My son is taking some programming courses in school and it would be very helpful if he could run Visual Studio on his Mac. I own older VB5 and Visual Studio 6 (from my old PC days).
I cannot figure out how to install Wine on his Mac.
Can someone please guide me (e.g. show me all the steps I need to follow to install Wine) so that I can then install VB5 and VS6?
He's not going to do intense programming, just syntax check his code and run simple stuff.
o1sowise wrote:My son is taking some programming courses in school and it would be very helpful if he could run Visual Studio on his Mac. I own older VB5 and Visual Studio 6 (from my old PC days).
I cannot figure out how to install Wine on his Mac.
Can someone please guide me (e.g. show me all the steps I need to follow to install Wine) so that I can then install VB5 and VS6?
He's not going to do intense programming, just syntax check his code and run simple stuff.
I've tried running some MS IDE (like those you want to install), and they just do not run well or at all under Wine. You are much better off getting something like VirtualBox (which is free) and installing a real copy of Windows inside it... then he can run Windows as a program on top of Mac OS X, and MSes Visual Studio apps run ok that way... but it does take a legal copy of Windows, so its not 100% free.
doh123 wrote:I've tried running some MS IDE (like those you want to install), and they just do not run well or at all under Wine. You are much better off getting something like VirtualBox (which is free) and installing a real copy of Windows inside it... then he can run Windows as a program on top of Mac OS X, and MSes Visual Studio apps run ok that way... but it does take a legal copy of Windows, so its not 100% free.
My son is taking some programming courses in school and it would
be very helpful if he could run Visual Studio on his Mac. I own
older VB5 and Visual Studio 6 (from my old PC days).
...
Can someone please guide me (e.g. show me all the steps I need
to follow to install Wine) so that I can then install VB5 and
VS6?
He's not going to do intense programming, just syntax check his
code and run simple stuff.
I've tried running some MS IDE (like those you want to install),
and they just do not run well or at all under Wine. You are much
better off getting something like VirtualBox (which is free) and
installing a real copy of Windows inside it...
Unless he is learning Windows programming specifically, he might
well be better off using a native Mac development setup instead of
trying to learn generic programming techniques on (proprietary)
Windows.
perryh wrote:"doh123" <[email protected]> wrote:
Unless he is learning Windows programming specifically, he might
well be better off using a native Mac development setup instead of
trying to learn generic programming techniques on (proprietary)
Windows.
He has to run Visual Studio v6 for school.
Thanks anyway.
perryh wrote:"doh123" <[email protected]> wrote:
Unless he is learning Windows programming specifically, he might
well be better off using a native Mac development setup instead of
trying to learn generic programming techniques on (proprietary)
Windows.
He has to run Visual Studio v6 for school.
Thanks anyway.
P.S. Is there a Visual Basic and C++ for Mac?
I am not sure about VB for Mac, but I know that Macs can do C++ with Xcode. There should be a way to install it from your Mac OS X Install DVD. I forget exactly how to do it, sorry, but I know it's in there somewhere. I think it was in an "Install Extra Software" thing that is visible after you open the DVD in Finder.
"doh123"<[email protected]> wrote:
Unless he is learning Windows programming specifically, he might
well be better off using a native Mac development setup instead of
trying to learn generic programming techniques on (proprietary)
Windows.
He has to run Visual Studio v6 for school.
Thanks anyway.
P.S. Is there a Visual Basic and C++ for Mac?
VB only exists for Windows. However, XCode does support 'c' and C++.
If the instructor is relying on certain features of Visual Studio, then
you are stuck with it. VS does install, through winetricks on Linux/MacOSX.
I'm perfectly fine with the VirtualBox solution for the 3 or 4 things that I infrequently use, that I've already paid for, and don't need to repurchase for the MAC. In fact, this is the solution I've been searching for...
I cannot figure out how to install Wine on his Mac. 
