# WINE Wine is software that runs Microsoft Windows programs on Unix and provides Winelib for porting Windows code to native Unix executables. This is one page of public article previews, not the complete archive. Follow Next page to continue. Summaries are not the original full articles. ## Frankenwine: Multiple personas in a Wine process DevFeed: [Frankenwine: Multiple personas in a Wine process]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Published: 2026-01-19T21:51:38Z Content type: article Language: en Sources: [Chris Wellons]() Topics: [WINE](), [Linux](), [Processes](), [toolchain](), [C](), [Assembly](), [Git]() Tags: [assembly](), [c](), [git](), [linux](), [processes](), [toolchain](), [win32](), [wine](), [x86](), [x86-64]() ### AI overview This article describes building a Windows binary that behaves as a native pkg-config program on Windows but adopts a Linux-program persona when run under Wine. It detects Wine, invokes Linux system calls directly through x86-64 inline assembly, and applies the approach to u-config as a cross-toolchain pkg-config implementation. ### Source excerpt I came across a recent article on making Linux system calls from a Wine process. Windows programs running under Wine are still normal Linux processes and may interact with the Linux kernel like any other process. None of this was surprising, and the demonstration works just as I expect. Still, it got the wheels spinning and I realized an almost practical application: build my pkg-config implementation such that on Windows pkg-config.exe behaves as a native pkg-config, but when run under Wine this same binary takes the persona of a Linux program and becomes a cross toolchain pkg-config, bypassing Win32 and talking directly with the Linux kernel. Cosmopolitan Libc cleverly does this out-of-the-box, but in this article we'll mash together a couple existing sources with a bit of glue. The results are in the merge-demo branch of u-config, and took hardly any work: $ git show --stat ... main_linux_amd64.c | 8 ++--- main_wine.c | 101 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/linux_noarch.c | 16 ++++----- src/u-config.c | 1 + 4 files changed, 114 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) A platform layer, main_wine.c, is a merge of two existing platform layers, one of which required unavoidable tweaks. We'll get to those details in a moment. First we'll need to detect if we're running under Wine, and the best solution I found was to locate ntdll!wine_get_version. If this function exists, we're in Wine. That works out to a pretty one-liner because ntdll.dll is already loaded: bool running_on_wine() { return GetProcAddress(GetModuleHandleA("ntdll"), "wine_get_version"); } An x86-64 Linux syscall wrapper with thorough inline assembly: ptrdiff_t syscall3(int n, ptrdiff_t a, ptrdiff_t b, ptrdiff_t c) { ptrdiff_t r; asm volatile ( "syscall" : "=a"(r) : "a"(n), "D"(a), "S"(b), "d"(c) : "rcx", "r11", "memory" ); return r; } ptrdiff_t write(int fd, void *buf, ptrdiff_t len) { return syscall3(SYS_write, fd, (ptrdiff_t)buf, len); } I'd normally use long for all these integers because Linux i ## Progress update: fixing the ReactOS test suite DevFeed: [Progress update: fixing the ReactOS test suite]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Published: 2025-11-04T00:00:00Z Content type: opinion Language: en Sources: [Front Page on ReactOS Website]() Topics: [Testing](), [WINE](), [Windows](), [gcc](), [MSVC](), [x86]() Tags: [changes](), [developer](), [free](), [gcc](), [msvc](), [open-source](), [os](), [react](), [reactos](), [tests](), [update](), [win32](), [winapi](), [windows](), [wine](), [x86]() ### AI overview A ReactOS project developer describes work to clean up the neglected test suite. The update reports fixes to 55 existing test modules, five new modules, broader testing across Windows versions and compiler toolchains, and changes intended to improve synchronization with Wine 10.0. The supplied text also states that the full test suite can now run on Windows Vista without a bugcheck. ### Source excerpt For many years, the ReactOS test suite was neglected. It was a random collection of our own tests and old Wine tests that were only checked against Windows Server 2003 and sometimes a random newer version of Windows up to the discretion of the contributor. The Wine tests we imported were heavily modified and the changes made weren't always well documented. I'm here to clean up this mess. I have been deeply involved with the ReactOS project since 2023 and in May of 2024 I became an official project developer. ## Carl Bialorucki hired to improve ReactOS test suite DevFeed: [Carl Bialorucki hired to