wine users - Jul 2009 - problem with windows program in linux in virtual machine...

Hi,
I'm a complete linux newbie, let alone wine, easy-peasy and netbooks.
Having said that, I'm looking at buying the eee pc 701 sd and putting
easy-peasy on it.
However the reason I need a netbook is to run a cricket scoring program that is
only available in windows.
I didn't want to fork out for the netbook until I knew the cricket software
will run, so I tried the following:
1. installed vmware on my home pc
2. installed easy-peasy in the virtual machine
3. then installed wine, again in the vm
I then tried to install the cricket program but it wouldn't install, let
alone run.
I get an error message that says error in "setodbcfolders". Am I right
in thinking this is because it's running in a virtual machine?
I know it's a little perverse to install vmware to run linux, to then run
wine, to run a windows program but like I say, this program must be able to run
on whatever netbook I buy.
Can anybody help me please? Maybe by trying out the software for me or by giving
some advice on how to get the software installed?
Here's a link to the cricket software:
http://www.pitchpad.com/PitchPadPavilion.exe
Thanks very much,
Barnaby

Try overriding the ODBC drivers with winetricks:
http://wiki.winehq.org/winetricks

I know I'm revealing myself as a dunce but how do I report a bug...?

Thanks very much for doing a bug report for me.
I have scoured other posts and some people have recommended using winetricks.
How would I install this. I have looked at the instructions and sadly it
doesn't make sense to me a linux newb. Could someone talk me through it with
step by step instructions, please?
Am I right in assuming that when people talk about a prompt it's the same as
the terminal?
Thanks again,
Barnaby

Thanks very much for your post on this.
I have got the program in place, following your instructions but there seems to
be a problem. The pitchpad screen pops up temporarily but then a warning boxpops
up with the heading Microsoft .NET framework.
When I installed the dotnet20 from winetricks there was quite a lot of error
messages shown in the terminal. Could the .net have installed incorrectly and if
so how can I fix it?
Thanks again,
Barnaby