[Wine] WordPerfect12

[jordan]

Hi doug / John.

I would recommend that the very first thing you should do (with
essentially any problematic app in Wine) is first consult WineHQ's
appDB and see if there are any workarounds to your problem /how well
it is supported (which AFAICT there does appear to be, in the case of
your crashing on saving).

https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=3522&iTestingId=5283

Apparently the 'enhanced dialogs' used in WordPerfect12 cause it to
crash under wine, you must disable them to properly load/save
documents. [just scroll down the page abit for instructions on how to
disable them].

if it still doesn't work, then John is quite correct, you should run
your app from a shell, see if you can spot the problem or gather that
information for someone who better understands the output. [then take
that info to the forum for help].

cheerz

jordan


On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 4:33 PM, John Drescher <drescherjm at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Tried saving to one of the directories it called for, and it still crashed,
>> as soon as I selected the directory.  It also crashes if I select the
>> up arrow, top right of the save box.
>>
>> The installation created a whole directory tree, and these directories
>> (that it "likes") are available in the tree.
>
> I would run WordPerfect from the shell and see if there is anything
> interested in the messages that wine echos to the shell.
>
> http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ#head-525985fc2b5c9dcaed99a4701b949ee1ee7bafd3
>
> Also you may want to go to the forum instead. The mailing list these
> days is not that active. You will get better help at the forum.
>
>
> John
>