Re: [Tools/Wine.inf] Set Internet Explorer version
Maarten Lankhorst schrieb:
Windows seems to set internet explorer only during a new installation or upgrade of internet explorer, so I put it in wine.inf, which seemed appropriate.
Changelog: Set version strings for Internet Explorer so programs dependent on it can install.
This breaks installation of real IE. Setting version to IE 5.5 would give the users a chance to install at least version 6.0. BTW, you should fix the typo in the third line. Sven
Sven Paschukat schreef:
Maarten Lankhorst schrieb:
Windows seems to set internet explorer only during a new installation or upgrade of internet explorer, so I put it in wine.inf, which seemed appropriate.
Changelog: Set version strings for Internet Explorer so programs dependent on it can install.
This breaks installation of real IE. Setting version to IE 5.5 would give the users a chance to install at least version 6.0.
BTW, you should fix the typo in the third line.
Sven The program I put this in for was msn messenger 7.0, which requires ie 6.0 to work. With this msn works fine, but this brings up a bigger question.
Should we require that people install Internet Explorer or should we put in patches that increase application compatibility with vanilla wine? Personally I favor to put this patch in, and let people that want to install native internet explorer to change these strings through registry modifying. I feel that we shouldn't need to rely on something that needs a windows license in order for programs to work under wine. Maarten
On 6/28/06, Maarten Lankhorst <M.B.Lankhorst(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Should we require that people install Internet Explorer or should we put in patches that increase application compatibility with vanilla wine?
I don't know why we would require people to install IE, when we have a replacement for it already. -- James Hawkins
On Thu, 29 Jun 2006 10:56:12 -0700 "James Hawkins" <truiken(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 6/28/06, Maarten Lankhorst <M.B.Lankhorst(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Should we require that people install Internet Explorer or should we put in patches that increase application compatibility with vanilla wine?
I don't know why we would require people to install IE, when we have a replacement for it already.
Web designers - to see what their pages look like in IE. But they could also install IE 7.
On 6/29/06, Olaf Leidinger <leidola(a)newcon.de> wrote:
On Thu, 29 Jun 2006 10:56:12 -0700 "James Hawkins" <truiken(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 6/28/06, Maarten Lankhorst <M.B.Lankhorst(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Should we require that people install Internet Explorer or should we put in patches that increase application compatibility with vanilla wine?
I don't know why we would require people to install IE, when we have a replacement for it already.
Web designers - to see what their pages look like in IE. But they could also install IE 7.
He was asking if we should *require* people to install IE, and I said no, we shouldn't. If someone wants to install IE, go ahead, but apps that depend on the presence of IE should work with builtin IE. -- James Hawkins
He was asking if we should *require* people to install IE, and I said no, we shouldn't. If someone wants to install IE, go ahead, but apps that depend on the presence of IE should work with builtin IE.
Oh, sorry - I mis-read that part. You're right - wine should not rely on windows base components at all. Ciao, Olaf
Thursday, June 29, 2006, 6:28:11 PM, Olaf Leidinger wrote:
On Thu, 29 Jun 2006 10:56:12 -0700 "James Hawkins" <truiken(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 6/28/06, Maarten Lankhorst <M.B.Lankhorst(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Should we require that people install Internet Explorer or should we put in patches that increase application compatibility with vanilla wine?
I don't know why we would require people to install IE, when we have a replacement for it already.
Web designers - to see what their pages look like in IE. But they could also install IE 7.
As been mentioned before this argument is invalid. Native IE does not and will not behave like on real windows. Thus rendering any such tests invalid. Vitaliy.
Vitaliy Margolen wrote:
Thursday, June 29, 2006, 6:28:11 PM, Olaf Leidinger wrote:
On Thu, 29 Jun 2006 10:56:12 -0700 "James Hawkins" <truiken(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 6/28/06, Maarten Lankhorst <M.B.Lankhorst(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Should we require that people install Internet Explorer or should we put in patches that increase application compatibility with vanilla wine?
I don't know why we would require people to install IE, when we have a replacement for it already.
Web designers - to see what their pages look like in IE. But they could also install IE 7.
As been mentioned before this argument is invalid. Native IE does not and will not behave like on real windows. Thus rendering any such tests invalid.
IE running in Wine still allows me to view sites that don't display properly in Firefox, so it definitely has a use. -- Rob Shearman
On 28.06.2006 21:03, Sven Paschukat wrote:
Maarten Lankhorst schrieb:
Windows seems to set internet explorer only during a new installation or upgrade of internet explorer, so I put it in wine.inf, which seemed appropriate.
Changelog: Set version strings for Internet Explorer so programs dependent on it can install.
This breaks installation of real IE. Setting version to IE 5.5 would give the users a chance to install at least version 6.0.
With these keys:
HKLM,"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer","Build",,"62800.1106" HKLM,"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer","Version",,"6.0.2800.1106" HKLM,"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer","W2kVersion",,"6.0.2800.1106"
...IE6SP1 from microsoft.com still installs. So that would let programs that use these keys to detect the IE version to find an IE6 but also allow users to install MS' IE6. -f.r.
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