Personally, I don't think it's just a matter of waiting, but also of contributing. Will a WinForms Designer ever be made for Mono? Not sure at all. If it ever gets done, it will have been done by a contributor, not by the Mono team, as they stated they don't have any plans to do it.
MagicZelda wrote: > > Firstly Thanks to all for the posts I understand a lot more now. However > its still very complex for my overworked mind at the moment. I look > forward to the WinForms Designer, think this may be the answer for us as > long as we can use it with VB code not just C#. > > As time goes on im sure that the MONO project will fit my needs, so its > just a matter of waiting. > > In the meantime, as I want to move all our systems over to Linux for our > nice new offices (which will be ready for moving into in a couple of > months) I have come up with a solution to allow this. > > I am going to convert our CRM system to ASP.NET it started life as a web > based app anyway so a lot of core code is there. This will mean I can host > it on a XP box but have everything else Linux ie Desktops etc. > > I intend to write a quick and dirty app to take my Form designs and create > basic web page controls, it wont be a full convertion app but if anyone > wants a copy let me know and I can post the code somewhere. > > As a personal note I know that perhaps VB is not seen as a great Language > but there are a lot of apps out there using it. If Mono can one day crack > this and make a nice GUI for VB developers then I think the move to Linux > might pick up pace. > > Z > -- View this message in context: http://mono.1490590.n4.nabble.com/Any-vb-net-tutorials-for-vb-net-in-the-linux-mono-tp2218207p2221271.html Sent from the Mono - VB mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ Mono-vb mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-vb
