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Last Login: 8/17/2008 5:00:18 PM
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I'm using 2.0.1.15 of GenoPro on Wine on Mac OS X (I guess this is very unlikely to be a supported platform, but thought I would mention the bug anyway!).
I can load a .gno file saved from my old Windows installation, and browse it just fine. Incidentally the file was saved by an earlier version of GenoPro - probably about two or three years ago.
However, when I try to edit the details for any individual in my tree, after clicking OK on the properties dialog, I lose all the information for that person - the first name and family name are set to that person's initials, and all the other fields are wiped out.
I've tried loading the old file, saving it before making any edits (with the hope of "upgrading" the file format) and then reloading the new version, but the problem persists. I've even tried exporting to gedcom and re-importing, but I get the same when I try to make any edits. So it seems more like a problem with the file format dialog (maybe because of Wine?).
I even tried starting a brand new file, and creating some people on that - again any names I try to type in seem to be just stored as initials, and any other details get lost.
As noted at the top of this post, I doubt very much that running on Mac OS X with Wine is a supported platform, but it seems a shame that this is so close to working, and yet has this one showstopper!
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Forum Newbie
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Sorry the sentence "So it seems more like a problem with the file format dialog" should read "So it seems more like a problem with the properties dialog, rather than the file format."
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| I agree with you this is a showstopper. The reason is because GenoPro sends the text as Unicode, and Wine interprets the text as ANSI. As a result, only the first letter is taken, since each Unicode (wide) characters are essentially a one-letter ANSI null-terminated string. What I need to do is figure out if GenoPro is actually running on Windows or on Wine and use the proper "set text" message. Can you please download and install http://www.genopro.com/download/InstallGenoProWine.exe and tell me which "rich edit" version you get. You should get a message when you start GenoPro. With this message, I will be able to determine which part of the code needs to be fixed. In the worse case, I will add an option in the preferences dialog "GenoPro is running under Wine" which will enable the correct code. Better is having automatically detect GenoPro is running under Wine.
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Thanks very much for the quick response - and yes the Unicode/ANSI issue sounds very plausible here.
I downloaded and ran the installer you suggested, and the popup box said "RichEdit version 3". However I guess in other respects this installer is basically the same version of GenoPro - I'm still getting my person details reduced to just the first letters if I tried to edit anything.
If this is a problem with Wine than I have a feeling my attempts to get this to work may ultimately be thwarted by the fact I'm still using OS X Tiger (10.4.11). It seems that newer versions of Darwine and X11 for OS X (XQuartz) are only available for Leopard.
Anyway, if a simple fix is possible for this that would be great - I noted a few other threads on this forum where people are asking for a Mac version, and it seems that other than this text encoding issue in the edit controls, the majority of the app does actually seem to work pretty well, and with relatively little fuss to set up.
Thanks!
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Thanks for that, but sorry to report I still had the same issue with the new version.
I noticed with this version that on startup GenoPro displayed a popup saying "Richedit version 2".
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drjohnhawkins (8/17/2008)
Thanks for that, but sorry to report I still had the same issue with the new version.
I noticed with this version that on startup GenoPro displayed a popup saying "Richedit version 2".I am not giving up... I made another version. Can you please try again http://www.genopro.com/download/InstallGenoProWine.exe.
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Legendary Master
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I would love to hear feedback from you...
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