Can't remember the correct windows terminology but it use a main window with a variable number of sub windows that are confined within the main window and can be minimised. It appears from HEX to be have written in C++ but may have some parts of a spread sheet buried in it. Many optical design programs start like that. The main data entry sub window is spread sheet like and can't be resized horizontally.Everything works fine but for 2 of it's features.
One of the problems may be down to the install program not installing everything that is needed. There is a click on a question mark type help feature. The help window pops up showing nothing and disappears shortly afterwards. This isn't much of a problem for me.
More seriously there is a facility to use sliders to vary the parameters that make up the system of lenses. This is one of it's neat feature. These slider controls pop up and disappear all most instantaneously.
Same things happen using wine direct or the QT4 interface - that allows me to set a virtual window size for the app. I'm running OpenSuse + 11.4 KDE. I've tried using winetricks but all of the links seem to be broken, downloaded of it's home page.
I'm wondering if the problem could be cured by installing dll's or etc but have no idea where they would have to be put or what would be needed. Everything else works - graphics, printing, usual buttons, minimising, opening and closing sub windows, scroll wheel zooming sub windows etc etc and the rather extensive maths used by the program. Bit sad as there is nothing available like it for linux. It's amazingly powerful for a freebe and unlike others can cope with 10 optical surfaces.
Hope some one can help.
John
