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Post by George on Jun 15, 2014 13:27:31 GMT -5
I just completed trying out SPFLite on a Ubuntu install, running under Wine. For a total Linux / Wine newbie, it actually went fairly well. I had to make a minor change to SPFLite in the Keyboard hook as the keyboard was 'dead' whenever SPFLite popped up a separate dialogue box.
It has mostly solved the problem, but it sometimes still takes a bit of kicking the tires to make the pop-ups respond. e.g. highlight existing text in a text box and delete it, THEN normal Bksp, enter, text keys etc will work. This needs some work, obviously, but I think the assistance of some more knowledgable Linux / Wine people will be needed as I'm really lost.
The editor itself and File Manager all seem to work fine. There are some empty Status line boxes, but I'm guessing that's because some of them are Userdrawn and I'd bet Wine doesn't support that.
Overall though it seems very workable, but it really needs a lot more checking out by some real Linux people.
If anyone is interested, contact me. The current production version available on the SPFLite web site is NOT really usable. I can provide you with a better trial version.
George
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Post by blacfit85@gmail.com on Jul 26, 2014 10:15:11 GMT -5
Hello ! how to make spflite work with winr under fedora 20 ? ... ??
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Post by George on Jul 26, 2014 11:20:53 GMT -5
blacfit: I'll send you the latest version of SPFLite, which I haven't released yet, to try out. You'll have to pardon my almost total ignorance of all things linux. The ONLY thing different in this version from the production 8.0.4181 version is that it supports a command line operand of -WINE. SPFLite will run under Wine without this operand, but you'll notice some keyboard oddities when entering data in some Dialog text boxes. It appears Wine does not handle ToolTip Help popups too well. The -WINE operand just tells SPFLite to stop creating ToolTip help, this eliminated the keyboard oddities. I installed Ubuntu under Virtual Box and then installed Wine (using all the standard software install methods) I then assigned some wine drive letters C: D: etc. to point at some Ubuntu folders. Then I copied the normal SPFLiteSetup.EXE file to Ubuntu, and executed it. The installer ran as normal, and the SPFLite Icon appeared on my desktop. I clicked on that, and Ta Da! SPFLite was running. I can only assume that a Wine install somehow modifies the system so that Windows EXE files are automatically given to Wine to process. As to Fedora vs Ubuntu? I have absolutely no idea, as I said, my Linux knowledge is basically zero. You'd have to count on the Wine documentation for more information. I'm sure they have hand-holding as to how to install/run Windows programs. After all, that's their reason to exist. George P.S. If anyone else wants to try the pre-release, use this link to download it. www.SPFLite.com/Files/SPFLite.V8.0.4209.zip
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Post by Jeffrey Ranney on Aug 25, 2017 7:12:29 GMT -5
Is it possible to use the SUBMIT command without using Hercules? I am utilizing an MVS Z/OS mainframe connection. The documentation says I can use a BAT file, which I have written. I point my OPTIONS to the BAT file (echo "hello world"). When I do SUBMIT it completely locks SPFLITE up and does not return. If I do SUBMIT DEBUG it exeecutes, I see the "hello world" and have to close the CMD box. I would like to run my own SUBMIT utilizing FTP as the engine via a BAT file. What think ye?
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Post by George on Aug 25, 2017 10:17:01 GMT -5
Jeffrey: SUBMIT doesn't know or care a whit about the externals. Whether it's a program (like SPFSUBMIT), a BAT file or whatever. SUBMIT simply builds a temporary file of the Submit contents, and then invokes the command you specify in OPTIONS => Submit, doing symbolic substitution of the filename or any other standard variables you choose.
Check the CMD.EXE flags you have set there as well, I believe it should basically be /C to close on completion. If its /K, then that means keep the CMD Open and may be what you are encountering.
George
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