[Bug 35692] New: Progrma stops with message box "Run-time error 429 ActiveX can't create object".

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35692

Bug ID: 35692
           Summary: Progrma stops with message box "Run-time error 429
                    ActiveX can't create object".
           Product: Wine
           Version: unspecified
          Hardware: x86
                OS: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: ole32
          Assignee: [e-mail]
          Reporter: [e-mail]

Simulation program 'BPwin32.exe' abends with message box "Run-time error 429
ActiveX can't create object".  WINEDEBUG=+seh trace is attached.

[Bug 35692] Progrma stops with message box "Run-time error 429 ActiveX can't create object".

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35692

--- Comment #1 from Simon Rodan  ---
Created attachment 47659
  --> http://bugs.winehq.org/attachment.cgi?id=47659
seh trace

[Bug 35692] Progrma stops with message box "Run-time error 429 ActiveX can't create object".

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35692

--- Comment #2 from Nikolay Sivov  ---
Did you copy sxs.dll from Windows 8 installation?

[Bug 35692] Progrma stops with message box "Run-time error 429 ActiveX can't create object".

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35692

--- Comment #3 from Simon Rodan  ---
Thanks for your quick comment. No, I didn't.

[Bug 35692] Simulation program 'BPwin32.exe' stops with message box "Run-time error 429 ActiveX can't create object".

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35692

Anastasius Focht  changed:

What    |Removed                     |Added
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                 CC|                            |[e-mail]
          Component|ole32                       |-unknown
            Summary|Progrma stops with message  |Simulation program
                   |box "Run-time error 429     |'BPwin32.exe' stops with
                   |ActiveX can't create        |message box "Run-time error
                   |object".                    |429 ActiveX can't create
                   |                            |object".

--- Comment #4 from Anastasius Focht  ---
Hello,

please install the app in a clean (new!) WINEPREFIX.
Your prefix is definitely _not_ pristine.

What is your Wine version ('wine --version')?
What application is this? Is there a download?

Unfortunately +seh alone is not really useful.
Please generate a trace log as follows:

--- snip ---
$ WINEDEBUG=+tid,+seh,+relay,+ole,+variant wine ./foo >>log.txt 2>&1
--- snip ---

and attach it to the bug.

Regards

[Bug 35692] Simulation program 'BPwin32.exe' stops with message box "Run-time error 429 ActiveX can't create object".

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35692

--- Comment #5 from Simon Rodan  ---
Created attachment 47670
  --> http://bugs.winehq.org/attachment.cgi?id=47670
Terminal output

[Bug 35692] Simulation program 'BPwin32.exe' stops with message box "Run-time error 429 ActiveX can't create object".

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35692

--- Comment #6 from Simon Rodan  ---
Created attachment 47671
  --> http://bugs.winehq.org/attachment.cgi?id=47671
trace

Using 'WINEDEBUG=+tid,+seh,+relay,+ole,+variant wine ./foo >>log.txt 2>&1'

[Bug 35692] Simulation program 'BPwin32.exe' stops with message box "Run-time error 429 ActiveX can't create object".

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35692

--- Comment #7 from Simon Rodan  ---
Hello,
> > please install the app in a clean (new!) WINEPREFIX.

Created a new install of Ubuntu (12.04) and installed Wine from the Ubuntu
approved version (V1.4)
> > What application is this? Is there a download?

The application is a business strategy simulation called BPG
(http://bpgsim.com/)
> > $ WINEDEBUG=+tid,+seh,+relay,+ole,+variant wine ./foo >>log.txt 2>&1

The new trace (rather short so not sure if it worked as intended) is attached.
I've also attached a file with the terminal output...

Regards

[Bug 35692] Simulation program 'BPwin32.exe' stops with message box "Run-time error 429 ActiveX can't create object".

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35692

--- Comment #8 from Bruno Jesus  ---
> > 'WINEDEBUG=+tid,+seh,+relay,+ole,+variant wine ./foo >>log.txt 2>&1'

By 'foo' he meant the application exe. And remember to CD to the folder first.

[Bug 35692] Simulation program 'BPwin32.exe' stops with message box "Run-time error 429 ActiveX can't create object".

