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Last updated: 29 Nov 2024
A Linux Samba (cifs) file server can be used to share Approach files and share Smart Suite Installation media.
The Samba project including bug reporting and forum is located at: https://www.samba.org
Be sure to set the Read Only, Archive, and file lock flags in: /etc/samba/smb.conf.
If you use Linux as a file server you can do a network install of Approach onto your Linux server and run it from an MS-Windows workstations. There are minor problems that can be worked around, minimised if you use Win10+.
Approach will run on Linux using the WINE application layer. Wine is an open source MS-Windows application layer. Approach files can be shared between both Windows and WINE.
The Wine project, inclining bug reporting and forum, is located at: https://winehq.org
If Wine doesn't show your printer's proper page types (e.g.. envelopes) or you get "Unhandled exception" errors after printing a page in Approach, then these problems can be fixed by:
1. Finding all of your printer's page definitions in Wine using the Linux command: $ find ~/.wine -iname \*.ppd
2. Remove all of those .ppd's using the Linux 'rm' command or the file manger of your choice
When you start a fresh Windows program under Wine, Wine will re-import/collect your changed ppd's from Linux's Common Unix Printing System (CUPS)