improve ReactOS test suite]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Published: 2025-07-04T00:00:00Z Content type: release Language: en Sources: [Front Page on ReactOS Website]() Topics: [Testing](), [Development](), [Windows](), [Kernel](), [WINE](), [x86]() Tags: [2025](), [automated](), [crashes](), [development](), [free](), [open-source](), [os](), [project](), [pull-requests](), [react](), [reactos](), [testing](), [win32](), [winapi](), [windows](), [wine](), [x86](), [x86-64]() ### AI overview Carl Bialorucki announces a full-time contract with ReactOS Deutschland e.V. to improve ReactOS's test infrastructure. The work targets failures, crashes, hangs, and bugchecks in kernel-mode and user-mode tests on newer Windows versions and x86 and x86_64 systems, while syncing Wine tests to Wine 10.0. ### Source excerpt Hi, my name is Carl J. Bialorucki. I started making a name for myself in the ReactOS community by contributing several shell improvements. In May of 2024 I was added to the core development team and in March of 2025 I led the release of ReactOS 0.4.15 after the previous release manager was unable to continue working on the project. I'm pleased to announce that I was hired for a full-time contract position with ReactOS Deutschland e.V. in May of 2025. ## 1st-stage GUI setup, Part 1 - September 2023: Partly Wine-syncing setupapi DevFeed: [1st-stage GUI setup, Part 1 - September 2023: Partly Wine-syncing setupapi]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Published: 2023-12-04T00:00:00Z Content type: article Language: en Sources: [Front Page on ReactOS Website]() Topics: [ReactOS](), [WINE](), [Code](), [GUI]() Tags: [bug](), [code](), [free](), [gui](), [improvements](), [open-source](), [os](), [react](), [reactos](), [win32](), [winapi](), [wine]() ### AI overview A ReactOS developer describes the first part of a series about building the graphical first-stage ReactOS installer. The September 2023 work focused on partially synchronizing the setupapi module with Wine, including file queue and cabinet file functionality, while accounting for architectural differences. ### Source excerpt Greetings to all ReactOS followers! As many of you certainly are aware by now, I have been officially hired by ReactOS Deutschland e.V. to develop the graphical version of the 1st-stage ReactOS installer ("1st-stage GUI setup"). This is the first blog of the series "1st-stage GUI setup": September 2023: Partly Wine-syncing setupapi October-November 2023: Making partitioning UI work December 2023: First tests During this first month of September 2023, my goal was to partly sync the code of the setupapi. ## WINE Workshop DevFeed: [WINE Workshop]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Published: 2022-08-02T00:00:00Z Content type: article Language: en Sources: [SoundCloud Backstage Blog]() Topics: [WINE]() Tags: [blog](), [blog-post](), [company](), [conferences](), [dei](), [engineering](), [events](), [knowledge-sharing](), [survey](), [wine](), [work](), [workshops](), [writing]() ### AI overview SoundCloud's Women in Engineering group, WINE, organized a workshop to help women and non-binary engineers develop ideas for engineering blog posts, demos, conference talks, and meetups. The initiative began with a survey identifying barriers such as uncertainty about topics, limited time, and concerns about topic interest. A 90-minute interactive workshop helped participants formulate ideas and leave with a potential post topic and outline. ### Source excerpt SoundCloud has a variety of resource groups, and one such group is called Women in Engineering, or WINE. The mission statement of the group... ## December 2018 meeting minutes DevFeed: [December 2018 meeting minutes]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Published: 2019-02-24T00:00:00Z Content type: article Language: en Sources: [Front Page on ReactOS Website]() Topics: [ReactOS](), [WINE](), [datacenter](), [upgrade](), [Process](), [Kernel]() Tags: [account](), [free](), [gui](), [infrastructure](), [kernel](), [open-source](), [os](), [process](), [react](), [reactos](), [servers](), [teamcity](), [upgrade](), [win32](), [winapi](), [wine]() ### AI overview ReactOS's December 2018 meeting covered project status, infrastructure work, the NT6+ compatibility strategy, and compiler upgrades. The minutes report improved infrastructure after server and VM changes, ongoing Wine synchronization, testing of a release candidate, and discussion of organizing NT6+ code and compatibility DLLs. ### Source excerpt 2018-12-20 19:00 UTC #meeting Proceedings Meeting started at 19:15 by Colin Finck. Point 1: Status Reports Point 2: NT6+ strategy