WINE issues & workarounds

Table of contents

• Fixable issues
• Unfixable issues

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Fixable issues

• Issue:

  ActiveXObject_Constructor failed:
  Failed to create ActiveXObject object via CLSID: htmlfile
  

  Fix: install Gecko package.

• Issue: fonts are not found via utils.CheckFont() and gdi.Font().
  Fix: install gdiplus package via winetricks.

Unfixable issues

• Issue: action.Effect in on_drag_* is equal to zero (DROPEFFECT_NONE) when performing DnD on some files (e.g. when dropping files from Nautilus).
  Reason: This is a WINE bug: they just don’t fill the field with proper values.

• Issue: .otf fonts are not found via utils.CheckFont() and gdi.Font().
  Reason: gdiplus package does not support .otf fonts.

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