[Bug 15229] Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10 has gdiplus error on microphone display box

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http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15229





--- Comment #20 from Susan Cragin <susancragin at earthlink.net>  2008-09-25 11:28:19 ---
This deserves a long answer. 

BACKGROUND: 
In DNS9.0 and previous versions, the program could only be accessed by a panel
icon. Right-mouse-clicking on the panel icon showed a drop-down menu, which had
to be moused. There was no way to access functionality through keystroke
commands. But because the program worked, and worked well, I didn't file bugs
on this issue. 
Some months ago Nikolay fixed gdiplus to correct DNS9.0 bug, that allowed
DNS9.0 to be installed and run using only native gdipus. I stopped using
winetricks gdiplus with 9.0 until I found another (I believe unrelated) bug
that caused the program to crash. I never reported that as a bug. Sorry about
that. 
In DNS10, the program's floating DragonBar popped up for the first time. Using
winetricks, it had some basic functionality, which was lost due to either a
regression or an oleacc bug that Nikolay fixed. 

Here's the status quo now, including today's patches.

(1)  Using wine's native gdiplus
DragonBar has no visible buttons but now has stability and keystroke
functionality. Commands can be accessed by keystroke. Drop-down menus do not
crash the program. I think it also looks better. 
Opening DictationBox can crash the program. (?separate bug.) 

(2)  Installing using winetricks gdiplus
Works better than ever. All buttons are shown, and work. Has keystroke
functionality as above. Also, I am noticing certain "help" messages within the
DragonBar that weren't there before, probably because they didn't display
properly. Using Dictation Box is accessible by keystrokes and does not crash
the program. 

(3) Installing DNS with native gdiplus and then adding winetricks gdiplus
afterward. Display box is perfect. Program crashed when opening Dictation Box.
(I have attached terminal output, for your information. Maybe this should be a
separate bug?)


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