
+	* sources/Gdk.metadata : mark a Parse() param as ref
+	
 2002-10-26  Ettore Perazzoli  <ettore@ximian.com>
 
 	* glib/Object.cs: Changed so that Objects is a hash of
diff --git a/api/makefile.win32 b/api/makefile.win32
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..7233d2847
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/makefile.win32
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+all: generated-stamp
+
+generated-stamp: atk-api.xml gdk-api.xml gdk-symbols.xml gtk-api.xml gtk-symbols.xml pango-api.xml ../generator/codegen.exe
+	../generator/codegen --generate atk-api.xml gdk-api.xml gdk-symbols.xml gtk-api.xml gtk-symbols.xml pango-api.xml
+	touch generated-stamp
+
diff --git a/atk/makefile.win32 b/atk/makefile.win32
index 9e9ec49c4..bfa646551 100644
--- a/atk/makefile.win32
+++ b/atk/makefile.win32
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 all: windows
 
 windows:
+	../mapdllnames.pl generated/*.cs
 	$(CSC) /unsafe /target:library /r:../glib/glib-sharp.dll /r:../pango/pango-sharp.dll /out:atk-sharp.dll /recurse:*.cs
 
 docs:
diff --git a/gdk/makefile.win32 b/gdk/makefile.win32
index 2e62fed7b..2f6e6c253 100644
--- a/gdk/makefile.win32
+++ b/gdk/makefile.win32
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 all: windows
 
 windows:
-	$(CSC) /unsafe /target:library /r:../glib/glib-sharp.dll /r:../pango/pango-sharp.dll /r:../atk/atk-sharp.dll /out:gdk-sharp.dll /recurse:*.cs
+	cat *.cs generated/*.cs > allthesource.cs
+	../mapdllnames.pl allthesource.cs
+	$(CSC) /unsafe /target:library /r:../glib/glib-sharp.dll /r:../pango/pango-sharp.dll /r:../atk/atk-sharp.dll /out:gdk-sharp.dll allthesource.cs
+	rm allthesource.cs
 
 docs:
 	$(CSC) /unsafe /target:library /r:../glib/glib-sharp.dll /r:../pango/pango-sharp.dll /r:../atk/atk-sharp.dll /doc:gdk-sharp-docs.xml /out:gdk-sharp.dll /recurse:*.cs
diff --git a/generator/CallbackGen.cs b/generator/CallbackGen.cs
index 6e23be5a9..28b3b8da5 100644
--- a/generator/CallbackGen.cs
+++ b/generator/CallbackGen.cs
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ namespace GtkSharp.Generation {
 		public String MarshalType {
 			get
 			{
-				return "GtkSharp." + NS + Name + "Native";
+				return NS + "Sharp." + Name + "Native";
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -57,9 +57,9 @@ namespace GtkSharp.Generation {
 			if (!Directory.Exists (dir))
 				Directory.CreateDirectory (dir);
 
-			string wrapper = NS + Name + "Native";
+			string wrapper = Name + "Native";
 
-			string filename = dir + sep + "GtkSharp." + wrapper + ".cs";
+			string filename = dir + sep + NS + "Sharp." + wrapper + ".cs";
 
 			FileStream stream = new FileStream (filename, FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write);
 			StreamWriter sw = new StreamWriter (stream);
@@ -67,10 +67,10 @@ namespace GtkSharp.Generation {
 			sw.WriteLine ("// Generated File.  Do not modify.");
 			sw.WriteLine ("// <c> 2001-2002 Mike Kestner");
 			sw.WriteLine ();
-			sw.WriteLine ("namespace GtkSharp {");
+			sw.WriteLine ("namespace " + NS + "Sharp {");
 			sw.WriteLine ();
 			sw.WriteLine ("\tusing System;");
-			sw.WriteLine ("\tusing System.Collections;");
+			sw.WriteLine ();
 			
 			string import_sig;
 			if (parms != null)
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ namespace GtkSharp.Generation {
 			sw.WriteLine ("\tpublic delegate " + m_ret + " " + wrapper + "(" + import_sig + ");");
 			sw.WriteLine ();
 			
