February 2010 - Wine-Devel - list.winehq.org

ODBC Databases: Jet/Access success
by Barry Bird June 14, 2018

June 14, 2018

Good Afternoon. In section 3.3.6.2 of your User Guide you ask readers to report successes with databases other than MS SQL. Well here's one (I know Access 2000 can work with Wine, but this doesn't require Access): How to set up Wine to enable Windows programs that read and write to Jet (Access) databases using ODBC. I write such programs in C and use the API defined in ODBC API Reference http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms714562%28VS.85%29.aspx They work fine on Windows and only require Mingw to be installed to compile and link them, both for console programs and those using Windows SDK. You then can write interactive programs in C which use a full-featured SQL database which comes bundled with Windows. No need to purchase Access. With the set-up below they will also run on Linux (Kubuntu 9.04) and Wine 1.1.26. You need to update the registry to install the Access drivers. Under Windows, export from the Registry to *.reg files the registry entries - HKLM\Software\ODBC - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Jet all subsidiary keys and values come with them. You can carefully edit these files to remove drivers and DSNs you don't need. Import these files using the registry editor in wine: wine regedit.exe. You need to bring across from Windows to Windows\System32 under wine: clbcatq.dll comres.dll expsrv.dll msjet40.dll mswstr10.dll msjter40.dll msjint40.dll msjtes40.dll msrd3x40.dll odbc32.dll odbccp32.dll odbcji32.dll odbcjt32.dll odbcad32.exe odbcint.dll odbctrac.dll vbajet32.dll Register this server in wine: wine regsvr32.exe msjtes40.dll No need to install MDAC. To use Windows ODBC drivers, you have to override Wine's odbccp32.dll and odbc32.dll with the native versions because the Wine versions are currently wired directly to Linux's unixodbc. This can be done by setting up the ODBC Data Source Administrator odbcad32.exe using winecfg: - Add the program to the Applications tab - then in the libraries tab, pick from 'New override for library' drop-down odbc32.dll and odbccp32.dll add them and edit them to be Native for Windows. Then if you do wine odbcad32.exe this brings up the ODBC Data Source Administrator window as in the Windows Control Panel If needed, set up (System) DSNs using this program. Bring across the programs and *.mdb database files from Windows. Using winecfg, you need to set up each program you want to run with overrides for odbc32.dll and odbccp32.dll (Applications and Libraries tabs) as above. The programs should then run as they did in Windows but perhaps a bit slower with: wine Odbc-prog.exe This has been tested twice on a clean .wine install. I cannot vouch for support of all API and SQL facilities however. I hope someone finds this useful. Barry Bird

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IMM / IME work
by Aric Stewart June 16, 2016

June 16, 2016

Hello all, I know this will only interest a small portion of you but thought i would give a quick update on the state of IMM32 since I have brought it to a major milestone. All the main patches are in which now separate IMM32 and IMEs. There is still more work to do but the major framework is in place. X11 XIM processing should be unchanged. However wine can now begin to load native windows IMEs as well. I have tested with windows ATOK20 (a popular Japanese IME) and successfully had text processing in a fully IME aware application. There are still clear issues to resolve in many aspects of this processing but we have forward progress. ImmInstallIME does not work yet, nor does switching keyboards. So to get the native IME to work you need to add this registry key. [System\\CurrentControlSet\\Control\\Keyboard Layouts\\<keyboard layout>] "Ime File"=<IME filename> so for example for ATOK20 in Japanese i used. [System\\CurrentControlSet\\Control\\Keyboard Layouts\\e0010411] "Ime File"="ATOK20W.IME" I would love to hear how well things work. I am sure using native IMEs will quickly show us many places where IMM32 needs to be improved. One issues I am going to investigate next is that sometimes non x11drv ime initialization, if occurring too early, causes x11drv to fail to create windows. I have not investigated with the latest changes to xim.c (which may already correct this problem) but if you see this problem this patch may help and i believe the IME_UpdateAssociation(NULL) is already unneeded. diff --git a/dlls/winex11.drv/xim.c b/dlls/winex11.drv/xim.c index d4df9f7..0c98136 100644 --- a/dlls/winex11.drv/xim.c +++ b/dlls/winex11.drv/xim.c @@ -475,7 +475,6 @@ static void X11DRV_OpenIM(Display *display, XPointer ptr, XP XUnregisterIMInstantiateCallback(display, NULL, NULL, NULL, X11DRV_OpenIM, wine_tsx11_unlock(); IME_XIMPresent(TRUE); - IME_UpdateAssociation(NULL); } thanks, -aric

