[softwarelist] Re: Mime types for Ovation pro files

On 15 Sep at 15:20 Mark Fraser <freelists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
message <4f22c0ed06freelists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> In article <D6RoacAT3v6GFwhE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
>    David Pilling <flist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > In message <4f204975b3freelists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Mark Fraser
> > <freelists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes
> > > I'm currently running the read only version of Ovation Pro under WINE
> > > on Linux
> 
> > Interesting that it works - others have not had much luck in the past.
> 
> It mainly works, the only thing I've come across so far is the error
> message 'Access denied (GetScrollInfo) (5)' when I try to edit a style.
> Which has put me off paying for the full version. I would say that I still
> prefer Ovation Pro over Scribus and it's a shame that Ovation Pro can't
> run in Linux natively.
> 

Wine seems to have improved since I tried it over a year ago. I think I did
figure out a work-around for that error message, but can't remember what it
was. 

However, the bottom line was that whilst I could persuade OP to run under
Wine, it was not sufficiently stable to be used as a production platform, so
I resurrected my Risc PC, solely for writing documentation.

I was supposed to have started porting OPro to Linux earlier this year, but
a major (i.e. lucrative) commercial project came along to displace it.
However, watch this space, as they say.

[snip]


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Buckinghamshire, England

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