[mono-vb] Running Omron Health Software with Mono

[Daniel Qarras]

Hi!

The only thing which still forces me to have Windows alongside Linux on my laptop is Omron Health Management Software used with Omron pedometer. I tried running it with Mono-2.2 but got the following errors:

localhost:/tmp/mono/omron> mono omron.exe

** (omron.exe:9449): WARNING **: The following assembly referenced from /tmp/mono/omron/Omron Health Management Software.exe could not be loaded:
     Assembly:   Microsoft.VisualBasic    (assemblyref_index=1)
     Version:    7.0.5000.0
     Public Key: b03f5f7f11d50a3a
The assembly was not found in the Global Assembly Cache, a path listed in the MONO_PATH environment variable, or in the location of the executing assembly (/tmp/mono/omron/).


** (omron.exe:9449): WARNING **: Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.VisualBasic, Version=7.0.5000.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a' or one of its dependencies.

** (omron.exe:9449): WARNING **: Missing method UBound in assembly /tmp/mono/omron/Omron Health Management Software.exe, type Microsoft.VisualBasic.Information

Unhandled Exception: System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.VisualBasic, Version=7.0.5000.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a' or one of its dependencies.
File name: "Microsoft.VisualBasic, Version=7.0.5000.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a"
zsh: exit 1     mono omron.exe
localhost:/tmp/mono/omron> gacutil -l | grep VisualBasic     
Microsoft.VisualBasic, Version=8.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a


Is there anything that could be done to get the software working?

More info about the software (incl download) and the pedometer can be found at:

http://www.omronhealthcare.com/product/1132-187-pocket-pedometer-with-pc-software-hj-720itc

Thanks!