MS Office 2007 apps lose focus when hovering over sub menus?

bp96 · Post by **bp96** » Sat Apr 03, 2010 7:43 am

Whenever I hover over a submenu in Word, PowerPoint or Excel 2007, it loses its focus. The menu just disappears. Look at this video (ignore the last bit where I click on Symbol as I've always had an issue with that) :
http://tinypic.com/player.php?v=15mjiv8&s=5

Here's a counsel output when I hover over shapes until the menu disappears:

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 wine winword.exe
fixme:heap:HeapSetInformation (nil) 1 (nil) 0
fixme:win:RegisterDeviceNotificationA (hwnd=0x134658, filter=0x73e9d4,flags=0x00000001) returns a fake device notification handle!
fixme:heap:HeapSetInformation 0x110000 1 (nil) 0
fixme:heap:HeapSetInformation 0x110000 1 (nil) 0
fixme:heap:HeapSetInformation 0x110000 1 (nil) 0
fixme:heap:HeapSetInformation 0x110000 1 (nil) 0
fixme:heap:HeapSetInformation 0x110000 1 (nil) 0
fixme:heap:HeapSetInformation 0x110000 1 (nil) 0
fixme:heap:HeapSetInformation 0x110000 1 (nil) 0
fixme:bitblt:client_side_dib_copy potential optimization: client-side color-index mode DIB copy
fixme:heap:HeapSetInformation 0x110000 1 (nil) 0
fixme:win:EnumDisplayDevicesW ((null),0,0x33dd4c,0x00000000), stub!
fixme:wtsapi:WTSRegisterSessionNotification Stub 0x200ca 0x00000000
fixme:heap:HeapSetInformation 0x110000 1 (nil) 0
fixme:msi:MsiUseFeatureExW mark product L"{90120000-0030-0000-0000-0000000FF1CE}" feature L"CAGFiles" as used
fixme:msi:MsiUseFeatureExW mark product L"{90120000-0030-0000-0000-0000000FF1CE}" feature L"CAGFiles" as used
fixme:msi:MsiUseFeatureExW mark product L"{90120000-0030-0000-0000-0000000FF1CE}" feature L"CAGFiles" as used
fixme:time:GetCalendarInfoW Unimplemented caltype 1
fixme:advapi:RegisterEventSourceW ((null),L"Microsoft Office 12 Sessions"): stub
fixme:advapi:ReportEventW (0xcafe4242,0x0004,0x0000,0x00001b58,(nil),0x0006,0x00000000,0x33f710,(nil)): stub
fixme:advapi:DeregisterEventSource (0xcafe4242) stub

Post by **dimesio** » Sat Apr 03, 2010 9:01 am

bp96 wrote:Whenever I hover over a submenu in Word, PowerPoint or Excel 2007, it loses its focus. The menu just disappears. Look at this video (ignore the last bit where I click on Symbol as I've always had an issue with that) :
http://tinypic.com/player.php?v=15mjiv8&s=5
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I get all the fixmes in your console output, and selecting submenu items works fine for me. However, your console output is missing some fixmes that I do get, for psdrv and mscorree.

Mscoree is part of .NET, and the fact hat you're not getting the fixme for it suggests that you installed dotnet20, and possibly some other unnecessary things, with winetricks.

If that's the case, reinstall to a clean wineprefis, with no winetricks or any other tweaks. Just run the installer, as the AppDB instructs. After installing, apply only the tweaks listed in the AppDB. Dotnet is not one of them.

If that's not the case, then I don't know what the problem is. Possibly a graphics driver issue.

bp96 · Post by **bp96** » Sat Apr 03, 2010 9:44 am

Ah... You see this only started happening after upgrading to WINE 1.1.40 and also in 1.1.41. This never happened in 1.1.39 and under...

Post by **dimesio** » Sat Apr 03, 2010 11:06 am

bp96 wrote:Ah... You see this only started happening after upgrading to WINE 1.1.40 and also in 1.1.41. This never happened in 1.1.39 and under...

