[CodeWeavers-Announce]Announcing CrossOver Office, Version 4.0, with iTunes support

[Jeremy White]

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Hi Folks,

I am very glad to announce that we have shipped Version 4 of CrossOver 
Office, with new support for iTunes, Framemaker 7.1, JInitiator, and
Quicktime 6.5.2.

Not only am I excited by the new applications we've added, I also think
we've improved CrossOver in a lot of other ways, including better 
performance, new control panel options in CrossOver Office Setup, and 
general bug fixes across the board.

This release should also now run on all 'modern' Linux systems,
without the need to disable exec shield as before.

A full list of changes is included below, and I always recommend
that folks read through 'the real dirt' which is here:
http://www.codeweavers.com/site/products/cxoffice/truth_in_advertising/the_real_dirt/

While I hope that you all come and try this download, I would
strongly recommend that you proceed with some caution.  This version
should cleanly upgrade your exisiting versions, but we cannot
test all of the possible combinations.

The safest way to proceed is to install in a test user account
where you can make sure CrossOver works with your applications on
your machines before you change a working configuration.

Failing that, I recommend that you backup your existing CrossOver
Installation prior to installing.  The following command, run
from a terminal prompt, will perform such a backup:
   tar -czvf backup.crossover.tgz ~/cxoffice ~/.cxoffice
     (for installs done as a user)
   tar -czvf backup.crossover.tgz /opt/cxoffice ~/.cxoffice
     (for installs done as root)

To get the release, simply point your browser at:
    www.codeweavers.com
select the 'Login' tab in the upper right hand corner,
and then look for a 'My Downloads' link in the upper left
hand corner of the page.

If you're eager to try out iTunes, note that there are some
issues with it, and you should make sure to look over the FAQs:
http://www.codeweavers.com/site/support/docs/crossover-pro/troubleshooting

Finally, I did want to thank all of you that are supporting us
in our effort to create fine vintages of Wine; your support has meant
a great deal to us all here at CodeWeavers, and it is something
we appreciate deeply.

Thank you,

Jeremy White
CEO
CodeWeavers

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 * CrossOver Office Professional 4.0 - 2004/11/15

   New application support:

     Support for iTunes and iTMS.  Limited iPod support; drivers for ripping 
       are not supported.
     Support for Adobe FrameMaker 7.1
     Support for QuickTime 6.5.2
     Reviewed plugin support: removed some, updated others

   Application bug fixes:

     Office:

     Fixed a bug that was causing IE to crash when a 'favorite' was added
     Fixed a bug that prevented Office 2000 and Project from being installed
       together
     Some bugfixes for Outlook 2000
     Fixed a bug that prevented WMP from playing local media files

     Quicken:

     Cleaned up Quicken installation process
     Fixed several Quicken bugs
     Reviewed and improved Quicken 2004 support

     Others:

     Fixed Dreamweaver uninstallation
     Fixed several DreamWeaver bugs
     Fixed installation problems with Scientific Word


   CrossOver changes and improvements:

     Installation:

     Fixed several CrossOver installation and uninstallation issues
     Improved CrossOver upgrade support
     Fixed a bug that caused the menu database to be erased when
       additional office components (such as the Equation Editor)
       were added
     Improved menu support for (among others) Suse 9.2 and Fedora Core 3

     Officesetup:

     Added the 'Control Panel' tab to OfficeSetup
     Improved officesetup startup time
     Several improvements to OfficeSetup user interface; fixed keyboard
       navigation
     Fixed uninstallation of unsupported software
     Solved a bug that sometimes corrupted downloadable installers

     General:

     CrossOver now deals with prelinking and execshield without the 
       need for disabling them
     Fixed handling of SIGCHLD.  This fixes several install failures
       and should improve general stability quite a bit.
     Switched to a new, more modern build machine.  This may
       affect installation dependencies.
     Improved serial port support
     Added volume labels for Windows drives
     Improved font caching
     Dramatic improvement in application speed
     Adopted new, simpler system for drive-letter mapping
     Fixed a crash when LANG=zh_TW.utf8




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