wine users - May 2010 - VisualBasic app, arrows for dropdown lists are not shown

Hi, I'm testing a legacy visualbasic application and found that the arrows
from the drop down lists are not shown, anybody has seen this?

Application running on Windows:
[Image: http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/9386/arrowswindows.png ]

Application running on Wine:
[Image: http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/7771/arrowswine.png ]

Regards,

What Wine version?

James McKenzie wrote:
> cyruspy wrote:
> 
> > DaVince wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > > You should probably file a bug about this on bugs.winehq.org (but
make sure to check if a similar bug isn't open already).
> > > 
> > > 
> > 
> > 
> > Ok, tested with 1.2rc2 and I see the same behavior. At least got the
application running without dcom98 (Clean wine + application + mdac28 + mfc42 +
oleaut32(native)).
> > 
> > Let's see if the bug report goes somewhere.
> > 
> > Ref: http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22945
> > 
> > 
> > 
> What happens if you use Wine without all of the winetricks add-ons?
> 
> http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ#get_log advises how to get a log file.
> 
> James McKenzie

I can't start the application with a plain Wine unluckily.

Ref: http://forum.winehq.org/viewtopic.php?p=44093#44093

James McKenzie wrote:
> I read through the forum thread and there is no statement that you tried 
> to run it without any patches/fixups/winetricks.  It is very important 
> that you try this and then post whatever error messages you receive when 
> trying to start it.  Some of the fixups have Wine native counterparts 
> and they need to be updated to include functions that your application 
> wants to use.
> 
> James McKenzie

In that thread I mention the errors I found with the following tests:

- Clean wine + application: crash after start
- Clean wine + application + mdac28: fails with a "type mismatch"
after connecting to DB
- Clean wine + application + mdac28 + mfc42 + oleaut32(native): I can connect to
DB. Arrows in the form mentioned in this thread are missing, and the screen/form
mentioned in the other thread still crashes...

All the messages seen are quoted in the thread for each test.

Regards,

cyruspy wrote:
> Any more advices?
>
>   
There is a fix for a related problem in Wine 1.2-rc3, which was released 
today.  You might try upgrading to this version.  If this does not 
correct the problem, file a bug report with all of the overrides needed 
to get the program working.  Attach to this an error log and if 
possible, code that will reproduce the problem (you need not attach your 
actual working program.)  Describe the type of database your are 
connecting to and how you are connecting to it (local system, remote 
system and type of login.)

Please understand that there is a limited number of people who:

1.  Write VB code.
2.  Write VB code to connect to a database.
3.  Understand code written by others.
4.  We are volunteers for the most part and our time is very valuable, 
as is yours.
5.  We will get to the problem when someone with the skill set looks at 
it and tries to figure out what is happening...

Does this problem occur with ANY version of Windows that the program 
will run on?

James McKenzie