wine users - Dec 2009 - WinMSS error messages

Hi!

I'm quite new to this so bear with me for a moment before bashing me for not
fixing this myself. I can make no progress using the search function as I have
no idea what to search for  [Embarassed]

I'm trying to run a simple (I think) application under Wine that is called
WinMSS. It is a scoring software for shooting competitions, and as far as i can
figure out, it is built as a MS Access application.

According to the manual, these are the necessary files:

WinMSS.exe

WinMSS.mdb

WinMSS.mdw

WinMSS.hlp

WinMSS.cnt

SqlUpdate.mdb

The installation runs fine, I've installed the latest MDAC, but upon startup
get the following error messages:

"Provider can not be found. It may not be properly installed"

After which follows:

"Critical Error: Wrong version of database detected. Version 1.2.3.7
expected, but found version Pre-Beta"

And then nothing... :(

Any suggestions or hints?

einpekkar wrote:
>  it is built as a MS Access application.
> 

Access in general doesn't work very well in Wine.

What version of Wine? If it's not the latest development release (currently
1.1.35), upgrade. If that doesn't fix it, run it from a terminal and post
whatever messages appear. http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ#run_from_terminal