[cw-discuss] When will CrossOver be XP based

[Joseph Bush]

Ironic this was brought up: I'm using CrossOver to run Visio on my  
Mac. Like other Office software, it wants Internet Explorer to link- 
up with the online resources for Visio ( Visio Symbols, Templates,  
detailed help, and the like).

But if I click the highlighted links outside of the online help box,  
up comes Safari with the linked page.

Weird.

Joe.

On May 8, 2007, at 5:10 AM, Manaen Schlabach wrote:

> On 5/8/07, Sarah Fish <sarahtf at treadlefish.net> wrote:
>> I've got an application that runs right out of the box on  
>> Crossover. Or
>> did. I recently bought an upgrade to it that won't tolerate  
>> anything but
>> XP or above. 2000 doesn't cut it.  It also demands Explorer be  
>> working
>> in order to register the product. Product will not run unless its
>> registered.
>>
>> This sort of thing seems to be becoming more prevalent in recent
>> windows-based software. Makes me wonder if there's a conspiracy  
>> out there.
>>
>> Sarah Fish
>> Saratoga Springs, NY
>>
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> Hi Sarah,
>
>    I don't know about a registration conspiracy, but there could be
> an MS one (At least that is what keeps a lot of us going).  The
> problem with letting Explorer install in other bottles is that a lot
> of programs, MS ones especially, try to tie into it in complicated
> ways that make things break (at least based on my limited
> understanding).  It seems to me though that it certainly should be
> possible to intercept the program call for a web browser via the
> CXOffice software and point it to the 98 bottle or one of the
> GNU/Linux browsers.  I suspect that this hasn't been done because
> things get complicated when you intercept and redirect the programs
> call to pull up a web browser/register things.  A lot of times
> companies will let you do the registration over the phone though and
> it works every bit as well as the web based registration.
>
> Hope this Helps.
> Regards,
> Manaen
>
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