On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 11:13:13AM -0000, Danny Kodicek wrote: > Our software is made using Adobe Director, and we distribute it either > through a browser using Shockwave, or as a standalone executable > (Projector). I'm hoping that we might be able to run the projector using > Wine, but I don't know if it's likely to work or what problems we might > encounter. Anyone able to give me some advice? In particular: > > 1) Will it run at all?! > 2) If it does, am I likely to experience any particular known problems? The best place to find that out is appdb.winehq.org > 3) We use a number of third-party add-ons (Xtras) which talk to the > operating system in various ways including reading the registry; we also use > the SoftwareKey licencing system Dll. Any possibility these will work? > 4) What about things like printing, file formats, file paths (does Wine use > the \ path delimiter?) etc? For an application, Wine looks like Windows. There is a registry and paths look like Windows paths with drive letters and backslashes. Printing should work, though I've never tried it myself. > Also, in terms of the user experience, is it going to be possible to give > them a CD-ROM that includes both Wine and the software packaged in such a > way that they can just double-click and icon and have it run, or will they > need to install it? And if the latter, once installed will they be able to > double-click something then, or will they have to use the command line? That is possible, for example Google has "ported" Picasa that way.
