[Mono-osx] Easy way to get "plain" .NET app running on the Mac?

[Weyert de Boer]

Hello!

I just tried to run my application under MacOSX only no success yet. 
Apparently it can't find the GDI+ dll.


Unhandled Exception: System.TypeInitializationException: An exception 
was thrown by the type initializer for System.Windows.Forms.Form ---> 
System.Reflection.TargetInvocationException: Exception has been thrown 
by the target of an invocation. ---> System.TypeInitializationException: 
An exception was thrown by the type initializer for 
System.Drawing.GDIPlus ---> System.DllNotFoundException: 
/Library/Frameworks/Mono.framework/Versions/1.9.1/lib/libgdiplus.dylib
  at (wrapper managed-to-native) System.Drawing.GDIPlus:GdiplusStartup 
(ulong&,System.Drawing.GdiplusStartupInput&,System.Drawing.GdiplusStartupOutput&)
  at System.Drawing.GDIPlus..cctor () [0x00000] --- End of inner 
exception stack trace ---

  at System.Drawing.Image.InitFromStream (System.IO.Stream stream) 
[0x00000]
  at System.Drawing.Image..ctor 
(System.Runtime.Serialization.SerializationInfo info, StreamingContext 
context) [0x00000]
  at System.Drawing.Bitmap..ctor 
(System.Runtime.Serialization.SerializationInfo info, StreamingContext 
context) [0x00000]
  at (wrapper managed-to-native) 
System.Reflection.MonoCMethod:InternalInvoke (object,object[])
  at System.Reflection.MonoCMethod.Invoke (System.Object obj, 
BindingFlags invokeAttr, System.Reflection.Binder binder, 
System.Object[] parameters, System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture) 
[0x00000] --- End of inner exception stack trace ---

  at System.Reflection.MonoCMethod.Invoke (System.Object obj, 
BindingFlags invokeAttr, System.Reflection.Binder binder, 
System.Object[] parameters, System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture) 
[0x00000]
  at System.Reflection.MethodBase.Invoke (System.Object obj, 
System.Object[] parameters) [0x00000]
  at System.Runtime.Serialization.ObjectRecord.LoadData 
(System.Runtime.Serialization.ObjectManager manager, ISurrogateSelector 
selector, StreamingContext context) [0x00000]
  at System.Runtime.Serialization.ObjectManager.DoFixups () [0x00000]
  at 
System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary.ObjectReader.ReadNextObject 
(System.IO.BinaryReader reader) [0x00000]
  at 
System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary.ObjectReader.ReadObjectGraph 
(System.IO.BinaryReader reader, Boolean readHeaders, System.Object& 
result, System.Runtime.Remoting.Messaging.Header[]& headers) [0x00000]
  at 
System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary.BinaryFormatter.NoCheckDeserialize 
(System.IO.Stream serializationStream, 
System.Runtime.Remoting.Messaging.HeaderHandler handler) [0x00000]
  at 
System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary.BinaryFormatter.Deserialize 
(System.IO.Stream serializationStream) [0x00000]
  at System.Resources.ResourceReader.ReadNonPredefinedValue (System.Type 
exp_type) [0x00000]
  at System.Resources.ResourceReader.ReadValueVer1 (System.Type type) 
[0x00000]
  at System.Resources.ResourceReader.ResourceValue (Int32 index) [0x00000]
  at System.Resources.ResourceReader+ResourceEnumerator.get_Value () 
[0x00000]
  at System.Resources.ResourceSet.ReadResources () [0x00000]
  at System.Resources.ResourceSet.GetObject (System.String name, Boolean 
ignoreCase) [0x00000]
  at System.Resources.ResourceManager.GetObject (System.String name, 
System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture) [0x00000]
  at System.Resources.ResourceManager.GetObject (System.String name) 
[0x00000]
  at System.Windows.Forms.Locale.GetResource (System.String name) [0x00000]
  at System.Windows.Forms.Form..cctor () [0x00000] --- End of inner 
exception stack trace ---

  at BrazilPrototype.MainForm..ctor () [0x00000]
  at (wrapper remoting-invoke-with-check) BrazilPrototype.MainForm:.ctor ()
  at BrazilPrototype.Program.Main () [0x00000]


Yours,
Weyert de Boer