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Re: XInput [1/4]: Implement XInputGetState
by Stefan Dösinger July 5, 2015

July 5, 2015

Am 09.07.2009 um 02:58 schrieb Michael Gruber: > This patch series implements parts of the XInput library. You can use > this to play games that support Xbox 360 Controllers. To be able to > use this you will need to have your Controller working on Linux via > the xpad kernel driver and the event interface. It will not work on > any OS other than Linux. It supports gamepads, should work with > guitars and wheels, but will not work with dance-mats. > <1-XInputGetState.patch> Is it possible to implement XInput on top of DirectInput? DirectInput already has some internal abstraction layers for differnet joystick APIs, and has basic support for OSX joysticks. Does DInput have enough capabilities to access all the Xbox controller's features? My gut says no, otherwise MS wouldn't have created a new lib. I guess its worth checking though.

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What happened to the Fedora packages?
by Neal Gompa Aug. 2, 2014

Aug. 2, 2014

What happened to the Fedora packages? They have not been updated since 0.9.2!!!! Right now it is at 0.9.10!!! Nearly every other Linux distro supported has the up to date packages!!! And why does the Red Hat packages site not go to the SourceForge site as it does for SUSE packages and the others?? I have not really had the guts to ask until now, because I thought that maybe there was a slump, but now, its getting annoying!! And Fedora just released Fedora Core 5 yesterday!!! Please tell me new packages will be ready soon!!! Compiling WINE always crashes my computer, so I prefer to use the RPMs...

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winspool: ERROR_INVALID_NAME in GetDefaultPrinter() ?
by Detlef Riekenberg Oct. 9, 2013

Oct. 9, 2013

Hi. >From which configuration does the "ERROR_INVALID_NAME" came from, when calling GetDefaultPrinter(NULL, &size) and no Printer is installed? This Test is Present in the current "dlls/winspool/tests/info.c". MSDN told us, that we receive an "ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND", if no Printer is installed: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/gdi/prntspol_0hma.asp I get the "ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND" on win98se, winme, w2k and win2003 in this Situation. -- By By ... ... Detlef

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Re: Improve handling of invalid input in dlls/comctl32/datetime.c
by Nikolay Sivov Jan. 19, 2011

Jan. 19, 2011

On 12/25/2009 14:18, Gerald Pfeifer wrote: > Otherwise max_count will be undefined in the following loop may do > interesting things it seems. (Does Coverity diagnose similar items?) > > Gerald > > ChangeLog: > Improve handling of invalid input in DATETIME_ReturnFieldWidth. > > diff --git a/dlls/comctl32/datetime.c b/dlls/comctl32/datetime.c > index c240d4f..08c7082 100644 > --- a/dlls/comctl32/datetime.c > +++ b/dlls/comctl32/datetime.c > @@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ > * -- FORMATCALLBACK > */ > > +#include<assert.h> > #include<math.h> > #include<string.h> > #include<stdarg.h> > @@ -619,6 +620,9 @@ DATETIME_ReturnFieldWidth (const DATETIME_INFO *infoPtr, HDC hdc, int count, SHO > lctype = LOCALE_SMONTHNAME1; > max_count = 12; > break; > + default: > + assert(0); > + max_count=0; > } > > cx = 0; > Hi, Gerald. This can't even happen. spec if filtered later with: --- case THREECHARMONTH: case FULLMONTH: case THREECHARDAY: case FULLDAY: --- So no default case here.

