[plug] DeskBank and WINE

[W.Kenworthy]

run it within a managed desktop (see config files) - you may be able to
switch focus
use Xwine (http://darken33.free.fr) as a desktop for it - I have had
limited success with this but there seems to be a new version that I
havent tried yet.

BillK


On Wed, 2005-01-12 at 08:33 +0800, Leon Brooks wrote:
> I'm trying to get DeskBank running under WINE for a customer - 
> interestingly enough, kinda-sorta at WestPac's recommendation. Some of 
> the things WP had to say about WinME were... unsavoury. Unfortunately, 
> their other-than-Windows expert, Simon, is off sick at the moment so 
> they ain't got a Linux expert; I'm kind of hoping that _we_ do. (-:
> 
> When I run Setup.exe it throws up a splash on a full-screen window that 
> I can't "see" past, and there's no obvious way to proceed. A face-full 
> of keystrokes won't do it, clicking won't do it, and I can't find 
> another WINE window to focus on.
> 
> Any ideas? WINE's config mentions trapping other setup screen-snatchers 
> and relegating them to an ordinary window but it's not obvious how I 
> would apply that to DeskBank.
> 
> Cheers; Leon
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