Visual Basic 2005 Tips

First of all, DON'T click build. The program will hang. Every time. The .net compiler still does not work under mac/linux. But what now? The solution is clear: Mono, and a component of monodevelop named mdtool.

First, install Mono (works under Mac/Linux/...) as usual. Afterwards, install mono-basic. That's the VB.Net runtime and compiler from mono.  Afterwards, install monodevelop (http://monodevelop.com)
Instructions on how to do this are available on the mono web site, http://www.mono-project.com .

Then, you should open a terminal and navigate to the directory with the .vbproj. I assume you've got a basic knowledge about terminal work, like changing directories and listing files.

After you can see the .vbproj using "ls", you should invoke:
mdtool build ProjectName.vbproj
There will be some output, and if the output looks similar to this one, you're ready to run your VB app:

Compilation successful
Compilation took 00:00:01.8512820

Build complete -- 0 errors, 2 warnings

Now, how about to run your application?
Assuming you're still in the terminal, navigate to the bin/Debug folder of your source code directory (the one with the .vbproj file) and invoke mono AppName.exe
It should run :)

Greetings,
Yvan