On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 3:48 AM, garybaldy72uk <wineforum-user@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > jjmckenzie wrote: >> None. However, .NET 3.0 should install using winetricks. .NET 3.5 >> support is through Mono. >> >> Suggest that you try using Mono 2.10 first and then try .NET 3.0/3.5 in >> a fresh Wineprefix. Install all of these using winetricks, not with the >> installer packages from Microsoft direct. > > Many thanks for the pointers jj, I've installed mono, still no joy. Rightly (or wrongly) I then tried installing mono-complete from synaptics and > still no joy. The programs initial database setup utility to create the tables works a charm, but trying to use the actual program to get data into > SQL is still a no go. Any more pointers as I am really keen on getting rid of my final Windows box. Can you run the program from the terminal? It would be nice to look at a logging file at this point but I suspect your problem involves the SQL calls and not .NET issues. The Wine FAQ at http://wiki.winehq.hq/FAQ#get_log has hints on how to capture a logging file. Please post it to a site like pastebin.com and post the URL here.