Can I execute my Visual Studio .NET program (Visual Basic .NET, Visual C#, Managed Extensions for C++, C++/CLI, etc.) under Mono?
Yes, with some reservations. The .NET program must either be a 100% .NET application, or (somehow) have all dependent assemblies available on all desired platforms. (How to do so is outside the bounds of this FAQ). Mono must also have an implementation for the .NET assemblies used. For example the System.EnterpriseServices namespace is part of .NET, but it has not been implemented in Mono. Thus, any applications using this namespace will not run under Mono. With regards to languages, C# applications tend to be most portable. Visual Basic .NET applications are portable, but Mono’s Microsoft.VisualBasic.dll implementation is incomplete. It is recommended to either avoid using this assembly in your own code, only use the portions that Mono has implemented, or to help implement the missing features. Additionally, you can set ‘Option Strict On’, which eliminates the implicit calls to the unimplemented Microsoft.VisualBasic.CompilerServices.ObjectType class. (Thanks to Jörg Rosenkranz.) Mana
Yes, with some reservations. The .NET program must either be a 100% .NET application, or (somehow) have all dependent assemblies available on all desired platforms. (How to do so is outside the bounds of this FAQ). Or if the application uses P/Invoke, the invoked native libraries must exist on other platforms as well. Mono must also have an implementation for the .NET assemblies used. For example the System.EnterpriseServices namespace is part of .NET, but it has not been implemented in Mono. Thus, any applications using this namespace will not run under Mono. With regards to languages, C# applications tend to be most portable. Visual Basic .NET applications are portable, but Mono’s Microsoft.VisualBasic.dll implementation is incomplete. It is recommended to either avoid using this assembly in your own code, only use the portions that Mono has implemented, or to help implement the missing features. Additionally, you can set ‘Option Strict On’, which eliminates the implicit calls to the
