VB.Net on MacOSX

[Anil Gupte/iCinema.com]

Ii have a requirement from a potential client that their software work on

Microsoft Windows -- version(s): windows xp
Macintosh -- version(s): leopard
Mac OS X -- version(s): leopard

Is there anyway to write a VB program and then "port" it easily? Or do I
need to rewrite the whole thing?

Thanx,

 

[Kerry Moorman]

Anil,

Of course web apps run on every client via a browser. So one option would be
an ASP.Net app running on a windows server and delivered to a browser on any
platform.

On the other hand if you are talking about a more "traditional" windows
forms application, then the open source Mono project is probably your best
bet.

I used to dismiss Mono as hopelessly incomplete, but I've heard some good
things about it lately.

Kerry Moorman

 

[Kadaitcha Man]

Anil Gupte/iCinema.com, ye fawning nighty gossip, away! Thou art poison
to my blood, ye grumbled:

Ii have a requirement from a potential client that their software work on

Microsoft Windows -- version(s): windows xp
Macintosh -- version(s): leopard
Mac OS X -- version(s): leopard

Is there anyway to write a VB program and then "port" it easily? Or do I
need to rewrite the whole thing?

http://www.mono-project.com

 

[Dick Grier]

Using Mono would be a port, too.

Another "port" might be to use RealBasic, which has an IDE similar to Visual
Studio, and similar constructs -- though enough different that there would
be some non-trivial work involved. The RealBasic application can be written
for Mac and Windows.

--
Richard Grier, MVP
Hard & Software
Author of Visual Basic Programmer's Guide to Serial Communications, Fourth
Edition,
ISBN 1-890422-28-2 (391 pages, includes CD-ROM). July 2004, Revised March
2006.
See www.hardandsoftware.net for details and contact information.