-			sw.WriteLine ("\tpublic class " + NS + Name + "Wrapper : GLib.DelegateWrapper {");
+			sw.WriteLine ("\tpublic class " + Name + "Wrapper : GLib.DelegateWrapper {");
 			sw.WriteLine ();
 
 			sw.WriteLine ("\t\tpublic " + m_ret + " NativeCallback (" + import_sig + ")");
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ namespace GtkSharp.Generation {
 			sw.WriteLine ("\t\tprotected {0} _managed;", NS + "." + Name);
 			sw.WriteLine ();
 
-			sw.WriteLine ("\t\tpublic {0} ({1} managed) : base ()", NS + Name + "Wrapper", NS + "." + Name);
+			sw.WriteLine ("\t\tpublic {0} ({1} managed) : base ()", Name + "Wrapper", NS + "." + Name);
 			sw.WriteLine ("\t\t{");
 
 			sw.WriteLine ("\t\t\tNativeDelegate = new {0} (NativeCallback);", wrapper);
diff --git a/generator/Parameters.cs b/generator/Parameters.cs
index 46380503d..ed78c6263 100644
--- a/generator/Parameters.cs
+++ b/generator/Parameters.cs
@@ -215,8 +215,7 @@ namespace GtkSharp.Generation {
 
 				if (SymbolTable.IsCallback (type)) {
 					call_parm = SymbolTable.CallByName (type, call_parm_name + "_wrapper");
-					callback_type = type.Replace (".", "");
-					callback_type = "GtkSharp." + callback_type + "Wrapper";
+					callback_type = type.Replace(".", "Sharp.") + "Wrapper";
 				} else
 					call_parm = SymbolTable.CallByName(type, call_parm_name);
 				
@@ -344,8 +343,7 @@ namespace GtkSharp.Generation {
 				name = MangleName(p_elem.GetAttribute("name"));
 
 				if (SymbolTable.IsCallback (c_type)) {
-					type = type.Replace (".", "");
-					type = "GtkSharp." + type + "Wrapper";
+					type = type.Replace(".", "Sharp.") + "Wrapper";
 
 					sw.WriteLine (indent + "\t\t\t{0} {1}_wrapper = null;", type, name);
 					sw.Write (indent + "\t\t\t");
diff --git a/generator/Signal.cs b/generator/Signal.cs
index 8ca54d45e..abcdbcee2 100644
--- a/generator/Signal.cs
+++ b/generator/Signal.cs
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ namespace GtkSharp.Generation {
 			string argsname;
 			string handler = GetHandlerName (out argsname);
 			if (handler != "EventHandler")
-				handler = "GtkSharp." + handler;
+				handler = container_type.NS + "Sharp." + handler;
 
 			GenComments (sw);
 			if (elem.HasAttribute("new_flag") || (container_type != null && container_type.GetSignalRecursively (Name) != null))
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ namespace GtkSharp.Generation {
 			if (!Directory.Exists (dir))
 				Directory.CreateDirectory (dir);
 
-			string filename = dir + sep + "GtkSharp." + handler + ".cs";
+			string filename = dir + sep + container_type.NS + "Sharp." + handler + ".cs";
 
 			FileStream stream = new FileStream (filename, FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write);
 			StreamWriter sw = new StreamWriter (stream);
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ namespace GtkSharp.Generation {
 			sw.WriteLine ("// Generated File.  Do not modify.");
 			sw.WriteLine ("// <c> 2001-2002 Mike Kestner");
 			sw.WriteLine ();
-			sw.WriteLine ("namespace GtkSharp {");
+			sw.WriteLine ("namespace " + container_type.NS + "Sharp {");
 			sw.WriteLine ();
 			sw.WriteLine ("\tusing System;");
 
@@ -138,13 +138,13 @@ namespace GtkSharp.Generation {
 			sw.WriteLine ("}");
 			sw.Close ();
 			argsname = "GtkSharp." + argsname;
-			return "GtkSharp." + handler;
+			return container_type.NS + "Sharp." + handler;
 		}
 
 		public void Generate (StreamWriter sw, ClassBase implementor, bool gen_docs)
 		{
 			string cname = "\"" + elem.GetAttribute("cname") + "\"";
-			string qual_marsh = "GtkSharp." + marsh;
+			string qual_marsh = marsh;
 
 			if (gen_docs)
 				GenComments (sw);
diff --git a/generator/SignalHandler.cs b/generator/SignalHandler.cs
index fc8fc1809..1b17e811f 100644
--- a/generator/SignalHandler.cs
+++ b/generator/SignalHandler.cs
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ namespace GtkSharp.Generation {
 				Directory.CreateDirectory(dir);
 			}
 
