Executing win32 file ( using UpdateResource winapi ) in unix

Question

I guess it is impossible, but I will ask it anyway. I have a Windows application that executes BeginUpdateResource / UpdateResource / EndUpdateResource

Can I somehow execute this on Linux/Unix? Its server-side, so no GUI emulator could be running.

Answer 1

I am not sure exactly what can be achieved with Wine, but that might be a way to go if you have the source code for the application you want to run. See also Will Wine run only under X, or can it run in character mode?.

Another alternative is to re-write the functionality.

Answer 2

I would not recommend it unless you are using Wine which is not an emulator but a re-implementation/binding of the Win32 API on Linux and a handler for Windows executables.

If you want to do things like this, port your application to C#/.NET and use the Mono runtime on the Linux system..

In short, dont