[Bug 1327] Can't read .ini when installing driver for Visioneer PaperPort 6000 (a scanner)

[Wine Bugs]

http://bugs.winehq.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1327

------- Additional Comments From [e-mail]  2003-22-06 08:48 -------
Bug comments restored from Gmane.org:

This is my first time submitting a bug to the wine bugtracker, and I'm not
versed in the wine
internals; I hope I've fingered the correct module. Apologies if not!

Download 6000.exe from http://www.visioneer.com/support/flatbed/6000downloads.asp

Attempt to install it with "wine 6000.exe"

InstallShield extracts its files, then displays an error dialog, "Missing or
Invalid Parameter:
UpdateNumber", and stops installing.

I did some tracing: InstallShield calls GetPrivateProfileStringA() to retrieve
the UpdateNumber entry
from X:\update.exe\UPDATE.INI. Yes, the .ini exists and contains that entry. Its
real filename is
/tmp/update.ini. /tmp/update.exe is a file, put there by InstallShield.

If I'm reading the trace correctly, it looks like wine's dosfs subsystem is
returning
/tmp/update.exe/update.ini as the real path, which is obviously wrong. Why a
file is being used as a
mount point in the first place is a mystery to me...

Hopefully the above procedure should let you reproduce my trace easily, but I
can send it if that's
required.

------- Additional Comments From tony_lambregts <at> telusplanet.net 2003-03-14
20:06 -------
Perhaps the bug is valid. However I have my doubts about getting your scanner to
work using this method. Hmm... A bug is a bug though...

------- Additional Comments From dankna <at> childe.crusoe.net  2003-03-15 18:20
-------
Well, other people have reported success with this method (not with my model
scanner), so it
certainly seemed worth a try.

------- Additional Comments From tony_lambregts <at> telusplanet.net 2003-03-16
12:55 -------
A relavant trace would help (what channels did you use?)