wine users - Aug 2010 - ACD Labs 12.0 installs fine, runs fine for the first time

Hi there,

I am a relative Linux newbie and due to my work I use ACD Labs 12.0. This is a
free for academia NMR processing software available only for windows. I am
running it through a Virtual XP machine but I wanted to see if it would run
using Wine.
The program installed fine, and when I started it for the first time everything
was swell. At last I could run pretty much everything I need from Linux. I also
did some data processing without it crashing, so I was quite happy. When I
restarted the program, it started ok but it goes on the taskbar and there is no
option to maximise the window. I uninstalled and installed again with the same
results as described above. It would be great of anyone could give me a hand.
I am running Linux Mint 9 (Isadora) and my Wine version is Wine 1.2 (today the
latest winetricks package was installed as well). Kernel version is
2.6.32-21-generic.

On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 5:52 AM, nikos <wineforum-user at winehq.org>
wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I am a relative Linux newbie and due to my work I use ACD Labs 12.0. This
is a free for academia NMR processing software available only for windows. I am
running it through a Virtual XP machine but I wanted to see if it would run
using Wine.
> The program installed fine, and when I started it for the first time
everything was swell. At last I could run pretty much everything I need from
Linux. I also did some data processing without it crashing, so I was quite
happy. When I restarted the program, it started ok but it goes on the taskbar
and there is no option to maximise the window. I uninstalled and installed again
with the same results as described above. It would be great of anyone could give
me a hand.
> I am running Linux Mint 9 (Isadora) and my Wine version is Wine 1.2 (today
the latest winetricks package was installed as well). Kernel version is
2.6.32-21-generic.
hmmm..... Have you tried running wine as a virtual desktop??

i believe the settings are in winecfg, for that.  It might make a
difference, but i dont know.

jordan

I have, and it does absolutely nothing. I have a nice blue screen (like the
normal WindowsXP) and that's it...nothing else

Tried them and this is what happens:

1.Unchecking both of them, the program starts but the window does not show up
eventhough the ACDHost which appears at the task bar says they are loaded.
2.Unticking th decorate and leaving the other has the effect of not being able
to maximise the window (ad described in the original post)
3.Unticking the control windows and allowing the decoration has the effect of
one.

By default they are both ticked...
sorry forgot to mention this

I have googled it around and one of the pages is of the program vendors showing
that it work in Wine. The really strange bit is that the first time you fire it
up immediatelly after installation it works fine. If you close and restart the
program it starts but the window gets minimised at the taskbar and there is no
way of bringing it up.
The other strange bit is that it does not put a shortcut in the wine directory
so everytime you have to doubleclick the executable file...it also puts the
shortcuts at \.wine\drive_c\users\nikos\Temp\ACDLabs while the whole thing is
installed at  \.wine\drive_c\users\Program Files
I will do a more extensive google search and I will let you know...
As I said it worked the first time around, and I processed some data as well, so
I am a bit at a loss.
I will give it a go with Vbox turned off to see if that makes any difference. I
don't know much about registry poking around but I will try and have a look.
I will let you know.

nikos wrote:
> I have googled it around and one of the pages is of the program vendors
showing that it work in Wine. The really strange bit is that the first time you
fire it up immediatelly after installation it works fine. If you close and
restart the program it starts but the window gets minimised at the taskbar and
there is no way of bringing it up.
Are you sure the program exited completely? Check to make sure no processes are
left running.