error while starting up Excel (wine cvs)

[Ivan Leo Murray-Smith]

On this page
http://appdb.winehq.com/appview.php?appId=11
the rating for excel xp isn't good at all, I think your only hope is probably
crossover office, it runs office xp out of the box, but it isn't free.
Openoffice may be a solution for you, it comes with most linux distros and is
compatible with office xp, also see http://www.openoffice.org

Ivan.