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Re: Wine 990103 and PowerPoint 97



Hi

I think Wine is ON-Topic on this list !
So If people have any Ideas how to make it work
(user, not developer)
Please Do and Share with the rest of the list.

Regards
Erez.


Hetz Ben Hamo wrote:
> 
> Dear Udi (and others),
> 
> First, I would definetly recommend reading the wine's documentation and
> FAQ. Lots of questions are answered there (and I know it helped me for
> then dozen of times)
> 
> Second, it is preffered to use Windows 95/98 libraries rather than Windows
> NT directory and libraries. With those libs, you got much better chance
> that things will run.
> 
> Third, please take a look at the newsgroup: comp.emulators.ms-windows.wine
> - many questions are answered there, as some tips and reports.
> 
> ___________________________________
> Hetz Ben Hamo
> Linux - NoW ThIs Is A GoOd SoLuTiOn
> http://www.linux.org
> 
> On Tue, 5 Jan 1999, Udi Finkelstein wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, 5 Jan 1999 03:22:51 +0000 (GMT), Hetz Ben Hamo <hetz@dream.co.il>
> > wrote:
> >
> > >Hi,
> > >
> > >Not many words about it - but check this URL please:
> > >
> > >http://www.magicnet.net/~muaddib/powerpoint.gif
> > >
> > >the command to run it: wine -managed powerpnt.exe
> > >
> > >Its getting closer....
> >
> > speaking of Wine, I got the Dec 1998 release, which was supposed to be
> > relatively advanced, yet I couldn't get almost ANY program to run, even
> > programs reported to be running fine by many others, such as Forte Agent 32.
> >
> > Anyone care to share his set of Wine command line parameters for Windows apps?
> > Do you use a Window 95 system directory for the DLL's, or a Windows NT system
> > directory?
> >
> > I was trying that with Windows NT 4.0 US SP3, and got very disappointing
> > results.
> >
> > >___________________________________
> > >Hetz Ben Hamo
> > >Linux - NoW ThIs Is A GoOd SoLuTiOn
> > >http://www.linux.org
> >
> > Udi
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >