wine users - Apr 2008 - Windows-Application can't handle .dbf- Files correctly

For several days, I try to run an Windows- Application on an Ubuntu 7.04 System
through wine 0.9.58.
In detail, it's a tool for supporting a change of food and sports behavior.

The tool is freeware, named "Di?t- Tagebuch" (diet diary or diet day
book) and downloadable at: http://www.diet-daybook.de/DTBInstall2.exe
(unfortunately it's only in german)

 The DTBInstall2.exe is an self- extracting archive containing some dBase- files
and the exe. No installation is needed.

The application starts without problems and the GUI seems to be useable. 
In the upper left corner you can manipulate the current date and in the upper
right corner you can enter your daily weight.
Those data should be consolidated in the file DTB_DTB.dbf. But that seems to
make problems with wine. (I tested the application with WinXP and it seems to
work fine there.)

The current day- weight isn't written in the same row as the date, but it is
written in a new one at the end of the file.

Obviously wine causes a problem adding Data into an predetermined dataset/table
row.

Is there any idea how to run this tool probably in wine or fix the dBase- issue?

On 4/2/08, BTL <wineforum-user at winehq.org>
wrote:
> For several days, I try to run an Windows- Application on an Ubuntu 7.04
System through wine 0.9.58.
>  In detail, it's a tool for supporting a change of food and sports
behavior.
>
>  The tool is freeware, named "Di?t- Tagebuch" (diet diary or diet
day book) and downloadable at: http://www.diet-daybook.de/DTBInstall2.exe
>  (unfortunately it's only in german)
>
>   The DTBInstall2.exe is an self- extracting archive containing some dBase-
files and the exe. No installation is needed.
>
>  The application starts without problems and the GUI seems to be useable.
>  In the upper left corner you can manipulate the current date and in the
upper right corner you can enter your daily weight.
>  Those data should be consolidated in the file DTB_DTB.dbf. But that seems
to make problems with wine. (I tested the application with WinXP and it seems to
work fine there.)
>
>  The current day- weight isn't written in the same row as the date, but
it is written in a new one at the end of the file.
>
>  Obviously wine causes a problem adding Data into an predetermined
dataset/table row.
>
>  Is there any idea how to run this tool probably in wine or fix the dBase-
issue?
>
>
>
>
>
>
Can you attach the terminal output?

there is no output at all until I set the WINEDEBUG option. But If I do so, the
log-file has been accumulated to 46MB to the point where the tool is loaded.
If the trace class of the heap channel is excluded, there again is no output.

Are there any other ways of reducing the output?

On Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 3:33 PM, BTL <wineforum-user at winehq.org>
wrote:
> http://www.diet-daybook.de/DTBInstall2.exe
>  In the upper left corner you can manipulate the current date and in the
upper right corner you can enter your daily weight.
>  Those data should be consolidated in the file DTB_DTB.dbf. But that seems
to make problems with wine. (I tested the application with WinXP and it seems to
work fine there.)
>
>  The current day- weight isn't written in the same row as the date, but
it is written in a new one at the end of the file.
How are you displaying DTB_DTB.dbf?   I can enter the date and my
current weight, but DTB_DTB.dbf
is a binary file, I can't see the rows you're talking about.

My favorite thing about the app so far is the third entry from the end
under "Activities - Other" :-)
- Dan

Hi, i tried the app too, and this might actually be a regression. In wine-0.9.32
it seems to sort of work, but you'd have to check that yourself, as i'm
not that familiar with the program. If it works using wine-0.9.32, please do a
regression test to find out what patch broke it. In wine-0.9.37 the bad
behaviour is already present

Regards