Point 3: Compilers upgrade Point 1: Status Reports Amine Khaldi reported that he worked on Wine syncs. Colin Finck finished the backup of all our old servers/VMs and could finally terminate the contracts for 3 servers we had in use more or less unchanged for 5 years. Our infrastructure performs better now, is prepared for future tasks, and even got a little cheaper in the progress. ## May 2018 meeting minutes DevFeed: [May 2018 meeting minutes]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Published: 2018-06-06T00:00:00Z Content type: article Language: en Sources: [Front Page on ReactOS Website]() Topics: [ReactOS](), [Git](), [GitHub](), [WINE](), [Drupal](), [Jekyll](), [MediaWiki](), [intel](), [Network]() Tags: [free](), [git](), [github](), [intel](), [jekyll](), [mediawiki](), [network](), [open-source](), [os](), [react](), [reactos](), [win32](), [winapi](), [wine]() ### AI overview The May 2018 ReactOS meeting minutes cover project status reports, GitHub pull request and JIRA report handling, Google Summer of Code, base-address changes, and miscellaneous work. Reported activities include converting the web repository to Git, maintaining Wine syncs, upgrading MediaWiki and Drupal modules, developing a VMware E1000 network driver, and fixing translation, filesystem, and Paint application issues. ### Source excerpt 2018-05-31 19:00 UTC #meeting Proceedings Meeting started at 19:03 by Colin Finck Point 1: Status Reports Point 2: Improving our handling of PRs and JIRA reports Point 3: Google Summer of Code Point 4: Changes affecting base addresses Point 5: Miscellaneous Point 1: Status Reports Amine Khaldi is doing the usual, Wine syncs and anything he can help with. Colin Finck finished his university studies after almost 7 years! On the ReactOS side of things he converted the " ## April 2018 meeting minutes DevFeed: [April 2018 meeting minutes]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Published: 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Content type: news Language: en Sources: [Front Page on ReactOS Website]() Topics: [ReactOS](), [WINE](), [Drupal](), [Jekyll](), [Git](), [CMake](), [Python]() Tags: [also](), [cmake](), [cms](), [free](), [git](), [jekyll](), [open-source](), [os](), [python](), [react](), [reactos](), [win32](), [winapi](), [wine]() ### AI overview ReactOS team members report on development work from the April 2018 meeting, including ReactOS 0.4.8, a proposed Git- and Jekyll-based website system, shell and API changes, bug fixes, USB patches, CMake updates, and other ongoing projects. ### Source excerpt 2018-04-26 19:00 UTC #meeting Proceedings Meeting started at 19:01 by Colin Finck Point 1: Status Reports Point 1: Status Reports Aleksandar Andrejevic had nothing to report, except that he now has some free time. He is currently looking at where he left off. Amine Khaldi is doing what he usually does, addressing anything he can help with, working on the Wine staging syncs etc. Colin Finck helped getting 0.4.8 out of the door and submitted his master's thesis 2 weeks ago. ## October 2016 meeting minutes DevFeed: [October 2016 meeting minutes]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Published: 2017-05-24T00:00:00Z Content type: news Language: en Sources: [Front Page on ReactOS Website]() Topics: [Software](), [coding](), [Remote Procedure Call (RPC)](), [WINE](), [USB](), [jira]() Tags: [code](), [developers](), [free](), [jira](), [open-source](), [os](), [react](), [reactos](), [reports](), [rpc](), [usb](), [win32](), [winapi](), [wine]() ### AI overview ReactOS's October 2016 meeting minutes report contributor status updates, hiring developers, GSoC merging, printing and NTVDM work, server maintenance, Testman and winetest work, and USB audio development. ### Source excerpt 2016-10-27 20:00 UTC #reactos-meeting Proceedings Meeting started at 20:31 by Aleksey Bragin Point 1: Status Reports Point 2: Hiring developers Point 3: GSoC merging Point 1: Status Reports Aleksey Bragin: He sold his startup, got a CTO position in a company which bought his startup, and ideally he should have more time, but it's not the case right now. So basically he was busy whole October and he started doing some research into software image processing for optical tech (his students, not him) ## Word 2010 support Part 6: New progress DevFeed: [Word 2010 support Part 6: New progress]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Published: 2017-02-27T00:00:00Z Content type: article Language: en Sources: [Front Page on ReactOS Website]() Topics: [ReactOS](), [Development](), [Code](), [WINE](), [test]() Tags: [client](), [code](), [development](), [free](), [open-source](), [os](), [react](), [reactos](), [server](), [test](), [win32](), [winapi](), [wine]() ### AI overview A ReactOS developer reports progress toward running Word 2010 by converting interactive NTLM tests for the apitest framework and temporarily integrating Wine's NTLM layer. The integration was added in revision r73868 and uses an older Samba build as an interim solution. ### Source excerpt Hello everyone, I'm summarizing here my latest progress towards making Word 2010 running in ReactOS. After having paused a little my ReactOS development during the first two weeks of February (due to personal matters), I started reviewing Samuel Serapión's NTLM code (in the "sspi-bringup" branch) and first focused on trying to convert his NTLM tests into something that can be included into our apitest framework. This is still work-in-progress because his original tests are interactive, and I need to find the good way of turning them into automated tests and finding a way to store the test results (for comparison purposes), as the tests are modeled around a client/server architecture. ## July 2016 meeting minutes DevFeed: [July 2016 meeting minutes]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Published: 2016-10-03T00:00:00Z Content type: news Language: en Sources: [Front Page on ReactOS Website]() Topics: [ReactOS](), [C](), [WINE](), [jira]() Tags: [c](), [c-sharp](), [free](), [jira](), [open-source](), [os](), [patches](), [react](), [reactos](), [releases](), [reports](), [tests](), [win32](), [winapi](), [wine]() ### AI overview ReactOS meeting minutes from July 28, 2016 report developers' work on status reports and plans for the 0.4.2 release, including release blockers, Wine synchronization, NTVDM, event logging, MPR, bug fixing, and filter-driver development. ### Source excerpt 2016-07-28 20:00 UTC irc.freenode.net, #reactos-meeting Proceedings Meeting started at 20:11 by Amine Khaldi Point 1: Status Reports Point 2: 0.4.2 Release Plans Point 1: Status Reports Aleksey Bragin: He starts to get more free time now and tests ROS quite often recently. ReactOS keeps his C coding skills in shape right now which would be forgotten otherwise with all the .net C# he has to do. He plans to fix some release blockers soon. ## Use www.horizon.tv with Pipelight/Silverlight on Linux/Ubuntu DevFeed: [Use www.horizon.tv with Pipelight/Silverlight on Linux/Ubuntu]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Tom Published: 2016-02-09T00:00:00Z Content type: tutorial Language: en Sources: [Tomasz Gągor]() Topics: [Linux](), [Ubuntu](), [WINE](), [Firefox](), [browser](), [apt]() Tags: [apt](), [browser](), [firefox](), [linux](), [ubuntu](), [wine]() ### AI overview A tutorial explains how to use UPC's www.horizon.tv platform on Linux/Ubuntu by running Silverlight through Pipelight and Wine. It says the setup works with Firefox because Chrome no longer supports NPAPI plugins. ### Source excerpt From few days I have access to UPC's www.horizon.tv external link platform - until now it was useless on Linux. But there is Pipelight that will use Wine to emulate Silverlight on Linux and it's working pretty well - you're just few commands away from achieving that: # stop browser killall firefox # remove old version if you have it sudo apt-get remove pipelight Now configure repos and install packages: ## November 2015 meeting minutes DevFeed: [November 2015 meeting minutes]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Published: 2015-12-19T00:00:00Z Content type: news Language: en Sources: [Front Page on ReactOS Website]() Topics: [ReactOS](), [Development](), [maintenance](), [bug](), [patches](), [WINE]() Tags: [bug](), [changes](), [clang](), [free](), [maintenance](), [open-source](), [os](), [patches](), [react](), [reactos](), [win32](), [winapi](), [wine]() ### AI overview ReactOS project meeting minutes from November 26, 2015 report status updates on NTVDM Sound Blaster emulation, Wine synchronization and maintenance, printing work, explorer property sheets, bugs, and plans for the 0.4.0 release. ### Source excerpt 2015-11-26 19:00 UTC dev.reactos.org, #meeting Proceedings Meeting started at 19:18 by Aleksey Bragin Point 1: Status Reports Point 2: 0.4.0 Release plans Point 1: Status Reports [TheFlash]: He started working on the NTVDM Sound Blaster emulation, however he realized that he's completely unable to test anything sound-related on ReactOS. KVM doesn't support the only card we have (CMI8378) and the rest would require non-free drivers, the use of which he finds contradictory to his ideals. ## Install 1Password & browser agent with wine on Linux DevFeed: [Install 1Password & browser agent with wine on