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35692

--- Comment #9 from Nikolay Sivov  ---
(In reply to Simon Rodan from comment #7)
> Hello,
> > > please install the app in a clean (new!) WINEPREFIX.
>
> Created a new install of Ubuntu (12.04) and installed Wine from the Ubuntu
> approved version (V1.4)

You didn't have to reinstall Wine, especially not to a version that old.
> > > $ WINEDEBUG=+tid,+seh,+relay,+ole,+variant wine ./foo >>log.txt 2>&1
>
> The new trace (rather short so not sure if it worked as intended) is
> attached. I've also attached a file with the terminal output...

It didn't. You're supposed to run your program here, './foo' is a placeholder
name for your exe.

[Bug 35692] Simulation program 'BPwin32.exe' stops with message box "Run-time error 429 ActiveX can't create object".

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35692

--- Comment #10 from Simon Rodan  ---
Thanks for your comments - do I feel foolish!

The reason for the very old version is that's the one Ubuntu is peddling. I
suspect its the one that most people (at least if they're as risk averse as I
am) will try first.

The problem doesn't exist in v1.6 (although there is a different issue in v1.6)
 or in Crossover.

The trace generated is 15MG and I have no where to host it so I am going to
chop it into < 1MB sized bits and upload.

Thanks for your help.

[Bug 35692] Simulation program 'BPwin32.exe' stops with message box "Run-time error 429 ActiveX can't create object".

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35692

--- Comment #11 from Bruno Jesus  ---
(In reply to Simon Rodan from comment #10)
> The trace generated is 15MG and I have no where to host it so I am going to
> chop it into < 1MB sized bits and upload.

Try compressing with bzip2 -9 or rzip -9.

[Bug 35692] Simulation program 'BPwin32.exe' stops with message box "Run-time error 429 ActiveX can't create object".

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35692

--- Comment #12 from Simon Rodan  ---
Created attachment 47673
  --> http://bugs.winehq.org/attachment.cgi?id=47673
trace

Here's the log (I'd no idea it would shrink that much!). Thanks!

[Bug 35692] Simulation program 'BPwin32.exe' stops with message box "Run-time error 429 ActiveX can't create object".

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35692

Anastasius Focht  changed:

What    |Removed                     |Added
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
            Version|unspecified                 |1.4

--- Comment #13 from Anastasius Focht  ---
Hello Simon,

it seems the app wants 'Scripting.FileSystemObject'

--- quote ---
The problem doesn't exist in v1.6 (although there is a different issue in v1.6)
or in Crossover.
--- quote ---

Of course the problem doesn't exist there because the missing COM object was
added in Wine 1.5.x series (bug 29344).

Please upgrade your Wine to 1.6 or better 1.7 ->
https://www.winehq.org/download/ubuntu

Despite what Ubuntu's default repository says ... Wine 1.4 is _not_ recent.
It was a rather unfortunate choice of including Wine 1.4 (1.6 was already
available at that time) which caused a lot of harm to the Wine community (and
still does).

Please resolve this bug then.
There is nothing to fix here.

Regards

[Bug 35692] Simulation program 'BPwin32.exe' stops with message box "Run-time error 429 ActiveX can't create object".

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35692

Simon Rodan  changed:

What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|UNCONFIRMED                 |RESOLVED
         Resolution|---                         |INVALID

--- Comment #14 from Simon Rodan  ---
Thank you all for helping. It's a pity that Ubuntu isn't offering (by default)
the stable 1.6 version.

As you note, Anastasius, this is very unfortunate for Wine and those of us who
use Linux but on occasion need to use Windows programs.

Thank you again.

[Bug 35692] Simulation program 'BPwin32.exe' stops with message box "Run-time error 429 ActiveX can't create object".

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35692

Anastasius Focht  changed:

What    |Removed                     |Added
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
         Resolution|INVALID                     |DUPLICATE

--- Comment #15 from Anastasius Focht  ---
Hello Simon,

not really 'invalid' because your problem was actually a valid bug in the past.
Resolving as dupe of bug 29344

Regards

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 29344 ***

[Bug 35692] Simulation program 'BPwin32.exe' stops with message box "Run-time error 429 ActiveX can't create object".

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35692

Ken Sharp  changed:

What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|RESOLVED                    |CLOSED

--- Comment #16 from Ken Sharp  ---
Closing bugs marked as duplicate.