At 12:01 PM 9/28/02 -0500, you wrote: >--__--__-- > >Message: 1 >Subject: Re: Query >From: Greg Bledsoe <gbledsoe@knology.net> >To: Sylvain Petreolle <spetreolle@yahoo.fr> >Cc: wine-users@winehq.com >Date: 27 Sep 2002 21:23:12 -0400 > >See responses inline. > >On Thu, 2002-09-26 at 21:45, Sylvain Petreolle wrote: > > Post the error messages on the list. >That's just it. There is no error message. It *just hangs.* Word and >Powerpoint, BTW, work. > >I got a copy of codeweavers office thinking it might work better. >Nope. Does the same thing at the same point. > >More specifically, after the excel splash screen, the initial excel >screen is drawn behind it with no document open. At this point the >excel window loses focus and no longer responds. There is no error, no >information as to what might be happening. I will send whatever >debugging info is required, but I'm not getting any from wine at this >point, at least none that I know how to access. > > > > > > I'm running the 20020904 version, and have mutilated my wine config > > > nearly beyond repair in an attempt to get excel to run. I've tried > > This is not necessary. > > You can easily override the global configuration for a particular > > application. See documentation/samples/config. > >True. I tried it both ways in case the application specific overrides >somehow weren't working. Now I wish I'd backed up the config file >before I started. D'oh! Stupid Mistakes not to Make 101. > > > > > > I've run it with -debugmsgs +modules and don't get any error > > > messages, > > > it just hangs irrevocably. > > Give more info. "this hangs" isn't sufficient. > >It is, nonetheless, all I got. If you can inform me how to get more >info to send, I will do so, as I *really really really* need to get >excel working. > >Thank you so much for your time > >Greg Bledsoe > > >--__--__-- Be assured I mean absolutely no offense in any way. But, if this is more than the fun of the chase, is there a reason it is not possible to use OpenOffice? I am not sure, but believe it will run Excel 97 stuff. I think that was what I ran for my son this summer, with OpenOffice for linux. You can look it up, if this is a choice. http://www.openoffice.org/ should lead you to download sources, available for both Win and linux. I think I bought the CD's from Edmund's Discount CD's, it includes Java and OO for both OS versions, for 99 cents plus about $1.50 shipping, I ordered 3, and at that price, you pay the same for shipping for each CD. I think it's http://www.edmunds-enterprises.com/linux/cart.php though you might have to start at the home page. I do not know if www.cheapbytes.com has Open Office with all the same stuff on it, or not, but they charge a little more. http://www.ooodocs.org/modules.php?name=Forums is a support forum. http://www.ooodocs.org/ of course is home page. I cannot say OO is a perfect replacement, though it did most of the tech stuff. The Win version did not print the lines that run vertically or horizontally, which makes for a sorry spreadsheet, but I did not take time to see if there was a way to configure it to do that. Apologies if OO does not run the 97 version. I did not mention it when I first saw your posting, because it seems like a lot of folks on wine-users are as interested in making something work for the challenge of it, as anything else. But, your comment about "really really really" changed my mind. In June 2001, I installed Drake 8.0 in a computer in the government office here in DF where my nephew is boss. They used Star Office 5.2 at that time, and total linux users are 2, including a former UNIX user (does he ever love linux, has it on his home computer as well, when I installed it, he said he knew nothing about linux, but he had used UNIX; I told him he was a linux expert) and my nephew's "main squeeze" who works for him. In August, I found a download source for Open Office in Spanish, and now he has two (2) users of Open Office, the same two brave souls. Bruce McGovern writing from Mexico City _______________________________________________ wine-users mailing list wine-users@winehq.com http://www.winehq.com/mailman/listinfo/wine-users
