On Tue, 2010-10-26 at 10:54 -0500, kevavic wrote: > I have a windows dll and some associated executables that need to > integrate closely with native libs and code on a Red Hat Linux > machine. The obvious solution for me is to keep the windows stuff on a > windows machine and use sockets to exchange data with the Linux > machine. However, I am wondering if this could be made simpler by > using Wine (I am newbie). How difficult/easy is it to write programs > that essentially sit over the Wine-Host boundary, without the need for > virtual sockets etc? > Why virtual sockets? You should be able to run this without any code changes using the built-in localnet (127.0.0.x). When your code is running successfully over a local network between your RH and Windows boxes, try this: - Install the Windows code under Wine - Configure the client to look for the server on localhost - Run it. If that works, you're done. If it doesn't, you've got a little work to do. Martin