Did you or did you not do a clean install with no winetricks? If you didn't, and refuse to do so, you're on your own. If this is a clean install, run a regression test and file a bug. I can't do it, because I can't reproduce the problem.

bp96 · Post by **bp96** » Sat Apr 03, 2010 11:24 am

I didn't do a clean install. Oh well. But please could you answer these questions:
1. Which version of Wine are you using?
2. Which is the best version of Wine for Office 2007? I mean the version that has the fewest bugs for MS Office 2007. Or the version that has the fewest bugs for Word 2007 and/or PowerPoint 2007 as I use them the most.

Post by **dimesio** » Sat Apr 03, 2010 2:16 pm

bp96 wrote:I didn't do a clean install. Oh well. But please could you answer these questions:
1. Which version of Wine are you using?
2. Which is the best version of Wine for Office 2007? I mean the version that has the fewest bugs for MS Office 2007. Or the version that has the fewest bugs for Word 2007 and/or PowerPoint 2007 as I use them the most.

Unless there is a known regression, the best version of Wine for Office, and the one I use, will always be the latest development release. I have 1.1.42 installed right now and haven't noticed any problems, but I also haven't tested it very extensively yet. Avoid 1.1.17 through 1.1.23 because the installer was broken, and 1.1.35 also had a regression that affected saving the normal.dot file in Word.

bp96 · Post by **bp96** » Sat Apr 03, 2010 2:23 pm

I thought that the deb for 1.1.42 wasn't released?
So upgrading wine won't bring any negative effects to MS Office 2007?
And are you noticing any bugs with Word or PowerPoint?

bp96 · Post by **bp96** » Sat Apr 03, 2010 2:26 pm

By the way, this bug is similar to:
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19534

Post by **dimesio** » Sat Apr 03, 2010 4:06 pm

bp96 wrote:I thought that the deb for 1.1.42 wasn't released?
So upgrading wine won't bring any negative effects to MS Office 2007?
And are you noticing any bugs with Word or PowerPoint?

I use openSUSE. I have not noticed any regressions in 1.1.42 so far, but as I said, I haven't tested it much yet.

What you really need to do is reinstall Office to a clean wineprefix. Unnecessary winetricks are the number one cause of problems with Office 2007 that I see here on the forum, and a clean install usually fixes it. And even if that turns out not to be the cause in your case, you can't report a bug unless you have a clean install anyway.

James McKenzie · Post by **James McKenzie** » Sun Apr 04, 2010 3:11 pm

bp96 wrote:

By the way, this bug is similar to:
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19534

bp96: You do not have to do a clean install if all you want to do is
get Office 2007 fixed or just to find out if there is a problem with
using winetricks:

Open a terminal window session.

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export WINEPREFIX=$HOME/OFFICE2007TEST

put in the Office 2007 installation DVD

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cd /media/cdrom
wine setup.exe

Follow all of the installation instructions.

Then you can use the new Office 2007 items. They should work better....

If this does NOT help, read the FAQ on creating and using a Wineprefix.

James McKenzie

bp96 · Post by **bp96** » Mon Apr 12, 2010 3:17 am

Thanks for all the help, but I've installed WINE 1.1.42. After I did that, I opened up Word, it said something like 'Wine configuring.' After it did that, Word opened up and now this issue got fixed and so did my other issue of pictures nudging when they are moved! After that I tried PowerPoint and Excel- and they worked fine!

This is my new counsel ouput:

