can .Net application works on Macintosh?

Question

Hello I want to know whether any application created in .net works on Macintosh OS?? is .Net platform independent??

Xolile Dyosi · Answer

You have to install .NET Framework 2.0 for it to work.

Xolile Dyosi · Answer

You have to install .NET Framework 2.0 for it to work.

Xolile Dyosi · Answer

You have to install .NET Framework 2.0 for it work.

try abc · Answer

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Alan · Answer

What you need to do is to install Portable .NET on Mac OS X and then recompile your C# source code (just a text file of course) so that the executable will run under that particular operating system. Each implementation of .NET needs a runtime whose 'just in time' compiler can produce a native executable for the operating system and/or CPU which it's targetting. To be realistic about this if it's an application of any complexity then it'll be a miracle if it will compile and run without any modifications at all on Mac OS !! The parts of the .NET framework supported by Portable.NET will only be a subset of the full Microsoft .NET framework and some parts which are shared may not behave exactly the same. So I'd expect to have to do a fair bit of work to port and test your application.

try abc · Answer

I check out the links. but still i am not clear. My application is in c#.net and already developed. now i have need to run it on MAc os so what sould i have to do?? whether i need to download DotGNU Portable.NET on windows and create application again?? or I need to install DotGNU Portable.NET on mac os and run the application their??. can you please clear my doubts??

try abc · Answer

thanks for reply. let me check the link.

Alan · Answer

I have just discovered whilst answering a similar question that there's a third .NET implementation which can target Mac OS X namely Portable.NET. Here are links to all three if you want to know more: http://www.mono-project.com/Main_Page http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=3A1C93FA-7462-47D0-8E56-8DD34C6292F0&displaylang=en http://dotgnu.info/ Incidentally only v1.0 of the Microsoft SSCLI can target Mac OS X 10.2. The latest version 2.0 only targets Windows XP (+ SP2).

Alan · Answer

If you're talking about .NET Compact Framework applications then the answer is 'no'. However there are two free implementations of desktop .NET namely Mono and the Microsoft SSCLI (formerly Rotor) which can target Mac OS X.