-			String filename = dir + sep + sname + ".cs";
+			String filename = dir + sep + ns + "Sharp." + sname + ".cs";
 
 			FileStream stream = new FileStream (filename, FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write);
 			StreamWriter sw = new StreamWriter (stream);
@@ -96,12 +96,11 @@ namespace GtkSharp.Generation {
 			sw.WriteLine ("// Generated File.  Do not modify.");
 			sw.WriteLine ("// <c> 2001-2002 Mike Kestner");
 			sw.WriteLine ();
-			sw.WriteLine("namespace GtkSharp {");
-			sw.WriteLine();
-			sw.WriteLine("namespace " + ns + " {");
+			sw.WriteLine("namespace " + ns + "Sharp {");
 			sw.WriteLine();
 			sw.WriteLine("\tusing System;");
 			sw.WriteLine("\tusing System.Runtime.InteropServices;");
+			sw.WriteLine("\tusing GtkSharp;");
 			sw.WriteLine();
 			sw.Write("\tpublic delegate " + p_ret + " ");
 			sw.WriteLine(dname + "(" + pinv + ", int key);");
@@ -189,10 +188,9 @@ namespace GtkSharp.Generation {
 			sw.WriteLine("\t\t}");
 			sw.WriteLine("\t}");
 			sw.WriteLine("}");
-			sw.WriteLine("}");
 			sw.Close();
 
-			return ns + "." + sname;
+			return ns + "Sharp." + sname;
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/generator/makefile.win32 b/generator/makefile.win32
index c7d2de699..177d2e2bb 100644
--- a/generator/makefile.win32
+++ b/generator/makefile.win32
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ all: windows
 
 windows: *.cs
 	$(CSC) /unsafe /out:codegen.exe *.cs
-	./codegen gtkapi.xml
 
 docs: windows
 
diff --git a/glib/Value.cs b/glib/Value.cs
index 1e3888a67..76d0816a7 100755
--- a/glib/Value.cs
+++ b/glib/Value.cs
@@ -244,6 +244,20 @@ namespace GLib {
 			g_value_set_uint (_val, val); 
 		}
 
+		/// <summary>
+		///	Value Constructor
+		/// </summary>
+		/// 
+		/// <remarks>
+		///	Constructs a Value from a specified ushort.
+		/// </remarks>
+
+		public Value (ushort val)
+		{
+			_val = gtksharp_value_create (TypeFundamentals.TypeUInt);
+			g_value_set_uint (_val, val); 
+		}
+
 		[DllImport("gobject-2.0")]
 		static extern void g_value_set_enum (IntPtr val, int data);
 		[DllImport("gobject-2.0")]
@@ -467,6 +481,23 @@ namespace GLib {
 			return g_value_get_uint (val._val);
 		}
 
+		/// <summary>
+		///	Value to Unsigned Short Conversion
+		/// </summary>
+		/// 
+		/// <remarks>
+		///	Extracts a ushort from a Value.  Note, this method
+		///	will produce an exception if the Value does not hold a
+		///	unsigned integer value.  
+		/// </remarks>
+
+		public static explicit operator ushort (Value val)
+		{
+			// FIXME: Insert an appropriate exception here if
+			// _val.type indicates an error.
+			return (ushort) g_value_get_uint (val._val);
+		}
+
 		[DllImport("gobject-2.0")]
 		static extern int g_value_get_enum (IntPtr val);
 		[DllImport("gobject-2.0")]
diff --git a/glib/makefile.win32 b/glib/makefile.win32
index 6e63149fd..dc420f8ff 100644
--- a/glib/makefile.win32
+++ b/glib/makefile.win32
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 all: windows
 
