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If I write a Windows Forms application is it possible to run it in Linux? Do I need to use C# or could I use C++ or even IronPython to do this? Thanks!
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You can run Windows Forms applications to a certain extend through mono (take a look at this, to see what's missing). I believe there was a debate on whether the System.Windows.Forms namespace was Microsoft-specific, but it looks like they've implemented it anyway.
As for using something other than C#, you would need to find a compiler for those languages that runs on Linux. I don't think there's one for C++/CLI. IronPython looks like it was developed in C#, so I suspect you could use mono's compiler.
jfl.
As for using something other than C#, you would need to find a compiler for those languages that runs on Linux. I don't think there's one for C++/CLI. IronPython looks like it was developed in C#, so I suspect you could use mono's compiler.
jfl.
The Windows.Forms classes from .NET 1.1 are pretty complete.. but the .NET 2.0 versions have a ways to go (a lot of things do work though).
C++/CLI you can't use with Mono, but I'm pretty sure Mono supports IronPython, and also Boo which is based on Python. According to google, this page: http://www.mono-project.com/Languages should tell you what languages are supported, but the server appears to be down at the moment.
C++/CLI you can't use with Mono, but I'm pretty sure Mono supports IronPython, and also Boo which is based on Python. According to google, this page: http://www.mono-project.com/Languages should tell you what languages are supported, but the server appears to be down at the moment.
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