Re: Xy on Mac revisited

[Russ Urquhart russurquhart1@xxxxxxxx]

Hi Patricia,
Do you know if this would work if you pointed it at the original Xy
install executable? (There was one, right?) I seem to recall there
was one.

Russ
On Dec 7, 2006, at 5:20 PM, Patricia M. Godfrey wrote:
> Russ Urquhart wrote:
> > Also, finally, there is another option, CrossOver Mac, which
> > enables users to run their favorite windows app without having to
> > have Windows. (When i first heard of them, i emailed them and
> > asked if a Dos program (XY) would run under their program. They
> > said that they thought it should as they were supporting the
> > Windows API in their program.
> If this is the same outfit that makes CrossOver Office (for Linux),
> I don't think so. I tried to run Xy on that on Linux, and no go.
> For an interesting reason: CrossOver Office starts out by
> installing your Windows app. So it wants an install routine--
> typically, SETUP.EXE. Xy has no such thing, and if you point
> CrossOver Office at EDITOR.EXE, it has no idea what to do.
>
> --
> Patricia M. Godfrey
> PriscaMG@xxxxxxxx