[Outdated] Metalogic Finance Explorer 4.3.0 (Beta)

I didn't have a tool with me to check if it was a .NET assembly properly, so I just went on some of the contents of mlFinExp.exe which seemed to indicate it was .NET; judging by my later findings with running it in Wine I gather that that's incorrect (if it were .NET it would fail faster). These are the portions of the file I observed:

- This application cannot run using the active version of the Microsoft .NET Runtime
Please contact the application's support team for more information.

<assembly xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1" manifestVersion="1.0">
<assemblyIdentity
	version="1.0.0.0"
	processorArchitecture="*"
	name="Metalogic.mlFinExp"
	type="win32"
/>
<description>Metalogic Finance Explorer</description>
<dependency>
	<dependentAssembly>
		<assemblyIdentity
			type="win32"
			name="Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls"
			version="6.0.0.0"
			processorArchitecture="X86"
			publicKeyToken="6595b64144ccf1df"
			language="*"
		/>
	</dependentAssembly>
</dependency>
</assembly>

My XP VM, having the automatic updates turned on, has .NET, so I wasn't able to check it that way; however in Wine 1.2.1 I tried running it and got an error, but it doesn't seem to be a .NET error. Here's the output in the console, as you may find it interesting.

fixme:shdocvw:PersistStreamInit_Load (0x1679c0)->(0x33e32c)
fixme:shdocvw:OleControl_FreezeEvents (0x1679c0)->(1)
fixme:shdocvw:OleControl_FreezeEvents (0x1679c0)->(0)
err:ole:CoGetClassObject class {00000514-0000-0010-8000-00aa006d2ea4} not registered
err:ole:CoGetClassObject class {00000514-0000-0010-8000-00aa006d2ea4} not registered
err:ole:create_server class {00000514-0000-0010-8000-00aa006d2ea4} not registered
fixme:ole:CoGetClassObject CLSCTX_REMOTE_SERVER not supported
err:ole:CoGetClassObject no class object {00000514-0000-0010-8000-00aa006d2ea4} could be created for context 0x17
(Error message box shows: "Unknown error 0x80004003 (-2147467261)")
fixme:shdocvw:OleInPlaceObject_InPlaceDeactivate (0x1679c0)
fixme:shdocvw:OleObject_Close (0x1679c0)->(1)

0x80004003 is E_POINTER, "Pointer that is not valid". It's missing the COM type {00000514-0000-0010-8000-00aa006d2ea4} - ADODB.Connection. That's not .NET, but still it's a dependency. Personally I would recommend you using SQLite rather than Jet (mdb), although it wouuld increase the file size of your release. Then that wouldn't be an issue in Wine. You mention better Wine support in your 4.3 Beta - have you come across that at all?

Sweet. I'll try this out real soon then. Thanks for clearing that up

Just to clarify again the development test I referred to is a naming convention.

For example your app would down be called

Metalogic Finance Explorer 4.3.0 Beta6 Development Test 3

and the file name would be:

Metalogic_Finance_Explorer_4.3.0_Beta6_Development_Test_3

This is because it is the third package of 4.3 Beta 6.

Once MFE moves to 4.4 you would return to DT1, e.g. Metalogic Finance Explorer 4.3.0 [If required BetaX] Development Test 1.

Hope that helps