where to post for help on Linux XP to run .exe app
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I have transferred the app onto the Linux Xp test machine from the W2K system.
Linux XP installation was absolutely tremendous. Picked up everything. Internet and network access is great.
So to test the app. It maintains its .EXE & dll's in one folder and the work files in another (it is a runtime system that uses pcode programs).
so the app is:
\test\bin\runtime.exe
the start file is
\test\data\start.prg
The shortcut target to start the app runs
\test\bin\runtime.exe start.prg
with the start in folder set to
\test\data
I also presume I need to set the search folders for the environment somewhere so it looks in \test\bin for its supporting files.
The program parameter must be a file name (not a path). Under windows this does not matter because of the shortcut settings. Can I do the same unde Linux XP so that I can see if the program works.
If that's an MS exe (sounds like it as Unix doesn't use that extension) it can't run natively in Linux. The internal formats are different.
You can install WINE, which will give you an MS type env on top of Linux.
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