macOS programming. (visual studio 2005)

[jstrum]

I need some help. A friend of mine is compiling a program on his PC is it possible to compile to mac format from visual studio 2005?

 

[Cromulent]

I need some help. A friend of mine is compiling a program on his PC is it possible to compile to mac format from visual studio 2005?

No. You would need to use Xcode assuming it is written in standard C or C++ and only makes calls to the standard library.

If it is any other language or makes calls to the Windows API it won't work at all.

 

[bbarnhart]

To make it cross platform, you could use a web interface or perhaps Real Basic. I know it may not be practical.

 

[elppa]

Visual Studio is designed to tie application development to the Windows platform. It is not in Microsoft's interests to make it a cross platform development tool. Just as Xcode will never allow you to write Windows apps.

 

[Eraserhead]

To make it cross platform, you could use a web interface or perhaps Real Basic. I know it may not be practical.

Or better Java.

 

[Mikebesh]

Mac OSX from Visual studio 2005

I need some help. A friend of mine is compiling a program on his PC is it possible to compile to mac format from visual studio 2005?

Check out this website.
http://mac.sillydog.org/dev/visual_studio.php

This will allow you to create projects for MacOSX

 

[Detrius]

Check out this website.
http://mac.sillydog.org/dev/visual_studio.php

This will allow you to create projects for MacOSX

Ha! I was just about to mention wxWidgets. It's what we use to write programs for multiple platforms.