[Wine] Question on .NET, Mono and Visual C++ and WINE

[Peter L Jones]

Irrlicht wrote:
> Hey guys,
> 
> I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask, forgive me if not.
> 
> I will soon start to contribute to a FOSS project written in Visual C++ and
> Visual Studio. I am a pure Linux user and was wondering what is the right
> way to make this app finally run on WINE. And how may I use a Visual Studio
> project on Linux? I know, this is probably kinda off-topic, but after all I
> still need a development environment where I can develop and run Windows
> applications through WINE. Hence the post here.
> 
> Oh, and this application uses/communicates with native Windows binaries. So
> I'm somewhat bound to WINE.
> 
> So, is it possible to develop with some IDE and Mono, compile then to
> Windows binaries and run it through WINE? Or should I use .NET and create
> those binaries? Or run the application native on Linux and let it
> communicate with the win binaries through WINE? I'm confused, help me! :P
> 
> Cheers, Daniel

Ideally, move away from the Windows-native binaries.  Then you stand a chance
with MONO (and it still has its quirks).  You won't be able to work natively
under Linux with them (even using MONO).  You'd have to be working under WINE.

Assuming the other team members are all working in VisualStudio, I'd recommend
trying to go down that path.  What version of VisualStudio are they using?
I've not checked the WINE appDB to see which work and which don't.

I really wouldn't consider MONO for Windows under WINE for this -- you'll be
introducing additional compatibility problems.  You're going to have a hard
enough time as it is. ;)

-- Peter
(Suffering MONO-incompatibility issues, so a little more angsty than maybe I
should be...)