First, I'd like to note that the progress wine made since I used to try it last time (some years ago) is quite impressive. I'm now trying wine 1.7.2 as per opensuse 13.1. I've successfully installed Microcal Origin 7 and MS Office 2003, all seems fine, except for one glitch.
I've got a lot of Word2003 files (created on Windows XP computer) with Origin-created Plots embedded into them. These files look good in Word2003 under wine, unless built-in gdiplus.dll is used. With built-in gdiplus.dll, all embedded Origin plots appear with very tiny size (maybe like 10x smaller than normal), therefore obviously I select native one.
Now, if I start a new Word2003 document under wine and paste in some Plot from Origin running also under wine, I see that plot is embedded almost fine, except that it looks like very much zoomed (like 10x larger than normal).
Next, if I save this newly created file and re-run Word2003 with forced built-in gdiplus, I magically get the new plot looking correct!
So my guess is something wrong with dimensions somewhere, maybe related to some (missing ?) regional settings (metric/non-metric units?) however using buit-in gdiplus somehow "compensates" this compared to native gdiplus.
I'd really like to have this problem solved somehow, its a real show-stopper at the moment. I'm probably able to rebuild and re-test wine if necessary (although on a 64-bit system it needs some more effort) but I need some hints from wine experts first.
Thanks in advance!
Wrong visual scale of plot embedded in Ms Word 2003 document
Re: Wrong visual scale of plot embedded in Ms Word 2003 docu
Your Wine version is old, so start by upgrading to the latest development release.
Let's clarify what you mean by builtin vs. native, because people sometimes mix up those terms. Here, "builtin" means Wine's dll, and "native" means the real Windows one (which in this case should be the one installed by Office 2003, not something installed with winetricks).
What I understand from your description of the problem is that files created under Windows do not display the embedded plots correctly when opened in Wine using builtin gdiplus, but do when using native, and files created under Wine using builtin gdiplus do not display the embedded graphics correctly at first, but do after saving and re-opening the document. Is that correct?
Do you have a document you can upload that demonstrates the problem?
Let's clarify what you mean by builtin vs. native, because people sometimes mix up those terms. Here, "builtin" means Wine's dll, and "native" means the real Windows one (which in this case should be the one installed by Office 2003, not something installed with winetricks).
What I understand from your description of the problem is that files created under Windows do not display the embedded plots correctly when opened in Wine using builtin gdiplus, but do when using native, and files created under Wine using builtin gdiplus do not display the embedded graphics correctly at first, but do after saving and re-opening the document. Is that correct?
Do you have a document you can upload that demonstrates the problem?
