Dazzlegod Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 Hey, i made a game client for a group of people i know in visual basics 2010 Express Edition and one of the people in the group wants it but he has a mac. I was wondering if there is anyway to change the .exe into a file that can run on a mac. Can anyone help me out here? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/999922-turning-vb-programs-into-mac-apps/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 James Rose Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 Look up the Mono Project: www.mono-project.com Good luck. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/999922-turning-vb-programs-into-mac-apps/#findComment-594012072 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 mattking Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 Have the person in question install Mono and then use MonoDevelop to build the application as a mac version. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/999922-turning-vb-programs-into-mac-apps/#findComment-594012074 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Dazzlegod Posted May 24, 2011 Author Share Posted May 24, 2011 Thanks i will give it a go Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/999922-turning-vb-programs-into-mac-apps/#findComment-594012092 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Southern Patriot Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 Depending on how complicated the program is, he might also have luck running it as is with Darwine (WINE for OS X) or Crossover Mac. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/999922-turning-vb-programs-into-mac-apps/#findComment-594012094 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Dazzlegod Posted May 24, 2011 Author Share Posted May 24, 2011 I tried Mono and gave the visual studio one a "try" but it came up an error. It is a .vsix (visual studio extension) file. Sorry i clicked the linux version. Will sort it out now. :L Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/999922-turning-vb-programs-into-mac-apps/#findComment-594012110 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Dazzlegod Posted May 24, 2011 Author Share Posted May 24, 2011 Guys mono doesn't work for me. Any other good like turning windows programs into mac apps programs? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/999922-turning-vb-programs-into-mac-apps/#findComment-594012162 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Xilo Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 On 24/05/2011 at 21:25, Dazzlegod said: Guys mono doesn't work for me. Any other good like turning windows programs into mac apps programs? Post your errors, and what you are doing. Unless you are using XNA or other WINDOWS ONLY libraries (like winforms), mono will work. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/999922-turning-vb-programs-into-mac-apps/#findComment-594012238 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Dazzlegod Posted May 24, 2011 Author Share Posted May 24, 2011 Its just difficult to use. I don't even know how to start creating my app. And whenever i search up "how to use mono to make mac apps" on google it comes up "Monomac" and all guides for it is on mac so im figuring thats just the mac version of mono. :L Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/999922-turning-vb-programs-into-mac-apps/#findComment-594012252 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Japlabot Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 You will need a Mac to compile a Mac application. If it is just a small project, you might have better luck getting the person who is trying to run it install (as already suggested) darwine/crossover mac, or also Parallels Desktop/VMware Fusion and leave it to the user to set one of these up themselves. Rather than going through the trouble of porting the application to Mac, these applications will help the user run actual windows programs on the Mac without a recompile. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/999922-turning-vb-programs-into-mac-apps/#findComment-594012266 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Xilo Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 On 24/05/2011 at 22:02, Dazzlegod said: Its just difficult to use. I don't even know how to start creating my app. And whenever i search up "how to use mono to make mac apps" on google it comes up "Monomac" and all guides for it is on mac so im figuring thats just the mac version of mono. :L You said you already have your app created in Visual Basic 2010 Express. Here are the steps. 1) Install Mono for Mac. 2) Copy your solution folder to your Mac. 3) Open the .sln file. 4) Compile and run. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/999922-turning-vb-programs-into-mac-apps/#findComment-594012522 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Hey, i made a game client for a group of people i know in visual basics 2010 Express Edition and one of the people in the group wants it but he has a mac. I was wondering if there is anyway to change the .exe into a file that can run on a mac.
Can anyone help me out here?
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