[cw-discuss] When will CrossOver be XP based

[Frank S. Bernhardt]

Are you sure it's just to link up to the the online resources and 
registration?

Some time ago I had gotten NetObjects Fusion (v7 I think; don't use it 
anymore) to run under CX and it too wanted IE. I always thought that the 
main reason was so it could use the IE dll's for it's various functions 
(NOF is a web site development package).

Maybe Jeremy can confirm/refute/shrug-his-shoulders my suspicion about 
the  IE requirement in the various packages.

Cheers.

Joseph Bush wrote:
> 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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