Linux]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: brice.dutheil@gmail.com (Brice Dutheil) Published: 2015-11-16T00:00:00Z Content type: tutorial Language: en Sources: [The Coffee Workshop]() Topics: [WINE](), [Ubuntu](), [Linux](), [apt](), [systemd](), [Extension](), [browser]() Tags: [apt](), [browser](), [command-line](), [extension](), [install](), [linux](), [systemd](), [ubuntu](), [wine]() ### AI overview This tutorial explains how to install and run the Windows version of 1Password 4 on Ubuntu using WINE, including browser integration through an extension and an optional systemd user service. The method was last tested with version 4.1.0.530 and is not guaranteed to work with future versions. ### Source excerpt Before starting, this install method is based on 1Password 4, it may work with future versions, but it is not guaranteed. Last tested version is 4.1.0.530. Install WINE sudo apt-get install wine Download 1Password Running 1Password on Ubuntu requires the Windows version. You can grab it at the AgileBits Downloads page. ## June 2015 meeting minutes DevFeed: [June 2015 meeting minutes]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Published: 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Content type: article Language: en Sources: [Front Page on ReactOS Website]() Topics: [ReactOS](), [Development](), [bug](), [jira](), [WINE](), [Windows]() Tags: [bug](), [dev](), [free](), [jira](), [open-source](), [os](), [react](), [reactos](), [registry](), [reports](), [service](), [tests](), [website](), [win32](), [winapi](), [windows](), [wine]() ### AI overview ReactOS's June 2015 meeting covered developer status reports and Hackfest planning. Work included an LDR patch under review, printing support, device manager improvements, filter manager development, server upgrades, bug fixes, and a new website. ### Source excerpt 2015-06-25 19:00 UTC dev.reactos.org, #meeting Proceedings Meeting started at 19:08 by Aleksey Bragin Point 1: Status Reports Point 2: Hackfest Point 1 Aleksey Bragin: His work on LDR code starts to have good results and a first patch was attached to a JIRA ticket. One crash was experienced in the tests, but it's not sure that it's caused by the patch at all. All which still has to be done is some reviewing by others and some clean up. ## April 2015 Meeting Minutes DevFeed: [April 2015 Meeting Minutes]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Published: 2015-05-03T00:00:00Z Content type: news Language: en Sources: [Front Page on ReactOS Website]() Topics: [ReactOS](), [Development](), [WINE]() Tags: [free](), [gamedev](), [mediawiki](), [needs](), [open-source](), [os](), [patches](), [react](), [reactos](), [server](), [website](), [win32](), [winapi]() ### AI overview ReactOS's April 2015 meeting covered developer work on NTVDM, Wine synchronization, website components, bug fixing, and planning for ReactOS Hackfest 2015. ### Source excerpt 2015-04-30 19:00 UTC dev.reactos.org, #meeting Proceedings Meeting started at 19:09 by Aleksey Bragin Point 1: Developer Briefings Point 2: ReactOS Hackfest 2015 Point 1 Aleksandar Andrejevic: During the last month, Aleksandar has been fixing bugs in various parts of NTVDM, and is planning on fixing more bugs in the near future. Amine Khaldi: Amine was continuing the wine sync effort, while assisting and guiding some new comers that showed up recently, to make sure they contribute to the most urgent needs. ## Explorer Shell Merged DevFeed: [Explorer Shell Merged]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Published: 2014-11-26T00:00:00Z Content type: news Language: en Sources: [Front Page on ReactOS Website]() Topics: [ReactOS](), [Shell](), [Development](), [WINE](), [interfaces](), [Data structures]() Tags: [contributed](), [development](), [free](), [open-source](), [os](), [project](), [react](), [reactos](), [refactoring](), [shell](), [win32](), [winapi](), [wine]() ### AI overview ReactOS announces the merger of the explorer_new branch into trunk after years of development. The article recognizes contributors involved in developing the shell, refactoring supporting libraries, researching shell data structures and interfaces, and adapting the code to run on ReactOS and Windows. ### Source excerpt To all the community members, we of the ReactOS Project present an early Thanksgiving present in the form of the merging of the explorer_new branch into trunk. It has been a long road with explorer_new's development having stretched many years. It is only fitting that we also celebrate the people who contributed so much to bringing this to fruition, some of whom we pay specific thanks to below. The first such person actually never touched