thanks. Are there any known issue with the native microsoft WSH (Windows Scripting Host)DLL under wine? Has this this been done with a WineLib app in the past?
-----Original Message----- From: daniel.r.kegel@gmail.com [mailto:daniel.r.kegel@gmail.com]On
- one application we'd like to port uses active scripting
(VBScript). Basically we wrote some features in VBScript, which in turn automating our application (like macros in Photoshop CS). What would be our options for this if we were to use WinLib? (MainWin ships with VBscript and JScript)
Wine doesn't currently support VBScript (unless you install WSH from Microsoft). That could be added, but it'd be a substantial effort.
Hi Luc, I know of no issues (other than that this would restrict you to running on x86, but perhaps that's not an issue for you). I don't think anyone's done it before, but I could be wrong.
Incidentally, if you're sticking with x86 only, you should consider just shipping your Windows .exe unchanged, and using Wine instead of Winelib. It works just as well, and it's a lot easier. That's what was done for Picasa.
If you haven't already seen it, you might want to look at my Wine for Windows ISVs page, http://kegel.com/wine/isv
I expect you'll run into some issues when testing your Windows executable on Linux with Wine. When you do, I'd be glad to try to help resolve them (though I might need you to send me a copy of the software so I can reproduce the trouble locally). - Dan
On 7/19/06, Luc-Eric Rousseau lucer@softimage.com wrote:
thanks. Are there any known issue with the native microsoft WSH (Windows Scripting Host)DLL under wine? Has this this been done with a WineLib app in the past?
-----Original Message----- From: daniel.r.kegel@gmail.com [mailto:daniel.r.kegel@gmail.com]On
- one application we'd like to port uses active scripting
(VBScript). Basically we wrote some features in VBScript, which in turn automating our application (like macros in Photoshop CS). What would be our options for this if we were to use WinLib? (MainWin ships with VBscript and JScript)
Wine doesn't currently support VBScript (unless you install WSH from Microsoft). That could be added, but it'd be a substantial effort.
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On 7/19/06, Dan Kegel dank@kegel.com wrote:
Hi Luc, I know of no issues (other than that this would restrict you to running on x86, but perhaps that's not an issue for you). I don't think anyone's done it before, but I could be wrong.
On 7/19/06, Luc-Eric Rousseau lucer@softimage.com wrote:
thanks. Are there any known issue with the native microsoft WSH (Windows Scripting Host)DLL under wine? Has this this been done with a WineLib app in the past?
If you're planning on distributing this app to customers, there may be legal licensing issues involved with using those libraries. IANAL, but just thought I'd give a heads up.
Jason
On 7/19/06, Jason Green jave27@gmail.com wrote:
Are there any known issue with the native microsoft WSH (Windows Scripting Host)DLL under wine?
If you're planning on distributing this app to customers, there may be legal licensing issues involved with using those libraries. IANAL, but just thought I'd give a heads up.
Yes, one should always have a lawyer check these things out. For completeness, here's a copy of the WSH 5.6 EULA. Doesn't look like there's any problem to me, surprisingly enough. - Dan
Luc-Eric Rousseau wrote:
thanks. Are there any known issue with the native microsoft WSH (Windows Scripting Host)DLL under wine? Has this this been done with a WineLib app in the past?
Yes I have used it under IE under Wine including direct access from a C++ program. It worked fine. I had Ole98 and IE6 native installed. But that was long time ago it might work with out these two.
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