Install BibleWorks

From Bibledit

BibleWorks is a Windows program.

There are two ways of installing it: through Wine or CrossOverOffice

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Install on Wine

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BibleWorks 7

  • Ensure Wine has been installed properly, see Install Wine.
  • Insert the first CD-ROM in the drive.
  • Ensure the drive has been mounted.
  • In the terminal type
wine /media/cdrom/autorun.exe

supposing that /media/cdrom is your cdrom drive.

  • Follow the installation instructions on the screen and complete the installation.
  • To run BibleWorks, in the terminal type
wine "c:/Program Files/BibleWorks 7/bw700.exe"
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Install on CrossOver Office

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BibleWorks 6

Here are some points that help you installing BibleWorks 6 on CrossOver Office Standard 5.

  • First install IE6. Install it in the default bottle.
  • BibleWorks 6 installation requires mfc42.dll, or else an error will occur regarding registration of fhlaunch.ocx. To avoid this error, make sure MFC42.DLL is present in C:\Windows\System directory or equivalent. If it is not, it can be downloaded from a variety of places online. Use your favorite search engine.
  • Install BibleWorks in the default bottle too.

BibleWorks can be started through the menu entry that was put in place by CrossOver Office.

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BibleWorks 7

At the time of writing this BibleWorks 7 could not be installed on CrossOver Office Standard 5.

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Communicate with BibleWorks

Once BibleWorks runs on Linux, Install Bibledit Windows Companion. This is needed to let BibleWorks scroll together with Bibledit.

To let BibleWorks scroll together with Bibledit, do the following:

  • Start both BibleWorks and Bibledit Windows Companion.
  • In Bibledit, go to menu Preferences -> Reference exchange, and enable the option.
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