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Wine runs IE7!
by Hans Leidekker Nov. 26, 2010

Nov. 26, 2010

Well, sort of. I found bugs in shell32, rpcrt4, comctl32 and wininet that I had to implement, stub and override my way past before it would render a page, but finally, here's the obligatory screenshot. -Hans

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current state of full screen on MacOS?
by Joerg-Cyril.Hoehle＠t-systems.com Oct. 20, 2010

Oct. 20, 2010

Hi, I'd like to know whether a MacOSX user can expect full screen modes to work, as I've heard only rumors and too little facts. My experience is this: + winecfg's window opens fine even with desktop set uo full screen, no window. E.g. as in the initial setting after rm -rf ~/.wine; wine winecfg. + Likewise, other programs opening windows work fine (regedit, notepad etc.). - Programs that offer a "select screen resolution" requester present a list whose largest vertical/Y resolution is 22 pixel less than what the monitor offers. I believe OSX reserves some place for its menu bar. Lower resolution entries, e.g. 1024x768 and 800x600, are listed normally. They work in desktop window mode. - Programs that want to make use of full screen fail or hang somehow. The issue may be two-fold: a) full screen does not work at all, or b) switching to full screen resolutions less than my LCD's native resolution does not work, and applications do not cope with that. E.g. many want to display a low-resolution intro video. - Approx. two monthes ago, a hybrid desktop mode was implemented in Wine: eliminate the desktop window when it matches the full screen size; recreate it when switching back to lower resolutions. I've not observed that effect either, but the idea is brilliant. I've heard that OSX would not switch to lower resolutions like Linux machines do with e.g. xrandr -s 1 or -s 2 etc. My LCD monitor can stretch low resolution VGA signals, e.g. when plugged to a Linux netbook. However the "early 2009" nVidia Macs do not produce analog video signals anymore, and I'm using the DVI-D output. What's the current state of Wine (and Darwine) w.r.t. full screen mode? Is it just my digital DVI + LCD setting or is there an issue with Wine? I've built Wine-1.1.24 with OSX 10.5.7 and XQuartz 2.3.3.2. Thank you, Jörg Höhle.

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Wine without X? Failing in dlls/winex11.drv
by Gerald Pfeifer Sept. 19, 2010

Sept. 19, 2010

Trying to build Wine on a new tester which initially had too few packages installed I ran into the following. In file included from bitblt.c:33: x11drv.h:30:22: error: X11/Xlib.h: No such file or directory x11drv.h:31:27: error: X11/Xresource.h: No such file or directory x11drv.h:32:23: error: X11/Xutil.h: No such file or directory x11drv.h:33:23: error: X11/Xatom.h: No such file or directory x11drv.h:44:21: error: X11/Xmd.h: No such file or directory x11drv.h:45:24: error: X11/Xproto.h: No such file or directory Indeed include/config.h has HAVE_X11_XLIB_H undefined since, well, all these headers indeed are missing. On the other hand, configure did not halt. In fact, configure did not even warn about this situation unlike it does in other cases. How to fix this? Should dlls/winex11.drv just not be built in such a case? Should configure error out? (We do have --without-x, too, though.) Anything else? Currently we do pass configure and then run into a compile failure later on. Gerald

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Re: Use GCC's -Wlogical-op if possible
by Austin English Sept. 19, 2010

Sept. 19, 2010

On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 12:32 PM, Gerald Pfeifer<gerald(a)pfeifer.com> wrote: > I verified this does not cause any extra warnings with GCC 4.4, whereas > GCC 4.5 will become quite a bit more useful in that regard and thus help > spot any issues. > > As with -Wtype-limits that I suggested last year, I pledge to keep close > an eye on this and to address any issues proactively as part of my nightly > test builds. > > Gerald > > ChangeLog: > Use GCC's -Wlogical-op if possible. > > diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac > index bef311e..3f7a657 100644 > --- a/configure.ac > +++ b/configure.ac > @@ -1385,8 +1385,9 @@ then > WINE_TRY_CFLAGS([-fno-builtin],[AC_SUBST(BUILTINFLAG,"-fno-builtin")]) > WINE_TRY_CFLAGS([-fno-strict-aliasing]) > WINE_TRY_CFLAGS([-Wdeclaration-after-statement]) > - WINE_TRY_CFLAGS([-Wwrite-strings]) > + WINE_TRY_CFLAGS([-Wlogical-op]) > WINE_TRY_CFLAGS([-Wtype-limits]) > + WINE_TRY_CFLAGS([-Wwrite-strings]) > > dnl Check for noisy string.h > saved_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS" > > > Causes 106 more warnings on 4.3.3 of this sort: tab.c:693: warning: logical ‘&&’ with non-zero constant will always evaluate as true cert.c:1627: warning: logical ‘||’ with non-zero constant will always evaluate as true -- -Austin

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