explorer_new, but his contribution should not be overlooked. ## Testing ReactOS behavior against Windows and preparing WINE patches DevFeed: [Testing ReactOS behavior against Windows and preparing WINE patches]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Published: 2014-11-24T00:00:00Z Content type: article Language: en Sources: [Front Page on ReactOS Website]() Topics: [Testing](), [ReactOS](), [Windows](), [WINE](), [Code]() Tags: [code](), [free](), [open-source](), [os](), [react](), [reactos](), [testing](), [tests](), [win32](), [winapi](), [windows](), [wine]() ### AI overview A ReactOS developer describes adding tests to compare API behavior with Windows and WINE. The tests revealed mismatched return values, user paths, folder handling, and path verification behavior. The developer planned to mark failing tests as todo_wine for WINE maintainers, but had not yet produced a working patch. ### Source excerpt Hello and sorry for the delay. This past week has been rather strange. My goal was to add some quick tests to ensure that my implementation was matching Windows' behaviour, and then send the changes to WINE. But as I was adding more details to test, I was finding more mismatches between Windows and ReactOS (well, WINE code). Annoyingly, most of the mismatches are in the code not related to my changes, and on top of that, a few of the returned values had unexpected content. ## October 2014 Meeting Minutes DevFeed: [October 2014 Meeting Minutes]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Published: 2014-11-04T00:00:00Z Content type: article Language: en Sources: [Front Page on ReactOS Website]() Topics: [ReactOS](), [releases](), [Shell](), [Testing](), [WINE](), [Memory Leaks](), [Kernel](), [jira]() Tags: [development](), [free](), [jira](), [kernel](), [memory-leaks](), [open-source](), [os](), [react](), [reactos](), [release](), [releases](), [shell](), [testing](), [win32](), [winapi](), [wine]() ### AI overview ReactOS's October 2014 meeting covered developer work, progress toward the 0.3.17 release, and planning for 0.4.0 and later releases. The team discussed Wine synchronization, shell and NTFS development, memory-leak fixes, NTVDM performance, release preparation, and the need for automated application testing. ### Source excerpt 2014-10-30 19:00 UTC dev.reactos.org, #meeting Proceedings Meeting started at 19:05 by Aleksey Bragin. Point 1: Developer Briefings Point 2: 0.3.17 Point 3: 0.4.0 and Future Releases Point 1 Amine Khaldi has been working on wine syncs and shell bringup testing. Christoph von Wittich has been making minor fixes as he finds time. David Quintana has been resolving the last of the serious memory leaks and considers the branch close to ready for merging back into trunk. ## September 2014 Meeting Minutes DevFeed: [September 2014 Meeting Minutes]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Published: 2014-09-30T00:00:00Z Content type: article Language: en Sources: [Front Page on ReactOS Website]() Topics: [ReactOS](), [Development](), [Testing](), [WINE](), [Oracle-VM-VirtualBox](), [Java]() Tags: [dev](), [free](), [issue](), [java](), [open-source](), [os](), [react](), [reactos](), [testing](), [virtualbox](), [win32](), [winapi](), [wine]() ### AI overview The September 2014 ReactOS meeting minutes report on developer briefings covering application testing, sound issues related to a Wine sync, VirtualBox WineD3D integration, shell and kernel work, PXE booting, networking, Java installer debugging, infrastructure, and file-renaming support. ### Source excerpt 2014-09-25 19:00 UTC dev.reactos.org, #meeting Proceedings Meeting started at 19:00 by Ziliang Guo. Point 1: Developer Briefings Point 2: Jira Point 3: Website Point 1 Aleksey Bragin had been ill for a bit, which was also why the previous meeting was canceled. Alexander Rechitskiy has been working to promote ReactOS to various organizations. Daniel Reimer has been testing a variety of games and multimedia applications, trying to restore sound that was broken due to a Wine sync of DSound not playing nicely with ReactOS' sound stack. ## ReactOS menu fixes address submenu clicks, icon loading, and related bugs DevFeed: [ReactOS menu fixes address submenu clicks, icon loading, and related bugs]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Published: 2014-03-16T00:00:00Z Content type: article Language: en Sources: [Front Page on ReactOS Website]() Topics: [ReactOS](), [bug](), [WINE](), [Linux]() Tags: [bugs](), [free](), [icons](), [issue](), [linux](), [open-source](), [os](), [react](), [reactos](), [win32](), [winapi](), [wine]() ### AI overview A ReactOS developer describes fixing menu submenu