 windows:
-	$(CSC) /unsafe /target:library /out:glib-sharp.dll /recurse:*.cs
+	cat *.cs > allthesource.cs
+	../mapdllnames.pl allthesource.cs
+	$(CSC) /unsafe /target:library /out:glib-sharp.dll allthesource.cs
+	rm allthesource.cs
 
 docs:
 	$(CSC) /unsafe /target:library /doc:glib-sharp-docs.xml /out:glib-sharp.dll /recurse:*.cs
diff --git a/glue/makefile.win32 b/glue/makefile.win32
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..dec806098
--- /dev/null
+++ b/glue/makefile.win32
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+GTK_CFLAGS=`pkg-config --cflags gtk+-win32-2.0`
+GTK_LIBS=`pkg-config --libs gtk+-win32-2.0`
+CC=gcc -b i686-pc-mingw32
+DLLWRAP=dllwrap --mno-cygwin --target i386-mingw32 --export-all-symbols
+
+GLUE_OBJS = \
+	adjustment.o \
+	dialog.o \
+	error.o \
+	event.o \
+	fileselection.o \
+	list.o \
+	object.o \
+	paned.o \
+	slist.o \
+	style.o \
+	type.o \
+	value.o \
+	widget.o \
+	win32dll.o
+
+all: gtksharpglue.dll
+
+
+%.o: %.c
+	$(CC) -c $(CFLAGS) $(GTK_CFLAGS) -o $@ $^ 
+
+
+gtksharpglue.dll: $(GLUE_OBJS)
+	$(DLLWRAP) --output-lib=libgtksharpglue.a --dllname=gtksharpglue.dll --driver-name=gcc --output-def=gtksharpglue.def $(GLUE_OBJS) $(GTK_LIBS)
+
+
+clean:
+	rm -f gtksharpglue.dll *.o libgtksharpglue.a
diff --git a/glue/win32dll.c b/glue/win32dll.c
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..a2b42a95c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/glue/win32dll.c
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
+#include <windows.h>
+#undef WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+BOOL APIENTRY DllMain (HINSTANCE hInst, DWORD reason, LPVOID reserved)
+{
+	return TRUE;
+}
+
+
+BOOL APIENTRY DllMainCRTStartup (HINSTANCE hInst, DWORD reason, LPVOID reserved)
+{
+	return TRUE;
+}
+
diff --git a/gtk/Table.custom b/gtk/Table.custom
index 374b40b46..2b4b8e4c6 100644
--- a/gtk/Table.custom
+++ b/gtk/Table.custom
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
+/* FIXME: Uncomment this when the default ctor flag is added to the XML
 public Table()
 {
 	Raw = gtk_table_new (0, 0, false);
 }
+*/
diff --git a/gtk/ThreadNotify.cs b/gtk/ThreadNotify.cs
index afae2fdf7..d939cc66c 100644
--- a/gtk/ThreadNotify.cs
+++ b/gtk/ThreadNotify.cs
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ namespace Gtk {
 	// <summary>
 	//    This delegate will be invoked on the main Gtk thread.
 	// </summary>
-	delegate void ReadyEvent ();
+	public delegate void ReadyEvent ();
 
 	/// <summary>
 	///   Utility class to help writting multi-threaded Gtk applications
diff --git a/gtk/makefile.win32 b/gtk/makefile.win32
index 829d6fcc7..2ab7e09dd 100644
--- a/gtk/makefile.win32
+++ b/gtk/makefile.win32
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 all: windows
 
 windows:
-	$(CSC) /unsafe /target:library /r:../glib/glib-sharp.dll /r:../pango/pango-sharp.dll /r:../atk/atk-sharp.dll /r:../gdk/gdk-sharp.dll /out:gtk-sharp.dll /recurse:*.cs
+	cat *.cs generated/*.cs > allthesource.cs
+	../mapdllnames.pl allthesource.cs
+	$(CSC) /unsafe /target:library /r:../glib/glib-sharp.dll /r:../pango/pango-sharp.dll /r:../atk/atk-sharp.dll /r:../gdk/gdk-sharp.dll /out:gtk-sharp.dll allthesource.cs
+	rm allthesource.cs
 
