wine users - Nov 2001 - Do's & Don'ts when creating a Win app to be wine compatible ?

Hi,

i am in the process of prototyping a small (inter-)network
game client that is intented to run on windows.

I don't have the time nor desire to create a
dedicated linux port of it, but as some users may
want to use it on linux, i'd like to know what
points could be important to make a win app run
as smoothly on wine as possible with little extra
effort.

Development system will be Delphi (no Kylix port - yet),
and graphics either GUI or windowed DirectDraw, perhaps
Direct3D... TCP/IP network access... probably a bit
background MIDI playback.

Suggestions? Hints?

-- 
                                       Andreas
LINUX users tune their system for stability
WIN users tune their system for fast booting
What you prefer is just a matter of taste.

On Thu, 29 Nov 2001 22:39:54 +0100, Andreas Koch
<mail@kochandreas.com> wrote:
>Development system will be Delphi (no Kylix port - yet),
>and graphics either GUI or windowed DirectDraw, perhaps
>Direct3D... 
If you use Direct3D, you will need a Transgaming
license since all Direct3D code is integrated to the
WineX code base - not to Wine.
>TCP/IP network access.. probably a bit
>background MIDI playback.
No great problems to expect here.
>Suggestions? Hints?
Stay away of COM for the moment. 
Well, it's even good advice under Windows :-)

Gerard