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Hello,I ' ve switched my machine over to Kubuntu from Windows 10 , and I ' ve been migrating all my programs over to it . But GenoPro poses a problem . I have the program downloaded , along with WINE and WINEtricks , but it will not run , despite the WINE wiki and the software developer stating it can be done . There used to be a package hosted by the developer that you needed to download along with the program ( InstallMfcDLL . exe ), but that was removed several years ago , so I assumed it ' s no longer needed ? I ' m very confused . The pages on the GenoPro site and the WINE wiki have not been updated for several years and look to be out of date . And for those of you wondering why I don ' t just use Gramps ; I do . However , Gramps lacks the tree overview GenoPro has , allowing graphical manipulation of all elements , which I find completely indispensable in my genealogy work . GenoPro is for my quick and messy diagrams , Gramps is my information database . When I try to run GenoPro using WINE , I just get a plain white program window with nothing in it . No error messages , just an empty program window . Any ideas diagnosing this would be greatly appreciated .
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Edited: Monday, July 22, 2024 by
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Well I like a challenge and as I have a spare (slow!!) 64-bit laptop available I thought I'd give this a try. The major problem was installing Kubuntu over Windows 10 as Grub boot loader didn ' t do its job and it kept booting into Windows Recovery !& nbsp ; Anyway , got past that after much head scratching and googling and managed to get GenoPro running successfully , although Report Generation is partly broken & nbsp ; 
From a Terminal window (Konsole) Ctrl/Alt/T :-
So I installed wine sudo apt install wine
and winetricks sudo apt install winetricks
optionally move .wine folder out of the way if it exists mv .wine .wine.old
then created a 32 - bit wine prefix WINEARCH=win32 WINEPREFIX=~/win32 wineboot -uthen run winetricks in 32 - bit prefix & nbsp ; WINEARCH=win32 WINEPREFIX=~/win32 winetricksIn the winetricks GUI , install mfc42.dll vb6run wsh57 mdac28 oleaut32 ie8You can now download GenoPro ( if not done already ) and install GenoPro& nbsp ; WINEARCH=win32 WINEPREFIX=~/win32 wine path_to_InstallGenoPro.exeAnd finally run GenoPro!& nbsp ; WINEARCH=win32 WINEPREFIX=~/win32 wine "C:/Program Files/GenoPro/GenoPro.exe"Built - in Reports such as Birthday Listings and Save all GenoMaps to Disk should then run ok , but for the others there is a problem with linking to the Common / Code folder and also launching the Configuration Parameters dialiog which uses . hta forms .& nbsp ;& nbsp ; You can instead create a symbolic link from the Report Template Skin folder to Common / Code & nbsp ; e . g . {EN} Export to Gedcom/Code -& gt ; Common/Codeand also create a marker file nocheck.txt in the Report Template Skin folder to bypass the Code folder validation . Then when running the report check the box under the Options tab of the Generate Report dialog & nbsp ; to prevent the Configuration Parameter Settings dialog from being displayed . The {EN} Export to Gedcom runs OK with these amendments but I have had no luck in running { EN Narrative Report I think the above is correct from memory , but I did actually use w inetricks GUI to launch GenoPro. exe
'lego audio video erro ergo disco' or "I read, I listen, I watch, I make mistakes, therefore I learn"
Edited: Monday, July 22, 2024 by
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I'm sorry for my ignorance, but I'm a new mac user and I've already installed Wine Stable (by watching some tutorials) and now that I've read you I also installed MacPorts (because the Winetricks github said "The winetricks package should be used if it is available and up to date. The package is available in most mainstream (Unix-like) Operating Systems:"). I've already tried with the latest genopro version and also with the 2011 one, but Wine Stable seem to be able to install the program, and not to open it... |
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PS: I'm really willing to get the paid version for my anthropology research but first I need to make sure it will work on my new computer... please help 
Edited: Monday, May 12, 2025 by
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