[Mono-winforms-list] Beginners Advice - Compiling for MAC

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>>>>>>> Andrew Brehm wrote:
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>>>>>>>>> Hi,
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>>>>>>>>> I have to port a windows project to run on MAC OX. I have got a
>>>>>>>>> test .net app open in mono develop and it runs against the mono
>>>>>>>>> runtime.
>>>>>>>>> When I come to 'create package' it only gives me options for
>>>>>>>>> windows and linux, no MAC. What do I need to do?
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>>>>>>>>> Many thanks.
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>>>>>>>> MAC?
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>>>>>>>> Generally, compatible .NET programs should run unmodified on Mac OS
>>>>>>>> X.
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>>>>>>>> You can use the command line tool "macpack" to create a Mac OS X
>>>>>>>> bundle (whatever.app) based on your .NET application. But first run
>>>>>>>> it with mono yourprogram.exe to see if it is compatible.
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>>>>>>>> Ideally you would want a native GUI, of course, but that would
>>>>>>>> (currently) require you to replace all the Windows.Forms code with
>>>>>>>> Cocoa calls.
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>>>>>>> Thanks for the message. I however have very limit MAC knowledge. 
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>>>>>>> 'command line tool "macpack"'
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>>>>>>> Where do I find this, on a MAC or in Windows?
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>>>>>> This is a command that comes with Mono, so either Mac or Windows.
>>>>>> See:
>>>>>> http://www.mono-project.com/Guide:Running_Mono_Applications#macpack_.28Mac_OS_X_only.29
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>>>>> Thanks for that. I'm however a VB.net programmer and never use the
>>>>> command line. Just spent an hour trying to get a simple windows form
>>>>> in c# to complie let alone package it! Could any body give some step
>>>>> by step instructions? My app is at c:\monotext\form1.cs. It has a
>>>>> button on it and i get the error The name 'InitializeComponent' does
>>>>> not exist in this current context
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>>>> First, you can compile it on Windows (with Visual Studio, for example),
>>>> you don't have to do it with Mono. If you want to do it with Mono, you
>>>> could just do it through MonoDevelop (if that's not what you were
>>>> already doing).
>>>> If you still can't get your app to compile, it would help if we could
>>>> have a look at it.
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>>> Sorry I didn't explain myself well. It complies in vs and monodevelop
>>> fine. I was trying to follow the instructions for the command line and
>>> using 'gmcs C:\arcadia\arcadia\form1.cs -pkg:dotnet'
>>> I am a little confused how i get from the above to macpack and creating
>>> .app and .nib files in the link you sent me earlier. I can't get the
>>> 'rm' command to work as it is not recognised.
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>> Gmcs is the Mono compiler, you shouldn't need to call it manually since
>> your app is already compiled.
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>> On Windows, follow these steps:
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>> 1- Launch the Mono command line
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>> 2a- Type something like:
>> macpack -n:c:\monotext\form1.cs -a:form1.exe -o:. -m:winforms
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>> 2b- Or if it doesn't work (not sure if you need double quotes around the
>> path or something), try browsing to the right directory first (ie:
>> c:\monotext\), then just do:
>> macpack -n:form1.cs -a:form1.exe -o:. -m:winforms
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>> For more details on macpack:
>> http://www.go-mono.org/docs/index.aspx?link=man%3Amacpack%281%29
>> http://www.theevilboss.com/2009/06/using-mono-for-net-development-on-mac.html
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> Starting to get somewhere! I have run macpack and it creates a .app folder
> but I get the following message at the command prompt 'WARNING: It was not
> possible to set the executable permissions on
> the file form1.app/Contents/MacOS/form1, the bundle might not work' and
> although the program can be dragged to the finder bar on the MAC it will
> not run.
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I don't know what's the problem. You could double check the permissions of
your application files, making sure you have read/write permissions on all
of them...
For what it's worth, looking around, I stumbled on this patch which shows
when this warning is generated:
http://www.mail-archive.com/mono-patches@lists.ximian.com/msg22463.html
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