[cw-discuss] When will CrossOver be XP based

[Jeremy White]

Actually, we strongly recommend that any application that
request IE be instead given the 'CrossOver HTML Engine'
package.

There is a good chance (and an increasing chance) that that
will make applications happy.  And when it does, that should
work more smoothly than IE itself.  (The CrossOver HTML
Engine is a copy of Firefox wrapped to behave like IE 
for Windows applications).

If that doesn't work, then installing IE may help an application.
However, it's not easy to categorize exactly why that is.

Sometimes the application has a direct dependence on IE
and so it genuinely requires it.  Sometimes the application benefits
from the use of some of the DLLs that IE uses.

I'm just hoping that someday this is all a bad memory
because the CrossOver HTML engine works perfectly
every time <grin>.

Cheers,

Jeremy 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: discuss-bounces at crossover.codeweavers.com 
> [mailto:discuss-bounces at crossover.codeweavers.com] On Behalf 
> Of Frank S. Bernhardt
> Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2007 8:24 AM
> To: discuss at crossover.codeweavers.com
> Subject: Re: [cw-discuss] When will CrossOver be XP based
> 
> 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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