Frédéric Delanoy wrote: > On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 13:55, tf4545 <wineforum-user@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > I am running Wine with Ubuntu 10.04 on a Toshiba Laptop.  I installed Wine using the Ubuntu Software Center and am using 1.1.42.  I have 'installed' Adobe Reader, Firefox, IE 8 and Business Plan Pro from Palo Alto Software. > > > > Firefox will start and run, IE 8 will not fully execute, Adobe Reader gives an error for Wine C++ Runtime error and Biz Plan Pro gives an Active X error 429. > > > > Prior to upgrading from Ubuntu 9.10 to 10.04 I had the same software configuration listed above and had no problems with any of the Windows applications running in Wine... > > > > I know this is a long list but I'm stuck and could use some help. > > > > Much Appreciated! > > > > Why are you running Firefox under wine? There is a native Linux version... > As for IE, you could try ies4linux, but I haven't had much success with it. > Your best option would probably be sthg like VMWare or virtualbox... > > BTW, there's a native acroread package, although it might be somewhat > old (search for "lucid ppa acroread" or sthg similar). > In any case, it should not be needed since there's a PDF (+ other > formats) viewer in Ubuntu: evince (named "Document Viewer" IIRC), but > YMMV. > > Frédéric I should have included that the business planning software requires Reader and a browser installed for supportive measures. I too have Reader and Firefox in Linux but they need to be part of the Wine Applications for dependencies dictated by Business Plan Pro. I am also looking at Virtual Box and I think that is the way to go. Thanks for the reply!
