RFC: wintab32: Qt applications crash after WTOpen

[Bernhard Übelacker]

Am 24.10.2018 um 19:30 schrieb Alex Henrie:
> On Wed, Oct 24, 2018 at 11:24 AM Alex Henrie <alexhenrie24 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Wed, Oct 24, 2018 at 11:01 AM Bernhard Übelacker
>> <bernhardu at mailbox.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello Alex,
>>> thank you for getting that bug fixed.
>>>
>>> There is just one thing that I remember now, that led me explore
>>> the complicated way. Now every user without such hardware gets
>>> such a message in the terminal:
>>>
>>>   benutzer at debian:~/.wine/drive_c/test$ wine digitalclock.exe
>>>   0009:err:wintab32:LoadTablet LoadTabletInfo(0x10046) failed
>>>
>>> I am not sure if thats an issue.
>>
>> If I understand correctly, practically every application that depends
>> on the latest version of Qt is going to trigger this error message.
>> The message (line 168 of dlls/wintab32/context.c) should probably just
>> be deleted. Would you like to send the patch for that?
> 
> Actually, on second thought, I think it's better to move the
> "Initializing the tablet" message into the if block and downgrade the
> "LoadTabletInfo failed" message in the else block from ERR to TRACE.
> I'll send a patch tonight if you don't beat me to it.

Yes, sorry I first thought every application would print this
message, but that are just these loading wintab32.

Just one other question, do you see any value in the
tests from my first email?

Thanks for taking your time.

Kind regards,
Bernhard