https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=52958
Bug ID: 52958 Summary: vague error messaged "File not found" and "Invalid name" Product: Wine Version: 4.0.3 Hardware: x86-64 OS: Linux Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: enhancement Priority: P2 Component: -unknown Assignee: wine-bugs@winehq.org Reporter: martijn@bytehazard.com Distribution: ---
Please add a more descriptive error message for the following errors:
"File not found" [ OK ]
and
"Invalid name" [ OK ]
Both with 'stop' icon, and shown 10 times in succession.
I *think* they are triggered via "ShellExecute" in my own VB6 legacy application. Sorry I can't be more specific than that because the errors are so vague.
For example, it would be tremendously helpful *which* file is not found (Wine/OS executable/dll file, the targeted command/executable, the file passed to targeted command/executable, or if it is an error triggered by the potentially launched application or Wine/OS?
Same for "invalid name". Invalid name what? Name of executable? Drive letter? Drive mapping? Folder name? File name? Extension name? Application name? OS name?
The only hint I have is that this message dialogue is Wine styled and thus not something triggered outside Wine environment. Maybe they are not even related to ShellExecute.
I'm aware this is probably the most useless bug report ever, I just want to encourage any developer who is reading this to write more useful error messages in the future. It has cost both of us more time to write/read this ticket than to improve the code that displays these errors. And I'm nowhere near finding a solution for my problem after hours and hours...
No hard feelings, I absolutely love Wine! Thanks for your efforts!