Thanks for the reply. I don't want to run a windows binaries but like you use the Wine source code/libraries of Win32 API's and use them to port my application from Windows to say Solaris (on Sparc ) or HP-UX. Hope that is possible.? Are there any issues (technically) that I have to take care while I port using Wine on others Unix platforms (Solaris (on Sparc ) or HP-UX ) Regards, Vinod Varkey -----Original Message----- From: wine-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:wine-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Duane Clark Sent: Friday, November 14, 2003 12:17 AM To: wine-users@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Wine on other Unix platforms. Vinod Varkey wrote: > Hello, > On the Wine site it is said that, WINE is a project to run > WIN32 programs on Linux (correct me if I am wrong). > > 1) The question I have is whether the source code for WIn32 API's can be > used on UNIX platforms like Solaris or HP-UX. Yes they in theory can. But Wine is not an emulator, and will not allow you to run Windows binaries on non-X86 platforms. You would need to run Wine in conjunction with an X86 emulator to do so. Such a project would require significant programming skills and not be for the faint of heart. > > 2) If it runs on Solaris, will I face issues like Big Endian and little > Endian. Likely there would be some Endian issues, but many of those kinds of bugs have been wrung out in the past, so I doubt there would be an overwhelming number of them. _______________________________________________ wine-users mailing list wine-users@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.winehq.com/mailman/listinfo/wine-users _______________________________________________ wine-users mailing list wine-users@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.winehq.com/mailman/listinfo/wine-users
