vb6 App Running on Linux Server Via WINE

[axisdj]

Hello Group,

Has anyone had experience or has successfully got thier vb6 app to run on WINE on Linux server?

I have an app I would like to run on a LINUX server, and be able to interact with it like Remote Desktop.

Anybody have any suggestions or comments on this?

Thanks

[Carlos Rocha]

A few years ago I managed to put a windows game server (rFactor) working in a linux VPS and it worked pretty well. At the time I used X2Go to remotely control it.

Recently I've made some experiences with a VB6 application in a linux desktop (using VirtualBox) and it worked too. I would start with this approach to solve wine/vb6 dependencies, and then move to a server (without X) and X2Go.

[jpbro]

I have VB6 software working under Wine, though just the server portion of a client-server application. This means there's no UI to interact with, so I don't have any experience with remote desktop.

I've had best results using the native version of oleaut32.dll (WINEDLLOVERRIDES='oleaut32=n').

I also agree with Carlos - take lots of notes while getting things working locally in a VM. Once you have a stable setup, you can then migrate to a linux server in the cloud if you want...I've been a happy customer of Linode for years (but there are plenty of other options out there, so do your research!).