=== On Mono === make && make run === On Microsoft .NET with Visual Studio === 1) Install Python - http://python.org/download/ 2) Run "Prepare Visual Studio Build.bat" 3) Open mwf-designer.sln with Visual Studio and you are done! What is happening automatically behind the scenes is the generation of a Mono.Design assembly - a subset of Mono's System.Design. The python script will: - Download a subset of Mono System.Design assembly's source code from SVN - Apply a set of patches to make it run against Microsoft .NET - Change namespaces to "Mono.Design". === On Mono with Mono.Design === make mono-design && make run === Status and Documentation === http://www.mono-project.com/WinForms_Designer