My wife and I have been using the Microsoft Windows desktop versions of CLZ's database programs for managing book, comic, and movie collections for many years. We've found the Collectorz database programs to be well-designed and very useful, but we've encountered some issues getting the programs to work correctly on her Ubuntu Linux system, though I would note that the software was developed for Microsoft Windows operating systems and the company doesn't indicate they are supported under Linux. One problem we encountered is that after installing the programs under Wine, when she opened one of the programs, e.g., Movie Collector, and then minimized it or switched to another application with Alt-Tab, she was unable to switch back to the Collectorz program. Alt-Tab would not work nor would the Super key plus Tab key combination. There would be a small window at the upper, left-hand corner of the screen indicating the program was running, but clicking on it would not allow her to enlarge the window to work in the application again and there didn't appear to be any way to enlarge or maximize the window.
I was able to resolve the problem with minimizing the application or
switching from it without re-creating a problem opening files by checking the
Emulate a virtual desktop option under the Graphics
tab for winecfg instead.
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