and click behavior, including a workaround for bogus WM_ACTIVATE messages. They also report applying and submitting Wine patches, fixing first-display icon loading, and continuing work on start menu, filebrowser menu, and keyboard navigation bugs. ### Source excerpt I began the week by fixing the menus, so that they would properly display submenus, and react to clicks. I was stuck for a bit, but I finally managed to find the problem that prevented the menus from working correctly within ReactOS. I set the filebrowser aside for a bit after this small success, to revisit some of the old bugs and pending tasks. I took a fresher look at the exec issue, where items weren't clickable unless a submenu had been opened first, and I (painfully) traced the issue to pointless/bogus WM_ACTIVATE messages, with the new HWND being equal to the old HWND. ## ReactOS RShell DevFeed: [ReactOS RShell]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Published: 2014-03-10T00:00:00Z Content type: article Language: en Sources: [Front Page on ReactOS Website]() Topics: [ReactOS](), [WINE](), [implementation](), [Windows](), [bug]() Tags: [bug](), [free](), [open-source](), [os](), [react](), [reactos](), [testing](), [toolbar](), [win32](), [winapi](), [windows](), [wine]() ### AI overview A ReactOS developer investigates start-menu issues in rshell, including misaligned submenu glyphs, missing menu items, and submenus that fail to open. The investigation links the functional problems to incorrect use of MENUITEMINFO flags and button IDs, while the visual issue is attributed to the replacement Marlett font. ### Source excerpt I began the week by testing the progress of the start menu in ReactOS. You may remember this screenshot from last weekend's report. In it, you can see the results of implementing vertical menus in a different, more documented, way. This method requires more work to be done per item, to make them all wrap into a new row, but it is supported by the Wine toolbar implementation ReactOS uses. ## Feburary 2014 Meeting Minutes DevFeed: [Feburary 2014 Meeting Minutes]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Published: 2014-03-04T00:00:00Z Content type: article Language: en Sources: [Front Page on ReactOS Website]() Topics: [ReactOS](), [Shell](), [WINE]() Tags: [free](), [minutes](), [open-source](), [os](), [react](), [reactos](), [shell](), [win32](), [winapi](), [wine]() ### AI overview ReactOS meeting minutes report progress on the Explorer shell, including Start menu functionality and outstanding work involving Wine compatibility, unimplemented file-browser features, and caching. The team also discussed contract-job applicants and internal status reporting. ### Source excerpt 2014-02-27 19:00 UTC dev.reactos.org, #meeting ProceedingsMeeting started at 19:14 by Aleksey Bragin. Point 1: Shell Development ProgressPoint 2: Contract JobsPoint 1David Quintana and Giannis Adamopoulos provided a summary of the state of the explorer shell implementation, reporting that a fair amount of the start menu functionality is working when run on Windows. Running the current code in ReactOS however requires some improvements to code imported from Wine with respect to vertical toolbars with custom backgrounds and edges. ## ReactOS Newsletter 89: RPC failures and memory manager issues DevFeed: [ReactOS Newsletter 89: RPC failures and memory manager issues]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Published: 2011-12-15T00:00:00Z Content type: article Language: en Sources: [Front Page on ReactOS Website]() Topics: [ReactOS](), [Remote Procedure Call (RPC)](), [WINE](), [Kernel](), [Windows](), [Process]() Tags: [free](), [just](), [kernel](), [open-source](), [os](), [process](), [react](), [reactos](), [rpc](), [win32](), [winapi](), [windows](), [wine]() ### AI overview ReactOS Newsletter 89 reports a likely cause of RPC failures: duplicate operation identifiers caused by missing or unimplemented random-number functionality in ReactOS. It also describes an installation hang while copying mshtml.dll, traced to heap data structures being zeroed and a memory manager rewrite that still needs completion. ### Source excerpt RPC Remote procedure calls underline a lot of things in Windows, especially services. Thus the Remote Procedure Call Runtime (rpcrt4) library is fairly important to the continued operation and stability of ReactOS. It is also a component in which the project is heavily reliant on Wine for. Unfortunately, just because Wine code works on Linux does not mean it will work on ReactOS, and attempts to sync rpcrt4 in the past have produced monumental headaches, breakages, and difficulties in ReactOS. [Next page]()