Mono to use for Writers Blocks 4?

Susan Cragin · Post by **Susan Cragin** » Thu Aug 04, 2011 6:37 am

Writers Blocks has issued a new version.
Version 3 ran with
winetricks v6run and mfc40
But it appears that Version 4 needs something else.
I tried it with the above, I tried it with all the mono versions, but installed mono after I installed the program.

wine: Install Mono for Windows to run .NET 2.0 applications.

And ideas?
There is a free trial version on the web site.

DaVince · Post by **DaVince** » Thu Aug 04, 2011 6:52 am

You probably did, but it doesn't hurt to ask: did you install Mono with Winetricks?

Besides that, have you tried a new clean wineprefix for each different Mono install? Have you tried any of the dotnet winetricks instead?

Susan Cragin · Post by **Susan Cragin** » Thu Aug 04, 2011 9:10 am

Writers Blocks has issued a new version.
Version 3 ran with winetricks v6run and mfc40
But it appears that Version 4 needs something else.
I tried it with the above, I tried it with all the mono versions, but installed mono after I installed the program.
wine: Install Mono for Windows to run .NET 2.0 applications.
And ideas?
There is a free trial version on the web site.

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You probably did, but it doesn't hurt to ask: did you install Mono with Winetricks?

Besides that, have you tried a new clean wineprefix for each different Mono install? Have you tried any of the dotnet winetricks instead?

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I'm going through all the dotnets and clean wineprefixes.
I tried with a clean wineprefix and dotnet30 and it seems better.
But now it says it needs:
IP2Lib32.dll
Where is this?

Post by **dimesio** » Thu Aug 04, 2011 9:16 am

I downloaded the demo. The error message thrown up by the app complains about being unable to load IP2lib32.dll, which is installed by the app itself into the program directory. I googled that dll, and it is for InstantPLUS, which is DRM. One of the things it is designed for is preventing apps being run in a VM. http://www.softwarekey.com/help/Release ... tPLUS.html

Susan Cragin · Post by **Susan Cragin** » Thu Aug 04, 2011 12:42 pm

I downloaded the demo. The error message thrown up by the app complains about being unable to load IP2lib32.dll, which is installed by the app itself into the program directory. I googled that dll, and it is for InstantPLUS, which is DRM. One of the things it is designed for is preventing apps being run in a VM. http://www.softwarekey.com/help/Release ... tPLUS.html

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I suspect, then, that I will not be able to get it to run at all.
That is fine. I will stick with WB 3. It installs very well.