Hi all, I'm writing because I'm running into some wierdness I can't find any bug reports about. So it must be me, I guess. I'm trying to install the Imatch demo from www.photools.com, which uses an MSI installer. I have Wine set to Win98 compatibility mode. I can get the registered version up and running if I install it on windoze first then move the whole installation directory to my wine fake drive_c, copy some DLL's and set comctl.dll to native. This would be fine for my own uses but I'd really like to do this Windowless for the sake of other users who want to "format C:/" one last time! The MSI problems are preventing me, or anyone else AFAIK, from using this software with Wine. I believe Imatch to be of great value to others as well because there is no Linux alternative (Don't get me wrong, KimDaBa is nice, but not in this league by any stretch of the imagination). Problem is the MSI installer won't run all the way through and the demo won't complete setup properly either. I have the instructions in the Appdb at wineHq. So anyone can see what I did. I'm using the latest released Wine version (2005-05-19). In the end I can get the app running allright, but now comes the punch-line: When I go to install the registered version it won't run the MSI setup properly and crashes Wine fatally. Does anyone have an idea of a solution, or just something else I can try? Regards, Dennis
Am Mo, Mai 23, 2005 at 11:13:41 +0200 schrieb dennis@meulensteen.nl:> I'm trying to install the Imatch demo from www.photools.com, which uses an > MSI installer. I have Wine set to Win98 compatibility mode. > > I can get the registered version up and running if I install it on windoze > first then move the whole installation directory to my wine fake drive_c, > copy some DLL's and set comctl.dll to native. This would be fine for my > own uses but I'd really like to do this Windowless for the sake of other > users who want to "format C:/" one last time! > > The MSI problems are preventing me, or anyone else AFAIK, from using this > software with Wine. I believe Imatch to be of great value to others as > well because there is no Linux alternative (Don't get me wrong, KimDaBa is > nice, but not in this league by any stretch of the imagination). > > Problem is the MSI installer won't run all the way through and the demo > won't complete setup properly either. I have the instructions in the Appdb > at wineHq. So anyone can see what I did. I'm using the latest released > Wine version (2005-05-19). > > In the end I can get the app running allright, but now comes the punch-line: > When I go to install the registered version it won't run the MSI setup > properly and crashes Wine fatally. > > Does anyone have an idea of a solution, or just something else I can try?I just made a very short try with the new WineTools and the limited version for download: Installs out of the box without problems and runs just fine with native comctl32.dll and commctl.dll. WineTools uses wine-20041019. So my guesses are your problem comes from: - the wine version you use - the config (try the one of WineTools to be found on my site) - the base setup I use (including DCOM98 and IE6) Regards Joachim von Thadden -- "Never touch a running system! Never run a touching system? Never run a touchy system!!!"
On Mon, 23 May 2005 11:13:41 +0200, dennis wrote:> Does anyone have an idea of a solution, or just something else I can try?Follow the instructions here: http://wiki.winehq.com/NativeMsi And run the app like so: WINEDLLOVERRIDES=msi,msiexec.exe=n wine foo.exe thanks -mike
Am Di, Mai 24, 2005 at 08:10:29 -0700 schrieb Duane Clark:> Joachim von Thadden wrote: > >... And > >note that Imatch is not very fast with Wine. > > > > Have you tried setting msvcrt to native? Often with programs that are > processor intensive (and IMatch would appear to fit this description), > using a native msvcrt can have a dramatic impact on performance.With WineTools is is already set to native via the defaults. Regards Joachim von Thadden -- "Never touch a running system! Never run a touching system? Never run a touchy system!!!"
I just did, but it will take some more testing to see any difference. The most crucial test is importing large numbers of raw photographs averaging around 5.5 Mb each. Dennis. Duane Clark wrote:> Joachim von Thadden wrote: > >> ... And >> note that Imatch is not very fast with Wine. >> > > Have you tried setting msvcrt to native? Often with programs that are > processor intensive (and IMatch would appear to fit this description), > using a native msvcrt can have a dramatic impact on performance. > > > _______________________________________________ > wine-users mailing list > wine-users@winehq.org > http://www.winehq.org/mailman/listinfo/wine-users > >