> -----Original Message----- > From: mono-winforms-list-boun...@lists.ximian.com > [mailto:mono-winforms-list-boun...@lists.ximian.com] On Behalf Of GCHQ > Sent: 19 September 2011 15:39 > To: mono-winforms-list@lists.ximian.com > Subject: [Mono-winforms-list] Port winform .NET 4.0 app to Mac OSX > > Hi there > > I have a winform .NET 4.0 application that I would like to > port to Mac OSX. > > The app is deployed to windows using ClickOnce, uses a > backend WebService as it's data source and quite extensive > use of the built in WebBrowser. The project contains about 200k LOC > > 1. Is it possible to port an existing winform application to OSX? > Yup, and it **might** even run without re-compilation. There is no need to compile the program on the Mac, just compile it on Windows and run it on the Mac. Obviously making changes to the source to run well on the Mac.
> 2. If so would WebService, WebBrowser and other native > Windows items cause a problem? > As Stifu supported WebBrowser is likely a problem. If you use native component (DLLs, COM, ActiveX etc) then that'll be a problem too. Use the MoMA tool to do an initial analysis -- see below. > 3. Is there a step by step guide available? > My step 1 would be, install the Mono runtime environment on your *Windows PC* and run the apps there. That will find any general Mono problems as separate from any Unix/Mac problems. Once the app(s) runs there then try it/them on Mac/Linux/etc. There is also the MoMA tool which will do static analysis of your program to see what APIs aren'tsupported on Mono. For lots of documentation see http://www.mono-project.com/Start See for instance: http://www.mono-project.com/MoMA http://www.mono-project.com/Guidelines:Application_Portability http://www.mono-project.com/Guide:_Porting_Winforms_Applications > I did try opening one of our own smaller in-house utilities (also uses > WebService) in Mono, but it throws a build error when run > > /MainForm.resx(5,5) > > error RG0000: Type System.Drawing.Point, System.Drawing, > Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, > PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a in the data at line 120, > position 4 cannot be located. Line 122, position 5./ > > - but runs without any problem in VS2010. > So this is loading your application project in the MonoDevelop IDE? If so see above. Just run the .exe -- that you built on Windows -- on the Mac and see what occurs. Run as "mono --debug myApp.exe" to see the logging from Mono. :-) Andy _______________________________________________ Mono-winforms-list maillist - Mono-winforms-list@lists.ximian.com http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-winforms-list
