WINE - need 'msvcr80.dll' compatible with wine (MS VisualStudio 8.0)

r00tb33r · 06-18-2008, 12:18 AM

I need a 'msvcr80.dll' that would work on Wine. Ones from Microsoft are confirmed not to work on Wine. I Googled around and couldn't find a fix, however I found a related bug filing and lots of similar questions. VisualStudio applications that depend on this file will not work until a compatible version is provided.
Perhaps someone around here might know if there has been such file released.
Thanks in advance!

pinniped · 06-18-2008, 01:01 AM

Well, it's hard work but - it will never fix itself.

The thing to do is figure out what msvcr80.dll routines fail and why - then add the necessary code to WINE.

For that purpose it's nice to have one machine with WinDuhs + MSVC/VB so you can find the (documented and undocumented) routines within the DLL and the parameters + description of what the routine does.

Have fun.

I wish I had the time to work on stuff like that.