[Wine]Application -almost- working
Chris Cox
yeahsowhat at gmail.com
Thu Feb 10 00:54:52 CST 2005
On Sunday 06 February 2005 10:54 am, Tom deL wrote:
> Hello all from a wine newbie.
>
> I have an old favorite Windows application that is
> one of the last impediments to being completely
> Windows free. The app was written in vb I am pretty
> sure as it requires vbrun300.dll
>
> After sorting out some font related problems I got
> it running but there is a hiccup that is very
> maddening: After the first (or second) running, a
> function of the program hangs. Seems odd because
> it works fine the first time the app is run.
>
<SNIP>
> After the first running, the program hangs with
> a Windows style hourglass when it should be making
> the rendering. The window (and program) may be
> closed by clicking on the X in upper right.
>
You might want to try it with Codeweaver's version of Wine. They have a trial
version you can download on their homepage. http://www.codeweavers.com/
I've noticed several programs that work much better with it than the free
version of Wine. Also, you'll notice they are having it at a greatly reduced
price.
--
- Chris
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