White box in export STL dialog ander Wine

[DeeKey]

I am running SketchUp 2013 in wine 1.6.2 under Ubuntu 14.04.
Was able to import .stl successfully.
But import does not work. When I press "Export STL" button a blank white dialogue window appear.
There are no controls in this dialog. The only thing I can do is to close the dialog.
The following error messages appear in Wine:

fixme:ieframe:PersistStreamInit_InitNew (0x777c560)
fixme:ieframe:navigate_url Unsupported args (Flags 0x33cc68:3; TargetFrameName 0x33cc78:8)
fixme:urlmon:URLMoniker_BindToObject use running object table
fixme:ieframe:BrowserService_GetTravelLog 0x777ca10 0x33a718
fixme:ieframe:ClOleCommandTarget_Exec Unimplemented cmdid 84 of CGID_ShellDocView
fixme:ieframe:ClOleCommandTarget_QueryStatus (0x777c614)->((null) 1 0x33a710 (nil))
fixme:ieframe:ClOleCommandTarget_QueryStatus command_0: 27, 0x0
fixme:ieframe:ClOleCommandTarget_Exec Unimplemented cmdid 25
fixme:ieframe:ClOleCommandTarget_Exec Unimplemented cmdid 26
fixme:mshtml:OleControl_OnAmbientPropertyChange not supported AMBIENT_USERAGENT
fixme:ieframe:ClOleCommandTarget_Exec Unimplemented cmdid 37 of CGID_ShellDocView
fixme:ieframe:ClOleCommandTarget_Exec Unimplemented cmdid 84 of CGID_ShellDocView
fixme:ieframe:ClientSite_GetContainer (0x777c614)->(0x33a6fc)
fixme:mshtml:nsChannel_GetContentDisposition (0x7a05900)->(0x339e3c)
fixme:mshtml:nsChannel_GetContentDispositionHeader (0x7a05900)->(0x339664)
fixme:ieframe:ClientSite_GetContainer (0x777c614)->(0x33b76c)
fixme:ieframe:ClOleCommandTarget_Exec Unimplemented cmdid 25
fixme:ieframe:ClOleCommandTarget_Exec Unimplemented cmdid 26
fixme:ieframe:DocHostUIHandler_GetDropTarget (0x777c614)
fixme:jscript:JScriptProperty_SetProperty Unimplemented property 70000001
fixme:jscript:JScriptProperty_SetProperty Unimplemented property 70000002
fixme:mshtml:HTMLScriptElement_get_readyState (0x7c24638)->(0x33c950)
fixme:ieframe:ClOleCommandTarget_Exec Unimplemented cmdid 69 of CGID_Explorer
fixme:ieframe:PropertyNotifySink_OnChanged unimplemented dispid 1005
fixme:ieframe:ClOleCommandTarget_Exec Unimplemented cmdid 69 of CGID_Explorer
fixme:ieframe:ClOleCommandTarget_Exec Unimplemented cmdid 26
fixme:ieframe:ClOleCommandTarget_Exec Unimplemented cmdid 103 of CGID_ShellDocView
fixme:ieframe:ClOleCommandTarget_Exec Unimplemented cmdid 2315 of group {de4ba900-59ca-11cf-9592-444553540000}
fixme:ieframe:ClOleCommandTarget_Exec Unimplemented cmdid 35
fixme:ieframe:ClOleCommandTarget_Exec Unimplemented cmdid 28

[DeeKey]

Also tested under Wine 1.7.33 with Sketchup 2015.
Unfortunately with the same result.
Following messages in terminal:

fixme:ieframe:PersistStreamInit_InitNew (0xe395ae0)
fixme:ieframe:navigate_url Unsupported args (Flags 0x23d230 {VT_I4: 4}; TargetFrameName 0x23d270 {VT_BSTR: (null)})
fixme:wtsapi:WTSRegisterSessionNotification Stub 0x3015c 0x00000000
fixme:wtsapi:WTSRegisterSessionNotification Stub 0x30158 0x00000000
fixme:ieframe:BrowserService_GetTravelLog 0xe67b780 0x23a270
fixme:ieframe:ClOleCommandTarget_Exec Unimplemented cmdid 84 of CGID_ShellDocView
fixme:ieframe:ClOleCommandTarget_QueryStatus (0xe395c08)->((null) 1 0x23a240 (nil))
fixme:ieframe:ClOleCommandTarget_QueryStatus command_0: 27, 0x0
fixme:ieframe:ClOleCommandTarget_Exec Unimplemented cmdid 25
fixme:ieframe:ClOleCommandTarget_Exec Unimplemented cmdid 26
fixme:mshtml:OleControl_OnAmbientPropertyChange not supported AMBIENT_USERAGENT
fixme:ieframe:ClOleCommandTarget_Exec Unimplemented cmdid 37 of CGID_ShellDocView
fixme:ieframe:ClOleCommandTarget_Exec Unimplemented cmdid 84 of CGID_ShellDocView
fixme:ieframe:ClientSite_GetContainer (0xe395c08)->(0x23a2c8)
fixme:mshtml:nsChannel_GetContentDisposition (0xe37dbc0)->(0x23962c)
fixme:mshtml:nsChannel_GetContentDispositionHeader (0xe37dbc0)->(0x238a80)
fixme:wtsapi:WTSRegisterSessionNotification Stub 0x4015e 0x00000000
fixme:ieframe:ClientSite_GetContainer (0xe395c08)->(0x23b878)
fixme:ieframe:ClOleCommandTarget_Exec Unimplemented cmdid 25
fixme:ieframe:ClOleCommandTarget_Exec Unimplemented cmdid 26
fixme:ieframe:DocHostUIHandler_GetDropTarget (0xe395c08)
fixme:jscript:JScriptProperty_SetProperty Unimplemented property 70000001
fixme:jscript:JScriptProperty_SetProperty Unimplemented property 70000002
fixme:mshtml:ScriptBSC_stop_binding binding failed 800c0005
fixme:ieframe:ClOleCommandTarget_Exec Unimplemented cmdid 69 of CGID_Explorer
fixme:ieframe:PropertyNotifySink_OnChanged unimplemented dispid 1005
fixme:ieframe:ClOleCommandTarget_Exec Unimplemented cmdid 69 of CGID_Explorer
fixme:wtsapi:WTSUnRegisterSessionNotification Stub 0x30158
fixme:ieframe:ClOleCommandTarget_Exec Unimplemented cmdid 26
fixme:ieframe:ClOleCommandTarget_Exec Unimplemented cmdid 103 of CGID_ShellDocView
fixme:ieframe:ClOleCommandTarget_Exec Unimplemented cmdid 2315 of group {de4ba900-59ca-11cf-9592-444553540000}
fixme:ieframe:ClOleCommandTarget_Exec Unimplemented cmdid 35
fixme:ieframe:ClOleCommandTarget_Exec Unimplemented cmdid 28
fixme:mshtml:HTMLElement4_put_onfocusin (0xe8bbca0)->(0x23af10 {VT_BSTR: L"t"})

[DeeKey]

The problem is that the dialogue uses InternetExplorer. If the dialog window could use something else, then the problem would be fixed!

[thomthom]

SketchUp makes use of the native operating system's browser engine which under Windows is IE and under OSX is WebKit. Extensions cannot exchange the engine used.

(I thought Wine used a wrapped around an embedded Mozilla control to simulate embedded IE?)

[thomthom]

@Aerilius - don't you use SketchUp under Wine? Thought I saw a screenshot of you using Wine with webdialogs in use...

[Aerilius]

@DeeKey, please refer to the guides at https://sites.google.com/site/sketchupsage/problems/linux
To use SketchUp in Wine, you need to install a version of Microsoft's IE (IE8) is unfortunately the "latest" version supported by Wine). The embedded winegecko does not bring all the goodness of Mozilla's Gecko, there are still some not working JavaScript functions in Wine's layer to emulate IE.

When posting bug reports to SketchUp or plugins, if possible, check first whether a bug in Wine is plausible, you can also ask in the SketchUp forum.

[DeeKey]

I was able to solve the problem!
Installed 32bit Sketchup2014, installed IE8.
Was not able to solve the problem with SketchUp 2015 as it requires Windows7 which has no IE8 support.

[DeeKey]

BTW, the guide above is outdated!
Better follow instructions here in comments:
https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=30063

[Aerilius]

Yes, the target is always moving, someone needs to update the guide.

It is still recommended to install Microsoft's IE over Wine's wrapped Gecko (although it is very far advanced it just interrupts script execution when it encounters an uninmplemented function, this can lead to issues just similar like this). Windows 7 comes with IE8 by default (unfortunately). Wine's Windows 7 mode can run MS IE8 (only no newer IE9+).