wine users - Jan 2009 - Application will only run when executed from its directory

Hi everyone!  I am running Wine 1.0 on Linux Mint 5.1.  I have a custom
developed program that was designed in Delphi using the Borland Database library
that will only run correctly if executed from the directory it is contained in. 
It will not run from the start menu nor will it run from a launcher that I have
built on the Desktop.  I figure it has to be something with the path
referencing.   I have scoured the internet and tried many suggestions, however
none of which have solved the problem.

To be more specific, it seems like the program is unable to find the Borland
files.

The path to the application is: .wine/drive_c/Scan
The path to the Borland dll's, odbc drives, and other shared libraries is:
.wine/drive_c/Program Files/Common Files/Borland Shared/BDE/

My main desire is to be able to launch this program from a launcher that I can
create on the Desktop, eventually I would like to make this universally
accessible to all users.  Your help and suggestions would be most appreciated.

Thank you!

On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 9:21 AM, netgui68 <wineforum-user at winehq.org>
wrote:
> Hi everyone!  I am running Wine 1.0 on Linux Mint 5.1.  I have a custom
developed program that was designed in Delphi using the Borland Database library
that will only run correctly if executed from the directory it is contained in. 
It will not run from the start menu nor will it run from a launcher that I have
built on the Desktop.  I figure it has to be something with the path
referencing.   I have scoured the internet and tried many suggestions, however
none of which have solved the problem.
>
> To be more specific, it seems like the program is unable to find the
Borland files.
>
> The path to the application is: .wine/drive_c/Scan
> The path to the Borland dll's, odbc drives, and other shared libraries
is:
> .wine/drive_c/Program Files/Common Files/Borland Shared/BDE/
>
> My main desire is to be able to launch this program from a launcher that I
can create on the Desktop, eventually I would like to make this universally
accessible to all users.  Your help and suggestions would be most appreciated.
>
> Thank you!
>
>
>
>
>
>
Does using:
$ wine "C:\Scan\program.exe"
work?

-- 
-Austin

Does using:
$ wine "C:\Scan\program.exe"
work?

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It runs but not correctly, I receive all kinds of errors about not being able to
build table files and such...If I go to the start menu and tell wine to let me
browse the C:\ drive and execute the application there...it works flawlessly. 
Trying to execute it from any other place gives me errors.

On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 10:00 AM, netgui68 <wineforum-user at winehq.org>
wrote:
> Does using:
> $ wine "C:\Scan\program.exe"
> work?
>
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>
> It runs but not correctly, I receive all kinds of errors about not being
able to build table files and such...If I go to the start menu and tell wine to
let me browse the C:\ drive and execute the application there...it works
flawlessly.  Trying to execute it from any other place gives me errors.
>
>
>
>
>
>
Many programs rely on being run from their current directory, Delphi
was well known for that.

If your window manager supports it, you can tell it to run from that
directory, then use the full path. Should work then.

-- 
-Austin

Many programs rely on being run from their current directory, Delphi
was well known for that.

If your window manager supports it, you can tell it to run from that
directory, then use the full path. Should work then.

-- 
-Austin

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The window launcher does not give me that option and most importantly I am
trying to build this to work for novice users...they need the link on the
Desktop to click or they will be lost.

Thanks for your suggestions.

Short of writing a shell script, the easiest way to start an
executable file in its directory is to run

$ wine start /unix ".wine/drive_c/Scan/program.exe"

When invoked this way, wine will try to start the file the same as if
it were double-clicked in windows explorer. It will start from the
path containing the exe and invoke it with its full dos path.

This is the way file browsers invoke Wine. If that worked, this should
also work.

The drawback is that you cannot pass arguments to the executable this
way; for that you would need a shell script.

Vincent Povirk

That command structure worked perfectly.  This issue is resolved.   Strangely
enough I had tried a similar command found on the net, I guess the syntax was
incorrect.  Again..thank you very much for your help.