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[Stanley Mortel]

UPDATE:

The bad arg to pairs error actually shows up twice.  The first time is 
right at program launch with

Stack Traceback:

1:[Project -> On Startup] Line:  13 in main chunk

if that makes any difference.



On 12/05/2013 05:01 PM, Stanley Mortel wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm trying to get a Windows 7 program to run under wine.  I have been 
> able to get all of the prereqs. installed using winetricks, but the 
> install is failing with the following:
>
> Error:  bad argument #1 to 'pairs' (table expected, got nil)
>
> Stack Traceback:
>
> 1:[Globals] Line: 104 in function 'IsInstallActive'
> 2:[Globals] Line: 77 in function 'WaitForInstallerToComplete'
> 3:[Globals] Line: 35 in function 'ExecuteOrContinueInstall'
> 4:[Host -> On Preload] Line: 25 in main chunk
> 5:[Home -> On Preload] Line: 10 in main chunk
>
>
> Naturally this is closed source software, so there's no looking at the 
> code.  Just wondering if it is likely I can do anything about this on 
> my own, vs. trying to nail down one of their developers. Any hints 
> would be appreciated.  Specifically, might using the native Windows 7 
> 32-bit dlls help?
>
>
> Things done so far:
>
> Specified 32-bit Windows7
> winetricks msxml4
> winetricks msxml6
> winetricks mdac28
> installed mfc9 with sp1
>
> Thanks.
>
> Stan
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