Lotus 123 Release 4 for Windows

dgs · Post by **dgs** » Sat Jul 04, 2009 2:08 pm

Hi,

I am new to Linux, Fedora 11, and Wine, V1.1.18, and am looking for a way to eliminate going back to windows to run certain applications and Wine seems "heaven sent". I am using Wine V1.1.18 instead of Wine V1.1.23 because V1.1.23 causes my other Windows application to crash. I managed to install Lotus 123 Release 4 cleanly into wine. Lotus 123 Release 4 is a 16-bit application. Fonts were installed via winetricks by selecting all fonts.

Lotus 123 Release 4 seems to startup cleanly, but has numerous operational issues, some major and some minor. I would like to concentrate on the simplest test, startup, then shutdown with no work done. That condition produces the following command line errors:

fixme:ole:OleRegisterServer16 (123Worksheet,...): stub
fixme:ole:OleRegisterServerDoc16 (1,Untitled): stub
fixme:ole:OleRevokeServer16 1 - stub
fixme:font:WineEngRemoveFontResourceEx :stub

My gut feeling is that fixing the above issues will also fix some of the operational issues. Any help or guidance is greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

Don

vitamin · Post by **vitamin** » Sat Jul 04, 2009 2:51 pm

dgs wrote:Lotus 123 Release 4 is a 16-bit application. Fonts were installed via winetricks by selecting all fonts.

fixme:ole:OleRegisterServer16 (123Worksheet,...): stub
fixme:ole:OleRegisterServerDoc16 (1,Untitled): stub
fixme:ole:OleRevokeServer16 1 - stub

Wine missing lots of things for 16-bit apps.

Is there a reason you trying to run such an old application in the first place? And not using one of the open source programs instead?

dgs · Post by **dgs** » Sun Jul 05, 2009 9:41 am

Hi,

Thank you for your reply. I use Lotus 123 Release 4 because it suits my needs and over the years I have accumulated a lot of custom macros which would be a large task to rewrite and debug.

I guess I was unclear in my initial post and I apologize for that. I was trying to find out if I have any options for making Lotus 123 Release 4 work. For example, the fixme error messages - can I eliminate them by using MS native dll's and if so, how do I determine which ones to use?

Thanks.

Don

vitamin · Post by **vitamin** » Sun Jul 05, 2009 2:26 pm

dgs wrote:For example, the fixme error messages - can I eliminate them by using MS native dll's and if so, how do I determine which ones to use?

The second word after fixme is the dll name (more less).

In your case, try installing dcom98 (using winetricks). Be careful thou, it brakes many things.

James McKenzie · Post by **James McKenzie** » Sun Jul 05, 2009 6:12 pm

vitamin wrote:

dgs wrote:

For example, the fixme error messages - can I eliminate them by using MS native dll's and if so, how do I determine which ones to use?

The second word after fixme is the dll name (more less).

In your case, try installing dcom98 (using winetricks). Be careful thou, it brakes many things.

It should not break Quicken 2 for Windows however, and this may actually
get both programs running. Please update the AppDB if this does fix the
problem and please file bug reports in Wine Bugzilla.

Thank you.

James McKenzie

dgs · Post by **dgs** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 9:54 am

Hi,

I have already used winetricks to install the DCOM98, OLE32, and OLEAUT32 dlls. Unfortunately none of them had any effect.

I am not sure what else to try at this point. Wine does not seem very hospitable to 16-bit applications. I am deeply appreciative of all the volunteers who develop and maintain wine and think "you guys" are doing a terrific job. It is just not a fit for me right now.

Thanks for all your help.

Best regards.

Don