I try to install MSOffice 97 in Fedora 10 with wine. Version 1.1.15.
I obtain the following text message (in windows / temp) (long message):

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Launch Setup

5/23/2009 8:08:19 PM

Detected Windows Info:

PlatformId = 2

MajorVersion = 5

MinorVersion = 1

Setup path: Z:\media\office xp\Office XP (E_)\SETUP.EXE

Searching for .INI file: SETUP.INI

Z:\media\office xp\Office XP (E_)\FILES\SETUP\SETUP.INI

Settings file located: Z:\media\office xp\Office XP (E_)\FILES\SETUP\SETUP.INI

GetTempPath returned: C:\windows\temp\



NT Version 5 detected

NT Service Pack 0x0 detected. (Minimum 0x600 required)

Loading MSI Library....

C:\windows\system32\MSI.DLL

.. succeeded.

DllGetVersion succeeded.

Using Darwin Version 1.10.1029.0 from .ini file

Minimum MSI version required is 1.10.1029.0

MSI.DLL version installed now is 3.1.4000.0

Trying to get version of

C:\windows\system32\msiexec.exe

...succeeded.

C:\windows\system32\msiexec.exe is version 3.1.4000.1823

Reading settings file

Z:\media\office xp\Office XP (E_)\FILES\SETUP\SETUP.INI

Located: Z:\media\office xp\Office XP (E_)\PROPLUS.MSI

Package to install: Z:\media\office xp\Office XP (E_)\PROPLUS.MSI

Checking for Windows Installer....

C:\windows\system32\MSI.DLL

.. succeeded.

Checking for any beta version of the product.

Tahoma (TrueType) listed in Z:\media\office xp\Office XP (E_)\FILES\SETUP\SETUP.INI is Version 2.30

Tahoma (TrueType) is already on the system, no need to install newer font



Tahoma Bold (TrueType) listed in Z:\media\office xp\Office XP (E_)\FILES\SETUP\SETUP.INI is Version 2.30

Tahoma Bold (TrueType) is already on the system, no need to install newer font



OSP - Display full UI

Windows NT version sufficient - OSP does not need to be installed on this system.

General properties added: LAUNCHEDFROMSETUP=1 SETUPEXEPATH="Z:\media\office xp\Office XP (E_)\"

Writing Task:

C:\windows\system32\msiexec.exe

/I "Z:\media\office xp\Office XP (E_)\PROPLUS.MSI" SKIPOSPCHECK=1 METRICSSOURCE="Z:\media\office xp\Office XP (E_)" LAUNCHEDFROMSETUP=1 SETUPEXEPATH="Z:\media\office xp\Office XP (E_)\"

Looking for setup tasks to process.

5/23/2009 8:08:20 PM WaitForMsiExecDone...

5/23/2009 8:08:20 PM WaitForMsiExecDone exits

Verifying install package is available

DWSETUPLOGFILE="C:\windows\temp\Office XP Professional with FrontPage Setup(0004).txt"

DWMSILOGFILE="C:\windows\temp\Office XP Professional with FrontPage Setup(0004)_Task(0001).txt"

Command Line Logging Parameters: /I "Z:\media\office xp\Office XP (E_)\PROPLUS.MSI" SKIPOSPCHECK=1 METRICSSOURCE="Z:\media\office xp\Office XP (E_)" LAUNCHEDFROMSETUP=1 SETUPEXEPATH="Z:\media\office xp\Office XP (E_)\" /lvpiwaeo "C:\windows\temp\Office XP Professional with FrontPage Setup(0004)_Task(0001).txt" LOGVERBOSE=1

5/23/2009 8:08:20 PM

Executing Task:

Microsoft Office XP Professional with FrontPage

"C:\windows\system32\msiexec.exe" /I "Z:\media\office xp\Office XP (E_)\PROPLUS.MSI" SKIPOSPCHECK=1 METRICSSOURCE="Z:\media\office xp\Office XP (E_)" LAUNCHEDFROMSETUP=1 SETUPEXEPATH="Z:\media\office xp\Office XP (E_)\" /lvpiwaeo "C:\windows\temp\Office XP Professional with FrontPage Setup(0004)_Task(0001).txt" LOGVERBOSE=1 DWSETUPLOGFILE="C:\windows\temp\Office XP Professional with FrontPage Setup(0004).txt" DWMSILOGFILE="C:\windows\temp\Office XP Professional with FrontPage Setup(0004)_Task(0001).txt"

Type: msi

Ignore Return Values: False

Reboot: False



Successfully launched MsiExec....

5/23/2009 8:09:13 PM Chained install return code: 1603

Shutting down chained setup processing.

Set Verbose logging for subsequent setup.





***** Setup exits

5/23/2009 8:09:13 PM

(return = 1603)





HELP !

Install open office latest, abi word and koffice .

They are far better

That is not helpful....You may think they are better (and I agree mostly), but sometimes people really DO need MSOffice.

anika;

I'm not skilled in setting up WINE---you might also want to look at the commercial version: CrossOver (http://codeweavers.com)
They offer a free trial.

Dear Pixelanny,
yes, I am one of the persons that really NEED MSOffice. I am workging into a group of WIN users and a doc written/edited in OO is not 100 % compatible with MSOffice. There issues like formatting or numbering that are not preserved very good when you play with the doc between MSO and OO.
I will try the program that you suggest me - the trial is fully functional ?

Something else - i make a mistake, it is office xp not 97 !

But was wine ever designed to run office-97?

You are supposed to check log files of the installer (1603)... wine does not have any problems...

I read in a revue that MSOffice 2003 was installed with WINE. Why not XP also ?
I will put a stupid question - where can I find the log file of the installer ?

in the /folder created by wine in home