Porting VB .NET to Cocoa
I have to use a VB .Net program at work and have recently started using a mac. I want to get rid of my current desktop but can't because of this one program. The front end of the database is written in VB .Net. I have read some about how it is easy to port this to Cocoa but am having a hard time finding documentation on it. I have the source code for the program. Any help would be appriciated and I will give any infomration you might find useful to help me out.
Thank you!
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Originally posted by badllama
I have read some about how it is easy to port this to Cocoa
Not at all. .NET and Cocoa are both very extensive, nice frameworks, but not compatible in the least. Furthermore, Cocoa has no VB-like language you could write in.
Originally posted by Chucker
There's Cocoa#, with which you can access .NET objects from within Objective-C.
Ah, yeah. Thanks for clarifying.
I wouldn't mind an easy-to-use Cocoa language. (I don't think AppleScript Studio and the JavaScript Cocoa bridge really apply. )
Of course, I'd rather see .NET die a miserable death than it be ported anywhere. Java is bad enough.
Originally posted by badllama
I have to use a VB .Net program at work and have recently started using a mac. I want to get rid of my current desktop but can't because of this one program.
If you have a recent Mac (i.e Intel) you can get parallels and do your .Net development by running Windows under OS X. It would be tricky to port Microsoft frameworks anywhere. I'm pretty sure that's how they maintain a firm hold of the market - it's just because people feel they have to use their products and if they can't use them elsewhere then they are forced to buy Windows.
The key point is that people need to change the perception that they need to use a certain piece of software just because most other people do. You should use what gets the job done.
Originally posted by Chucker
Not at all. .NET and Cocoa are both very extensive, nice frameworks, but not compatible in the least. Furthermore, Cocoa has no VB-like language you could write in.
The best way is to re-write and should not take more time as you are planning to change just the GUI part - should be eay by converting either to Java or some similar freeware which is multiplatform and open source may be. we @ S7 are experts in such migration and have done many such migrations. If you are interested do contact us.
Best Regards
Manju
Regards
Manju