将Winform转换为GTK＃for Mono

Question

I have created a C# application with 50 forms.

Unfortunately Mono (Mac OS version) doesn't work with standard window winform.

I don't know why, but I this moment I need to solve the problem.

The only solution seem convert winform to GTK#, but I don't have any experience on GTK#.

My questions are:

• How hard is convert my 50 forms to GTK# ?
• What I need to do exactly ?

This is an easy solution ? Or I need to re-write my application ?

Apart this I don't know where I can found/use an Visual IDE to do a design modification like Visual Studio IDE.

Answer 1

GTK is a pretty good framework, on both windows and linux, GTK# is very easy to write by hand or to design using monodevelop . So it is worth a shot if you are curious, GTK# apps are generally easier to find help for ( the GTK+ docs are helpful )

The nicest thing about GTK# is the automatic layouts, no more crazy panel placement or absolute positioning like in winforms.

I am curious though why your winforms app isn't working, Mono's winforms support is pretty good and very near exactly matching .Net. What errors do you have?

Answer 2

The issue I had with Winforms at Mono was that in the files "xyz.designer.cs" there is often a code:

((System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize)(xyz)).BeginInit();

and

((System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize)(xyz)).EndInit();

looks like Mono does not accept this code. My impression is that this code could be deleted from most of the windows forms. But I am not really sure. For sure the "xyz.designer.cs" file cannot be modified under Visual studio since this code is automatically created by the GUI designer. But you could modify these files under Monodevelop. Looks like you would need to manually update 50 files.