I sympathize. When I did some programming for Windows I was ask to do some really silly stuff.
-----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of LJ Mace Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2007 10:35 AM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: IE on Linux/wine/winrtools/ies4linux I kind of thought this but the developers wanted it. You are correct about the java errors, we finally got the developer to admit the app was written with a windows flavor. I don't make the rules I just follow want I'm told to do. But within the last hour the project has been put on hold. Thanks all for the help. Mace --- "Fargusson.Alan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I probably don't understand what you are trying to > accomplish. If you do manage to get IE6 working > under WINE then you will get exactly the same result > you get running IE6 under Windows, since WINE > emulates Windows. If you get a different result it > just means that WINE is not properly emulating > Windows. So the only thing you can prove with this > exercise is how good a Windows emulator WINE is. I > don't see how that will help you debug the > application. > > Since you say you get Java errors in mozilla I am > going to guess that the application is using some > Windows specific classes. This would mean you are > stuck with debugging it on Windows. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Linux on 390 Port > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of LJ > Mace > Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2007 5:12 AM > To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU > Subject: IE on Linux/wine/winrtools/ies4linux > > > We installed ie4linux and when we tried to start ie6 > it crapped out. I posted on a forum but really > didn't > get any help. I then posted the bug on winehq and > didn't get any help either,so here is the skinny. > > Anyway I've been looking around and there is > something > called winetools. > > Has anyone used this app? > > It looks like it replaces the ies4linux app which is > what we tried to use and got the org error. > > Let me explain what we are trying to do. We have a > custom app written for a Linux server and windows > client. We are having a problem with the windows > client and now the developers want us to try it on > Linux. > The problem is that the client searches(really the > whole thing) was written for windows and an IE > browser, so when we try it on mozilla we get a ton > of > java errors and not all buttons or hot keys are > understood. SO we must try it on IE. > > Any help or info is greatly apprciated > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________Need > a vacation? Get great deals > to amazing places on Yahoo! Travel. > http://travel.yahoo.com/ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access > instructions, > send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the > message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access > instructions, > send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the > message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss an email again! Yahoo! Toolbar alerts you the instant new Mail arrives. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/mail/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
