wine users - Feb 2007 - ComGenius application holding us from migrating 100% to linux

Hi There,

In my company we have almost done a complete Microsoft -> Linux
migration within the last year!

The only thing I need, is to get an application running through Wine!

The application is called "COM genius" and is used to upload codes to
universal remote controls! - I've failed in getting it to run in Wine,
and haven't found a linux alternative (guess this application spread
is QUITE narrow!)

The application itself can't be that special! - It downloads upgrades
from the internet, and communicates with the remote controls through a
serial port!

In order to get this fixed, I may have to upload the application to
the internet - To have people looking at it! - I have made a deal with
the supplier of this product about this, and it seems O.K. to them!

Any help is greatly appreciated!

/Daniel

On Thu, 2007-02-08 at 08:45 +0100, Daniel Skov Klejnstrup
wrote:
> Hi There,
> 
> In my company we have almost done a complete Microsoft -> Linux
> migration within the last year!
> 
> The only thing I need, is to get an application running through Wine!
> 
> The application is called "COM genius" and is used to upload
codes to
> universal remote controls! - I've failed in getting it to run in Wine,
> and haven't found a linux alternative (guess this application spread
> is QUITE narrow!)
> 
> The application itself can't be that special! - It downloads upgrades
> from the internet, and communicates with the remote controls through a
> serial port!
> 
> In order to get this fixed, I may have to upload the application to
> the internet - To have people looking at it! - I have made a deal with
> the supplier of this product about this, and it seems O.K. to them!
> 
> Any help is greatly appreciated!
Let us in on the secrets. Does it crash? not talk to remotes? What have
you tried?
It sounds a trivial application, but timing issues on ports can be a
disaster area.
-- 
        With Best Regards,

        Declan Moriarty.

Torsdag 08 februar 2007 08:45, skrev Daniel Skov
Klejnstrup:
> Hi There,
>
> In my company we have almost done a complete Microsoft -> Linux
> migration within the last year!
>
> The only thing I need, is to get an application running through Wine!
>
> The application is called "COM genius" and is used to upload
codes to
> universal remote controls! - I've failed in getting it to run in Wine,
> and haven't found a linux alternative (guess this application spread
> is QUITE narrow!)
>
> The application itself can't be that special! - It downloads upgrades
> from the internet, and communicates with the remote controls through a
> serial port!
>
> In order to get this fixed, I may have to upload the application to
> the internet - To have people looking at it! - I have made a deal with
> the supplier of this product about this, and it seems O.K. to them!
>
> Any help is greatly appreciated!
>
Have you created a link to the serial device in ~/.wine/dosdevices?


Alexander N. S?rnes

> /Daniel
>
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Daniel wrote:
>The application is called "COM genius" and is used to upload codes
to
>universal remote controls! - I've failed in getting it to run in Wine,
>and haven't found a linux alternative...
>
>The application itself can't be that special! - It downloads upgrades
>from the internet, and communicates with the remote controls through a
>serial port!
>
>In order to get this fixed, I may have to upload the application to
>the internet - To have people looking at it! - I have made a deal with
>the supplier of this product about this, and it seems O.K. to them!
Tell us more about the application.  According to
http://www.ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-298164.html
it requires IE and .NET.  Is that the case?  If so, supporting
it might be a challenge.

Also, what are the symptoms you see when you try to install it?

I would be happy to take a look, email me with how I can get a copy.
- Dan

-- 
Wine for Windows ISVs: http://kegel.com/wine/isv

Daniel Skov Klejnstrup <danielklejnstrup <at> gmail.com> writes:

> In order to get this fixed, I may have to upload the application to
> the internet - To have people looking at it! - I have made a deal with
> the supplier of this product about this, and it seems O.K. to them!
> 
> Any help is greatly appreciated!
> 
> /Daniel
> 

It's best you open a bug for this in bugzilla, and attach the application
there,
so people can have a look at it. regards