wine users - Aug 2002 - Using Windows XP dll's as overrides

--- Marco Baciarello <aside@mail.com> wrote:
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> So my question is: does
> anyone know if my 
> Wine version (20020804) only supports 9x ovverride?
No, Wine can try to load dll from any version of
Windows, even not from Windows. E.g. you can implement
your own version of some dll and use it for override
;-)
The problem is - dlls from later version of Windows
probably use new calls of other Windows dlls which are
not implemented yet in Wine.
Somebody has to track all these calls and implement
or, at least, stub them.
> I'm asking here 
> because I couldn't find that kind of info on the
> site... And in case it 
> supports Win 2K/XP, what did I do wrong?
It seems you do everything correctly, it just does not
work :-(

BTW, did you try to change Windows version in your
.wine/config file to correspond to version of dlls?

Andriy

Boston, MA, USA

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Hi,

I started using Wine (v. 20020804, compiled from tarball using 
/tools/wineinstall) only a few days ago, and right now I'm trying to use 
simple programs such as mIRC or WinMX 3.22.

I read FranksWorld.net's guide on how to make the latter work with 
Windows 9x dll's, and it worked like a charm. For all those interested, 
you can find it here:

http://franksworld.net/wine/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=113&page=1

Next, I tried to have Wine use dll's I copied from my Windows XP 
installation (if I can use those, I won't have to bother my win98 
friends with dll requests anymore :) )... Well, it was a disaster! The 
shell instance I run wine from gets into some sort of loop and fills 
with dll-related error messages...

I copied all dll's described as "probably working" or better on 
WineHQ.org to their respective fake Wine directories: those from \system 
into /system, and \system32 dll's into /system32. I added this last path 
to Wine config using "System32" = "C:\\Windows\\System32".
Then, I set
all dll's override to "native, builtin" in the [Override] section.
I
then tried to have Wine emulate WinXP by default, but I couldn't find 
the config value anymore... And the command line argument has 
disappeared, either...

Only after some time did I notice that Frank's World suggests you use 
Win 9x dll's at all times... So my question is: does anyone know if my 
Wine version (20020804) only supports 9x ovverride? I'm asking here 
because I couldn't find that kind of info on the site... And in case it 
supports Win 2K/XP, what did I do wrong?

Thanks a lot for the info,

Marco