On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 4:36 AM, RUMI Szabolcs <rumi_ml@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello there! > > I'm trying to get a proprietary business application running. > It is basically a kind of a special small business accounting > app which can be used in a distributed manner. If it is configured > this way, the server installation is running an MSSQL server > instance locally to store the data, while a client installation > just uses the remote server installation (apparently directly > connects to the remote MSSQL instance). I'd be very happy if > I could get at least a client installation running under Wine > while running the server installation under a real Windows > environment. > > The client software package installs under Wine seamlessly. > When started, it crashes with an exception until I install > Microsoft Database Engine. With MSDE installed the program > does start up but stops immediately with an error dialog > basically saying that it cannot connect to the database. > From a quick .exe strings analysis I believe it has been > coded in Borland Delphi. > > Well, it is possible that this is only some network level > issue (LMHOSTS lookup failing or whatever) but realistically > I suspect that there could be some deeper problem than that > as the program fails to create some OLE objects etc. > > How do I start to make it work? > > I can send a Wine debug log if somebody with a clue would > be so kind to look into it... > > Thanks, > > Sab > > Try: $ wget kegel.com/wine/winetricks $ sh winetricks hosts jet40 -- -Austin
