'Runtime Error 429', and $ offered for a fix

[Sean Russell]

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Hello all,

I originally posted this to c.e.ms-windows.wine, but I wanted to cross post it 
to the developers list in the hopes of attracting the proper attention.  I 
appologise if it is inappropriate to offer money for solutions, in this list.

My wife is an author.  For the past eight months, she's been happily working 
exclusively on Linux with OpenOffice.  She just recently accepted a job doing 
some tech writing; the application she is to document is a Windows 
application, made (apparently) predominantly of VB.  This application fails 
to run under a recent Wine.

I'm considering two options: (a) Buy a copy of Windows and VMWare, and (b) 
donate the money I'd spend to a Wine Guru or the Wine project instead, to get 
the application running.  I'd MUCH rather give my money to the Wine project, 
but this is only an option if I can reasonably hope for a quick turn-around.  
I'm trying desperately from having to give money to Redmond and incidentally 
having to maintain a Windows install on her computer :-(

Windows would cost me $100, $150 with VMWare.  I'll happily donate that to the 
Wine project, or a Wine developer.  It isn't a lot, I know, but if anybody is 
willing to take this on, please let me know.  If it looks like a simple fix, 
then fine.  If it looks like a lot of work, then just let me know and I'll 
grab a copy of VMWare.  I don't have the sourcecode for the application.

If you're interested in taking a look at this, email me at 'ser at germane 
dash software dot com', and I'll send you console dumps, Wine versions, etc.  
The basic error that the Windows dialog gives us is:

  Runtime Error '429'
  ActiveX component can't create object

Thanks, sincerely.

Sean

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