Hello,
Here goes some notes about how to install installshield 7 programs with the actual wine releases (sorry, i haven't been able to install without some natives DLLs).
You need 3 native DLLs (ole32.dll, oleaut32.dll and rpcrt4.dll), and 2 .tlb files (stdole32.tlb and stdole2.tlb). Copy this 5 files to your windows/system directory, and edit your ~/.wine/config, using:
[DllOverrides] "oleaut32" = "native" "ole32" = "native" "rpcrt4" = "native"
Even using this natives dlls, you will have problems with the windows order, what you will not leave you see the windows and install the program. The easier way to install it, should be enable the Desktop mode, in ~/.wine/config:
"Managed" = "N" "Desktop" = "640x480" "Desktop" = "Y"
I have found some programs, what give problems with Desktop mode, exiting during install with X11 errors (Praetoriams demo for example). In this cases you can use yet another trick. Disable Desktop, and enable "Managed" = "Y", then in the file the file "dlls/x11drv/window.c", you will find the function "inline static BOOL is_window_managed( WND *win )", in the end of this function, there are this 3 lines:
/* default: not managed */ return FALSE; }
replace, "return FALSE;" to "return TRUE;", and run make install again. Remember after of install the program change again this line to "FALSE", because you could have problems later with other windows.
Regards, Carlos.