PL/SQL Developer

What works

Installation works. After installing Oracle Instant client 10.2 and msvcr71.dll those appear to be 'used' without error. Starting app with /nologon option loads past splash screen and into main window. Some dialogs work (Tools->Configure Tools).

What does not

on startup: fixme:win:SetLayeredWindowAttributes (0x30040,0x00000000,100,2): stub! Icons (toolbar, etc.) do not load. Opening various dialogs (like Options) causes error in app: Exception 'EReadError' in module plsqldev.exe at 00026857 Error reading ProcColEditor.Font.Height: Interface not supported (where "ProcColEditor" is different depending on the dialog.) Tabs (such as on the dialog Tools->Configure Tools) do not respond to clicks. Information from tnsnames.ora does not appear to be read (no entries in Database dropdown on Session->"Log on" dialog.

Workarounds

What was not tested

Connecting to a database. (I didn't have one available.) Doing anything in SQL/Program/etc. windows. (Due to "Interface not supported" errors.)

Hardware tested

Graphics:

• GPU:
• Driver:

Additional Comments

Unusable for now, but it could have been much worse.

To successfully run PL/SQL Developer on wine you need to follow this steps:
0. Review associated bugs and limitations of chosen version and vote for them;
1. Install the latest possible wine version. Please note, in versions 1.3.22 and 1.3.23 there is regression, so do not use them;
2. Download Oracle Instant Client 32bit windows, version 11.1.0.7.0. Higher versions currently hang on use.
3. Unzip it in your drive c oracle directory, presumably .wine/drive_c/oracle;
4. Copy there tnsnames.ora and sqlnet.ora , where your database connection strings are described;
5. Install PL/SQL Developer as usual;
6. When running PL/SQL Developer you need to pass some environment variables to show where Oracle client lives and some language variables:
env LC_ALL=bg_BG.UTF-8 ORACLE_HOME="C:\ORACLE" NLS_LANG="BULGARIAN_BULGARIA.CL8MSWIN1251" TNS_ADMIN="C:\ORACLE" wine "C:\Program Files\PLSQL Developer\PLSQLDev.exe"
This is the commandline string I use for Bulgarian locale and you should change it for your case.