[Gtk-sharp-list] Newbie compilation question.

[Adam Tauno Williams]

> I am a newbie to Mono-develop and I hope u will excuse me with this silly
> question.
> It is about the compiled output .exe file.
> I have installed Monodeveloper and Gtk# under Ubuntu/gnome.
> I wrote a small "Hello World" dialog and it compiled fine without errors :).
> When I looked at the compiled file-Type with Nautilus the file was
> recognized  as Dos/Windows executable !!??
> Is this normal ??

Yes.

> When I look at the binary with a texteditor the first lines sure looks like
> in a windows .exe file.
> The file runs perfectley under Linux but will not run under
> windows.:confused:

Do you have Gtk# installed on the Windows box?

> When I first read about Mono I got the impression that it could compile
> binaries to both windows an Linux :blush:
> Have I missunderstood something or am I doing something wrong ??

It will;  but you still have to have all the dependencies (no different
than anything else).