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On 28/04/2002 at 1:39 PM Rick Welykochy [EMAIL PROTECTED] [gregausit/slug] wrote: >It's that BAS time again. So, for the first time, I really gave Quickbooks >a serious workout using Codeweavers WINE on Linux. > >Now the truer picture is coming to light. I found many tiny annoyances >and a few downright crashers. > >Crashers: > >(*) bringing up the BAS form crashes WINE everytime >(*) too-fast too-heavy keyboard action crashes WINE (i.e. too many > focus changes in between mouse moves) ... race condition > >Minor annoyances include: > >(*) SHIFT-TAB doesn't work >(*) dates are in American format >(*) maximising some windows causes severe display redrawing probs >(*) lotsa of other small things (focus, redraw, text highlighting) > >So, I was able to bring the accounts up to date (crefully entering American >instead of Aussie dates, and simply avoiding other known bugs), but had to >calculate the BAS/GST crappe manually. > >As Codeweavers say, this software is in beta test and there are many >API calls that simply do not work. As well, the console log of >invalid/corrupt >system calls is very revealing. I'm not as impressed as I was a few months >ago (since I've only now really tested the depths of Quickbooks), but do >understand that daunting task facing the WINE team: it is quite difficult >to reliably implement an undocumented system API. > I am sure the guys who work on this project would like to hear about these problems -- it is likely they may already know. I think to change things in this area, individually we all have to ask application providers -- When will you provide a Linux compatible version of your application ? Regards Greg Wright -- IT Consultant Sydney Australia PH 0418 292020 -- Int. +61 418 292020 Available for Global Contracts US Fax -- 801 740 2874 Web http://www.ausit.com E-mail Greg AT AusIT.com Trading As - AAA Computers -- providers of IT services. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
