[Wine] Integration between WINE and Host

[Martin Gregorie]

On Tue, 2010-10-26 at 10:54 -0500, kevavic wrote:
> I have a windows dll and some associated executables that need to
> integrate closely with native libs and code on a Red Hat Linux
> machine. The obvious solution for me is to keep the windows stuff on a
> windows machine and use sockets to exchange data with the Linux
> machine. However, I am wondering if this could be made simpler by
> using Wine (I am newbie). How difficult/easy is it to write programs
> that essentially sit over the Wine-Host boundary, without the need for
> virtual sockets etc?
> 
Why virtual sockets? You should be able to run this without any code
changes using the built-in localnet (127.0.0.x). When your code is
running successfully over a local network between your RH and Windows
boxes, try this:

- Install the Windows code under Wine

- Configure the client to look for the server on localhost

- Run it. 

If that works, you're done. If it doesn't, you've got a little work to
do.
 

Martin