[Mono-list] Can't run my EXE in Windows

[Ian Norton]

Did you run the gtk-sharp installer on the other machine? or just copy the
dlls?

On Fri, Aug 05, 2011 at 09:01:57PM +0100, jimevt wrote:
> Hi All!
> 
>    I'm new to Mono, C#, Gtk#, etc.   Sorry if this is an easy question!   I
> searched for a while, but couldn't find an answer.
> 
> 
>    I'm using MonoDevelop w/Gtk# on a windows machine to develop a program
> named FvmRTD.exe.   I can build, debug, and run on the development machine.
>    I used MonoDevelop to create a ZIP package and brought it to a different
> Windows machine ( XP SP3 ).   When I try to run the EXE by double-clicking I
> get a pop-up window saying:
> 
>    "FvmRTD has encountered a problem and needs to close.   We are sorry for
> the inconvenience.   If you were in the middle of something,  the
> information you were working on might be lost."
> 
>    It also has a "Close" button.
> 
>    I figured that no GTK# installed might be a problem.  I was hoping to not
> make users install Gtk# separately, so I also copied some of the gtk libs (
> referenced by my solution ) into the same directory as the EXE.   Same
> problem.
> 
>    I then installed Gtk# on the target Windows machine, but I still got the
> same error message.
> 
> 
>    What am I doing wrong?
> 
>    Thanks!
> 
> JimE.
> 
> 
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