Re: URGENT: Unable to run PROJECTCenter

[Riccardo Mottola]

Hi,

krishna parthasarathy wrote:
> Actually what we are trying is to develop a application which can run on
> MAC&  windows ... a email notifier kind..... is it possible?
>
> it is something like this when we get a new msg we need popup msgs on click
> it needs to go into details... Our users will or 2 OS ( MAC&  windows.)
>
> we thought GNUStep would be a good option since it can run on MAC&
> windows..
>
> Please let me know if this is feasible ...
I absolutely think it is feasible and GNUstep will help you in 95% of 
the code. GNUstep on Windows can do much (you can check success stories 
on my blog for example or ask Greg and others about it) however it is 
not as refined as Linux so running the developer tools themselves is 
sometimes problematic.
You will essentially get a Linux/BSD version of your software "for 
free". The 5% of code that remains less portable is if you want to make 
your application interact with environment specific things (like if you 
want to display Dock menus under mac for notifications, windows system 
tray stuff and details about the user interface).

Lately I am developing, for example, a tool that runs on mac, linux and 
windows. To make the windows version quickly, I just compile the sources 
with a single "make" command and a shell  script will make me a big 
self-contained package which is easy to move to computers to test. Not 
the best thing for end-user deployment (for which an installer like you 
experienced for Gorm or ProjectCenter is more windows-friendly) but very 
convenient.
Actual development in my case is done on Linux, but I don't have any 
windows-specific code.

Riccardo