wine users - Mar 2001 - Wine-20010305 - MS Word97 - FlashWindow loop

Hi,

Microsoft word 97 seems to get stuck in a FlashWindow loop.  Briefly,
the word splash screen and main window come up fine.  When I click on
the File menu and then on the Open choice, wine seems to get stuck in
a loop in which the window title bar flashes active and inactive.
A preamble and a couple of loop iterations follow in the trace
below.

Looping behavior does not occur when I try the same procedure running
Microsoft Excel 97.

This is from Wine-20010305 compiled and run on a SuSE 7.0 system
running a stock 2.4.2 Linux kernel.  Microsoft Word 97 is being
run from a Win 98 partition.

HOpe this helps,

Dick

Call gdi32.438: SetBkColor(00000054,00808080) ret=300588d1 fs=008f
Ret  gdi32.438: SetBkColor() retval=00ffffff ret=300588d1 fs=008f
Call gdi32.209: ExtTextOutA(00000054,00000000,00000000,00000002,
     405a4120,00000000,00000000,00000000) ret=30058902 fs=008f
Ret  gdi32.209: ExtTextOutA() retval=00000001 ret=30058902 fs=008f
Call gdi32.438: SetBkColor(00000054,00ffffff) ret=30058915 fs=008f
Ret  gdi32.438: SetBkColor() retval=00808080 ret=30058915 fs=008f
Call gdi32.209: ExtTextOutA(00000054,00000000,00000000,00000002,
     405a4120,00000000,00000000,00000000) ret=30058938 fs=008f
Ret  gdi32.209: ExtTextOutA() retval=00000001 ret=30058938 fs=008f
Call user32.191: EndPaint(000007b0,405a438c) ret=30058b56 fs=008f
Ret  user32.191: EndPaint() retval=00000001 ret=30058b56 fs=008f
trace:relay:WINPROC_CallWndProc (wndproc=0x30058969,hwnd=000007b0,
     msg=WM_PAINT,wp=00000000,lp=00000000) retval=00000000
Ret  user32.153: DispatchMessageA() retval=00000000 ret=301fbec7 fs=008f
Call user32.294: GetMessageA(405a4574,00000000,00000000,00000000) 
     ret=3047292d fs=008f
Call user32.18: CallNextHookEx(4b480400,00000000,00000001,405a4574) 
     ret=301fc2b4 fs=008f
Ret  user32.18: CallNextHookEx() retval=00000000 ret=301fc2b4 fs=008f
Ret  user32.294: GetMessageA() retval=00000001 ret=3047292d fs=008f
Call user32.614: TranslateMessage(405a4574) ret=3047291c fs=008f
Ret  user32.614: TranslateMessage() retval=00000000 ret=3047291c fs=008f
Call user32.153: DispatchMessageA(405a4574) ret=301fbec7 fs=008f
trace:relay:WINPROC_CallWndProc (wndproc=0x300808a0,hwnd=00000280,
     msg=WM_TIMER,wp=00007f01,lp=00000000)
Call user32.223: FlashWindow(00000280,00000001) ret=30217ea8 fs=008f
trace:relay:WINPROC_CallWndProc (wndproc=0x300808a0,hwnd=00000280,
     msg=WM_NCACTIVATE,wp=00000000,lp=00000000)
Call user32.136: DefWindowProcA(00000280,00000086,00000000,00000000) 
     ret=3008096c fs=008f
trace:relay:WINPROC_CallWndProc (wndproc=0x300808a0,hwnd=00000280,
     msg=WM_GETTEXT,wp=00000100,lp=405a2bfc)
Call user32.136: DefWindowProcA(00000280,0000000d,00000100,405a2bfc) 
     ret=3008096c fs=008f
Ret  user32.136: DefWindowProcA() retval=0000001a ret=3008096c fs=008f
trace:relay:WINPROC_CallWndProc (wndproc=0x300808a0,hwnd=00000280,
     msg=WM_GETTEXT,wp=00000100,lp=405a2bfc) retval=0000001a
Ret  user32.136: DefWindowProcA() retval=00000001 ret=3008096c fs=008f
trace:relay:WINPROC_CallWndProc (wndproc=0x300808a0,hwnd=00000280,
     msg=WM_NCACTIVATE,wp=00000000,lp=00000000) retval=00000001
Ret  user32.223: FlashWindow() retval=00000000 ret=30217ea8 fs=008f
trace:relay:WINPROC_CallWndProc (wndproc=0x300808a0,hwnd=00000280,
     msg=WM_TIMER,wp=00007f01,lp=00000000) retval=00000000
Ret  user32.153: DispatchMessageA() retval=00000000 ret=301fbec7 fs=008f
Call user32.294: GetMessageA(405a4574,00000000,00000000,00000000) 
     ret=3047292d fs=008f
Call user32.18: CallNextHookEx(4b480400,00000000,00000001,405a4574) 
     ret=301fc2b4 fs=008f
Ret  user32.18: CallNextHookEx() retval=00000000 ret=301fc2b4 fs=008f
Ret  user32.294: GetMessageA() retval=00000001 ret=3047292d fs=008f
Call user32.614: TranslateMessage(405a4574) ret=3047291c fs=008f
Ret  user32.614: TranslateMessage() retval=00000000 ret=3047291c fs=008f
Call user32.153: DispatchMessageA(405a4574) ret=301fbec7 fs=008f
trace:relay:WINPROC_CallWndProc (wndproc=0x300808a0,hwnd=00000280,
     msg=WM_TIMER,wp=00007f01,lp=00000000)
Call user32.223: FlashWindow(00000280,00000001) ret=30217ea8 fs=008f
trace:relay:WINPROC_CallWndProc (wndproc=0x300808a0,hwnd=00000280,
     msg=WM_NCACTIVATE,wp=00000001,lp=00000000)

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Hallo:

I'm relatively new to the list; I must join the chorus of praise
for wine and the time devoted to it by all invloved, and for
the help one gets from this list.

About flashing Word, I hope this helps:

1.)
When an application flashes that way in Windows it means it
has crashed for some reason.  Under Wine it is just doing
its usual thing I suppose.

MSWord 97 does that to me when I try the 'desktop' option.
I usually use 'managed' and it works fine -- or at any rate
no worse than under Windows.  It also works well with no
options specified on the command line.

I run wine 20010216 which I compiled myself.  If you need to
know more, please do ask.

2.)
Has anyone solved the problem of 'can't read file ......'
when trying to install MS Office under wine which was
mentioned a few posts back?

It would be a great stride forward for Linux if one could
use the applications but not have to clog up a computer with
two operating systems.  I dare say MS Office is the main
reason most people have to keep windows; in my line of work
it is required standard unfortunately.  I dare say, too that
not being able to use it under Linux without windows is a
big reason many people don't bother with Linux.

Julian Lethbridge