[RNLD] Consult -- Running FLEx/LexiquePro/SayMore with CrossOver

[Rodrigo Romero]

Hi Jorge,

I've been using *VMware Fusion* to run Toolbox and then Fieldworks (and
other programs for Windows) and it works really well.

Best,

Rodrigo

On Thu, Sep 7, 2017 at 3:58 PM, MONICA MACAULAY <mmacaula at wisc.edu> wrote:

> I’ve used Wine to run Toolbox on a Mac. It works just fine!
>
> On Sep 7, 2017, at 3:46 PM, Paul Sutherland <p.suth at outlook.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Jorge,
>
> I haven't done this myself, but the software I've heard people using to
> run Windows programs elsewhere is Wine. Although judging by their download
> page, there is a relationship between Crossover and Wine. Still, it might
> be worth a https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/2mpEBkUl4e14SZ
> <https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/6eKvBwH15bz5SV?domain=winehq.org>
>
> Best of luck,
> Paul
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Jorge Emilio Rosés Labrada <jrosesla at uwo.ca>
> *Sent:* 07 September 2017 16:35:50
> *To:* RNLD list
> *Subject:* [RNLD] Consult -- Running FLEx/LexiquePro/SayMore with
> CrossOver
>
> Dear everyone,
>
> My university's IT department has suggested using CrossOver (
> https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/NX1kBGSL9Zl9H4?domain=codeweavers.com
> <https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/NX1kBGSL9Zl9H4?domain=codeweavers.com>)
> to run the SIL Windows-only software FLEx, LexiquePro, and SayMore on our
> new lab computers.
>
> I've done a bit of browsing online and it seems like that won't work? I
> also tried installing FLEx with the trial version of CrossOver and the
> installation failed so I thought I'd send an email to the list in case
> anyone has been successful in getting this to work.
>
> If you have gotten to work, I'd love to hear back from you.
>
> If you have not, what do you use? Parallels? Something else?
>
> All the best,
> Jorge
> -------------
> Jorge Emilio Rosés Labrada
> Assistant Professor, Indigenous Language Sustainability
> Department of Linguistics
> University of Alberta
> Tel: (+1) 780-492-5698
> jrosesla at ualberta.ca
>
> *The University of Alberta acknowledges that we are located on Treaty 6
> territory, **and respects the history, languages, and cultures of the
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> presence continues to enrich our institution.*
>
>
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