as I had updated my unix system and thus updated Wine to version 5.0 (and I still want to find a reason to lobby for money to get this software for our lab). I attempted to install those free demo software again.
PictureSnapApp seems finally to work, and is able to open the demo bmp images. Yahoo! Finally I can test it... lets see - It supports Bmp, jpg and ... gif. What?
![Shocked :o](https://probesoftware.com/smf/Smileys/default/shocked.gif)
. There is no support for
de facto standard for scientific imagery - tiff? no support for transparency-native png's? So before loading my normal images I will need to transform them into weird formats... Tiffs (especially those from microscopy) often contain calibration and position tags (bmp, jpg... and
![Grin ;D](https://probesoftware.com/smf/Smileys/default/grin.gif)
gif have no means for that), so instead of automatic placement in correct position I will need to convert it into dumb format and "Snap" it by hand? Interface - is not intuitive and not familiar to any other tools. Does Full-licensed PfS use this SnapApp a lot? or mappings images are saved independently from it in normal formats?
Ok lets try CalcZAF.
Nope – unfortunately still can't get it working. (The program starts, but has problem with reading standard database, I am attaching the screenshot). Maybe the problem is in that it is searching for file in case insensitive way, but my OS is case sensitive... or maybe I need special dll driver override for mdb reading...
Generally there is a progress and hope, as previously (with Wine 3.x ) I could not get SnapApp to respond to anything, and now not a single error. CalcZAF, maybe I can find a way to make it work.