>
> Hello,
> I am a new mono user. Took some doing, but I do
have MonoDevelop
> working and compiling using the vbnc compiler. I write
mostly
> engineering type software. Could be called utilities I
guess. I am
> interested in mono because the company I work for does
International
> business and Microsoft isn't always king in other
countries. Haven't
> had any requests for Linux support yet, but I know
they are in the
> future. So that is more or less why I am here...
>
> I am having a lot of difficulty getting what I
would call a very
> simple program to run on mono. I am trying to compile
it on my Linux
> machine, in the hope the compiler will give me some
clue as to what
> might need to be changed. But the compiler doesn't
seem to give very
> useful reports. It tells me the type of problem, but
not where to look
> for it. Might be using compiler wrong, can't find any
information
> about how to use it. So here are a few questions. 
vbnc's error messages are still very basic, and most of the
time it will
just crash when it encounters invalid code. It would however
be of great
help if you included the compiler output.
> Are there any instructions for the vbnc compiler?
(Example of how to
> compile a Visual Studio solution from the command line
would be
> awesome)
You can't just do "vbnc mysolution.sln", the
compiler doesn't understand the
solution file, you have to pass it the command line
arguments and source
files by hand. On the other hand the vbnc compiler's usage
is exactly like
the MS' vbc compiler, you can use MSDN to find out how to
use vbc, and just
replace vbc with vbnc and it *should* work. If it doesn't
it's a bug, and
please send a mail here or open a bugreport (http://bugzilla.ximian.com
).
When compiling in VS2005 the command line used to invoke vbc
is normally
written to the output window, you can also copy that line
(it will be long
if you have many source files) and replace vbc with vbnc,
that should get
you starting.
Another solution that might work is to open the VS solution
in monodevelop,
and you should be able to just hit the compile button.
> Which of the many downloads would give me the source
for the compiler?
> Does the group believe monodevelop is the correct tool
for VB.NET on
> Linux? Are there any other IDEs worth looking at?
The vbnc source code is available for browsing here:
http://anonsvn.mono-project.com/source/
trunk/mono-basic/vbnc/vbnc/source/
To download all the source, get the mono-basic download
here:
http://go-mono.com
/sources-stable/
And yes, we do believe monodevelop is the right tool for
VB.NET on Linux,
actually I don't think there are other IDE's on Linux that
support VB.NET.
> Am I going at this the wrong way? The programs I have
compiled with
> Visual Studio, do open on Mono, they just don't keep
running. :-(
Again, if you can get more specific (any errors, output,
exactly what you
expect and what happens, etc) it would be easier to help.
Rolf
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