Getting my .NET app to run on a MAC

**dissfigured** · 05-20-2008, 02:23 PM

So I wrote a program, and I am selling it online and I am happy with it. However, a lot of folks have asked if I have a version for MAC.

I do not.

Is there some sort of translator out there that will take my application and recompile it for a mac?

If not, tell me what my best bet is.

I wrote it in VB.NET 2008

Thanks in advance

**Learning Newbie** · 05-20-2008, 02:49 PM

What kind of application is it?

Project Mono.

**dissfigured** · 05-20-2008, 03:01 PM

Just a small windows form based application that converts digital photos into coloring pages for the kids to print and color.

**LarryB** · 05-22-2008, 01:04 PM

You will want to look @ the mono project. They have an application checker that will run through your application and find problem points that won't work with mono. In most cases most applications port to mono just fine. Some cases you will need to do some work to make them platform agnostic, but sticking to the core application framework of .NET generally helps you with that. Last I checked I think they had implemented most if not all of the .NET 2.0 Framework features in mono.

**Learning Newbie** · 05-22-2008, 01:15 PM

The last time I checked in detail was a while ago, but the only thing in .NET and not in Mono is PInvoke.