[Mono-winforms-list] Question about Linux compatibality

[Anthony Papillion]

Thank you, Carlos, for your quick answer.  I suspected that VB.NET
apps would work on Mono with no problems but just wanted to make sure.
Thanks again!

Anthony

On Sun, Feb 8, 2009 at 5:34 PM, Carlos Alberto Cortez
<calberto.cortez at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Yeah, VB.Net is cross platform and the .exe you get should work in Mono without problems. The difference between using VB.Net and C# is mostly the fact, as far as I know, that the first uses some additional libraries (that btw have been implemented in Mono already).
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> If your application doesn't work, just let us know and fix a bug.
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> Carlos.
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> 2009/2/8 Anthony Papillion <papillion at gmail.com>
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>> I'm interested in Mono.  I love the promise that I can really write my application once and have it be fairly cross-platform. But I have a question that I've not really found the final answer to:
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>> I write most of my code on Windows. I don't use the API and I usually use mostly the built-in controls (with the exception of a calendar control that I really like).  While I like C#, I'm writing most of my code in VB and that is where my question comes in.
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>> How cross platform is VB.NET code if I'm using most stock stuff without any Win32 API calls?  Will it usually compile and run or should I write all of my stuff in C#?
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>> Thanks!
>> Anthony
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