[Mono-list] Some general advice for a newbie, please

[peter]

Paul wrote:

>winelib and mono is a non-starter completely. If you want SWF, grab one
>of the tarballs and compile it up. It's really simple
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>>Am I missing something really obvious here?
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>Other than not to bother using winelib as it's been a dead duck for
>quite a while now?
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Yeah but...

It's not me who's asking for winelib.  I'm just following the 
instructions - either in monodevelop or on the Borland site that the 
list was kind enough to refer me to.  And I'm afraid I don't even know 
what SWF is!  Sorry.

Perhaps we should go back a step.  What do I have to do to get a simple 
program working that puts up a MessageBox with a message in it?

Cheers

Peter