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wine winword.exe
fixme:heap:HeapSetInformation (nil) 1 (nil) 0
fixme:win:RegisterDeviceNotificationA (hwnd=0x134690, filter=0x73e9d4,flags=0x00000001) returns a fake device notification handle!
fixme:heap:HeapSetInformation (nil) 1 (nil) 0
fixme:advapi:RegisterEventSourceW ((null),L"Bonjour Service"): stub
fixme:winsock:WS_setsockopt Unknown IPPROTO_IP optname 0x00000013
fixme:winsock:WSAIoctl SIO_GET_EXTENSION_FUNCTION_POINTER {f689d7c8-6f1f-436b-8a53-e54fe351c322}: stub
fixme:winsock:WS_setsockopt Unknown IPPROTO_IPV6 optname 0x00000013
fixme:winsock:WSAIoctl SIO_GET_EXTENSION_FUNCTION_POINTER {f689d7c8-6f1f-436b-8a53-e54fe351c322}: stub
fixme:winsock:WSAIoctl -> SIO_ADDRESS_LIST_CHANGE request: stub
fixme:iphlpapi:DeleteIpForwardEntry (pRoute 0x78e8b4): stub
fixme:iphlpapi:CreateIpForwardEntry (pRoute 0x78e87c): stub
fixme:service:EnumServicesStatusW 0x1344c0 type=30 state=3 (nil) 0 0x78e7e8 0x78e7f4 0x78e7f0
fixme:advapi:ReportEventA (0xcafe4242,0x0004,0x0000,0x00000064,(nil),0x0001,0x00000000,0x78e5f8,(nil)): stub
fixme:advapi:ReportEventW (0xcafe4242,0x0004,0x0000,0x00000064,(nil),0x0001,0x00000000,0x134898,(nil)): stub
fixme:netapi32:NetGetJoinInformation Stub (null) 0x78e688 0x78e690
fixme:winsock:WS_setsockopt Unknown IPPROTO_IPV6 optname 0x00000013
fixme:winsock:WSAIoctl SIO_GET_EXTENSION_FUNCTION_POINTER {f689d7c8-6f1f-436b-8a53-e54fe351c322}: stub
fixme:heap:HeapSetInformation 0x110000 1 (nil) 0
fixme:heap:HeapSetInformation 0x110000 1 (nil) 0
fixme:heap:HeapSetInformation 0x110000 1 (nil) 0
fixme:heap:HeapSetInformation 0x110000 1 (nil) 0
fixme:heap:HeapSetInformation 0x110000 1 (nil) 0
fixme:heap:HeapSetInformation 0x110000 1 (nil) 0
fixme:heap:HeapSetInformation 0x110000 1 (nil) 0
fixme:bitblt:client_side_dib_copy potential optimization: client-side color-index mode DIB copy
fixme:heap:HeapSetInformation 0x110000 1 (nil) 0
fixme:win:EnumDisplayDevicesW ((null),0,0x337c60,0x00000000), stub!
fixme:wtsapi:WTSRegisterSessionNotification Stub 0x400ca 0x00000000
fixme:heap:HeapSetInformation 0x110000 1 (nil) 0
fixme:time:GetCalendarInfoW Unimplemented caltype 1
fixme:ole:snapshot_QueryGetData (0x19d068, 0x33ae04 {cf c00a ptd (nil) aspect 1 lindex -1 tymed 4})
fixme:ole:snapshot_QueryGetData (0x19d068, 0x33abc0 {cf c05b ptd (nil) aspect 1 lindex -1 tymed 1})
fixme:ole:snapshot_QueryGetData (0x19d068, 0x33adc0 {cf c00a ptd (nil) aspect 1 lindex -1 tymed 4})
fixme:ole:snapshot_QueryGetData (0x19d068, 0x33ab7c {cf c05b ptd (nil) aspect 1 lindex -1 tymed 1})
err:ole:StdMarshalImpl_ReleaseMarshalData could not map object ID to stub manager, oxid=800000009, oid=9
err:ole:CoReleaseMarshalData IMarshal::ReleaseMarshalData failed with error 0x8001011d
fixme:ole:snapshot_QueryGetData (0x197bb0, 0x33cf90 {cf c00a ptd (nil) aspect 1 lindex -1 tymed 4})
fixme:ole:snapshot_QueryGetData (0x197bb0, 0x33cd4c {cf c05b ptd (nil) aspect 1 lindex -1 tymed 1})
fixme:advapi:RegisterEventSourceW ((null),L"Microsoft Office 12 Sessions"): stub
fixme:advapi:ReportEventW (0xcafe4242,0x0004,0x0000,0x00001b58,(nil),0x0006,0x00000000,0x33f710,(nil)): stub
fixme:advapi:DeregisterEventSource (0xcafe4242) stub