> > > Hi everybody, > > > I am working on making our software (Stylus Studio, > > > http://www.stylusstudio.com) run under WINE, if this is feasible. To > > > achieve this, I have already implemented a bunch of APIs (the > > > application is built against the UNICODE version of the Win32 APIs) and > > > fixed some bugs > > > I hit (I already mailed the first patch to [EMAIL PROTECTED]). > > > > > > However, I would feel better if I could detect I am running under WINE > > > and gracefully disable some functionalities that are not yet fully > > > supported; is there any way to achieve this? Is there a WIN32 API > > > (like, say, GetVersionEx) that can return a string like "Windows 2000 > > > (WINE)" or is WINE trying to be as stealth as possible? > > > >http://www.winehq.org/FAQ/ would have been answering this in countless > >cases already. > > I'm sorry I asked this here, but the only help I got from the FAQ was: > > ------ > Q: How can I detect Wine? > A: You really shouldn't want to do this. If there's a quirk in Wine you > need to work around, it's *much* better to fix it in Wine (after all you're > a developer, so you should be able to gather enough help and knowledge to > fix it for real). > If you think you really want to know how to detect it anyway (maybe in > order to just have a cool "running on Wine" status text or so), then please > mail me. > (address-suppressed) > ------ >
I really diagree with allowing some method to differentiate between a native M$ system and wine. What if some programmer uses that fn to block his executable from running in wine? I suggest that the GetVersionEx or a similar function indicates the presence of Wine. However, that feature should be allowed to be switched off (this fully hiding wine). The setting should be app-specific (in wine.conf). Thus, a well-behaving program will have access to the wine info, while the bad one won't.
