[Wine] Re: Problem with a Win95 application

[jeffz]

Martin Gregorie wrote:
> I have a problem with two functions of an old Win 95 application. It
> analyses gliding flight logs and produces up to three displays which can
> be individually selected after the flight log is loaded but before
> anything is shown apart from the initial blank window + menu bar:
> 
> - a 2-D map display of the flight - this has always worked correctly
> under Wine. though ot displays the fixmes:
> 
> fixme:comm:EscapeCommFunction16 no cid=0 found!
> fixme:comm:EscapeCommFunction16 no cid=0 found!
> 
> - a 2-D plot of altitude vs time. This has never worked. While
> generating this display a series of 3 pop-ups appear showing the error
> "Invalid property value". The only console output is this:
> 
> fixme:comm:EscapeCommFunction16 no cid=0 found!
> fixme:comm:EscapeCommFunction16 no cid=0 found!
> 
> This is followed by the program exiting.
> 
> - an analysis of the flight - this is a mixture of bar graphs and text.
> This has never worked. While generating this display a single pop-up
> appears showing the error "Invalid property value". The only console
> output is this:
> 
> fixme:comm:EscapeCommFunction16 no cid=0 found!
> fixme:comm:EscapeCommFunction16 no cid=0 found!
> 
> And the program stops after drawing two scroll bars and adding a white
> rectangle occupying the upper part of its window. The scroll bars work
> and the program exits if the 'Exit' menu item is selected.
> 
> I'm using Wine 1.1.23 configured as Win 95 and no overrides. All
> settings are defaulted apart from selecting Windows 95.
> 
> I know that this is an old Wine version, but the common failure factor
> seems to be that the two failing displays are built using coloured
> rectangles while the map isn't. Is this due to something missing that
> winetricks could fix? 
> 
> 
> Martin


Please retest with 1.1.42.
What's the name of this application?
Have you checked to see if a bug has been reported for it?
Does it work on XP/Vista?  Some windows 95 programs don't.