Hi All, The guys over on approach@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx found out I was running Lotus Approach under Wine and asked me how Approach was doing, so I wrote them up this. I am sending it to this group too, just in case it helps someone else who is trying to run Approach under Wine. -T ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Approach does run under Wine 1.1.27, but it is full of bugs. 1) you have no paper sizes from the print driver, so you need to create the db in XP, especially if you are using PDF Creator to get a wide paper size. (A stupid way for Approach to have done it, but we are stuck with it.) 2) the opening splash screen does not work. http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18157 3) when typing a search value into a filed, certain character cause the previous typing to disappear. They are actually there, you just keep typing in the dark 4) when opening large read only databases, Approach thinks they are opening in a foreign language http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18158 5) you have extra caption and control boxes http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18159 6) there is no support for Scroll Wheel, so your middle roller does not work http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18156 7) clicking on an internal minimized icon gives "About Wine" http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18234 8) screen do not repaint when you have two databases open http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18318 work around: open two separate instances of Approach 9) under Wine 1.1.28, you loose keyboard after a while. I reverted back to .27. Work around: log off your Linux user and log back in. I haven't tried .29 yet. Long story short. It is a real mess, but you can work with it. But, *do not* attempt unless you have a copy of Virtual Box XP some where close by to bail you out.