 docs:
 	$(CSC) /unsafe /target:library /r:../glib/glib-sharp.dll /r:../pango/pango-sharp.dll /r:../atk/atk-sharp.dll /r:../gdk/gdk-sharp.dll /doc:gtk-sharp-docs.xml /out:gtk-sharp.dll /recurse:*.cs
diff --git a/makefile.win32 b/makefile.win32
index 92e4e217a..1e66a11f0 100755
--- a/makefile.win32
+++ b/makefile.win32
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
-DIRS=generator glib pango atk gdk gtk gnome sample
+DIRS=glue generator api glib pango atk gdk gtk sample
 ROOT=/cygdrive/$(subst \,/,$(subst :\,/,$(SYSTEMROOT)))
-CSC=$(ROOT)/microsoft.net/framework/v1.0.3705/csc.exe
+CSC=$(ROOT)/microsoft.net/framework/v1.0.3705/csc.exe /d:WIN32
 
 all: windows
 
 windows:
 	for i in $(DIRS); do				\
-		(cd $$i; CSC=$(CSC) make -f makefile.win32) || exit 1;\
+		(cd $$i; CSC="$(CSC)" make -f makefile.win32) || exit 1;\
 	done;
 
 docs:
 	for i in $(DIRS); do				\
-		(cd $$i; CSC=$(CSC) make -f makefile.win32 docs) || exit 1;\
+		(cd $$i; CSC="$(CSC)" make -f makefile.win32 docs) || exit 1;\
 	done;
 
diff --git a/mapdllnames.pl b/mapdllnames.pl
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..d3e1dd20d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mapdllnames.pl
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+#!/usr/bin/perl
+#
+# mapdllnames.pl : remaps the DllImport libnames for a specified source dir.
+#
+# Author: Mike Kestner <mkestner@speakeasy.net>
+#
+# <c> 2002 Mike Kestner
+#############################################################################
+
+%map = (
+	'glib-2.0', "libglib-2.0-0.dll",
+	'gobject-2.0', "libgobject-2.0-0.dll",
+	'pango-1.0', "libpango-1.0-0.dll",
+	'atk-1.0', "libatk-1.0-0.dll",
+	'gdk-x11-2.0', "libgdk-win32-2.0-0.dll",
+	'gdk-pixbuf-2.0', "libgdk_pixbuf-2.0-0.dll",
+	'gtk-x11-2.0', "libgtk-win32-2.0-0.dll"
+);
+
+foreach $filename (@ARGV) {
+
+	chomp($filename);
+	open(INFILE, $filename) || die "Couldn't open $filename\n";
+	open(OUTFILE, ">$filename.tmp") || die "Couldn't open $filename.tmp\n";
+
+	while ($line = <INFILE>) {
+		if ($line =~ /DllImport\(\"(.*)\"/ && exists($map{$1})) {
+			$line =~ s/\"(.*)\"/\"$map{$1}\"/;
+		}
+
+		print OUTFILE $line;
+	}
+	close(INFILE);
+	close(OUTFILE);
+	`mv $filename.tmp $filename`;
+}
+		
diff --git a/pango/makefile.win32 b/pango/makefile.win32
index b61daca39..36d50b090 100644
--- a/pango/makefile.win32
+++ b/pango/makefile.win32
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 all: windows
 
 windows:
+	../mapdllnames.pl generated/*.cs
 	$(CSC) /unsafe /target:library /r:../glib/glib-sharp.dll /out:pango-sharp.dll /recurse:*.cs
 
 docs:
diff --git a/sources/Gdk.metadata b/sources/Gdk.metadata
index d78bd433e..ea48390a0 100644
--- a/sources/Gdk.metadata
+++ b/sources/Gdk.metadata
@@ -81,6 +81,20 @@
   </data>
 </rule>
 
+<!-- ref parameters -->
+<rule>
+  <class name="GdkColor">
+    <method>Parse</method>
+  </class>
+  <data>
+    <attribute target="param">
+      <filter level="type">GdkColor*</filter>
+      <name>pass_as</name>
+      <value>ref</value>
+    </attribute>
+  </data>
+</rule>
+
 <!-- out parameters -->
 <rule>
   <class name="GdkWindow">