This is a list of Frequently Asked Questions.<\/p>\n
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The latest version of FieldWorks is Windows-only.<\/p>\n
FieldWorks 9.0 was released on Linux as a flatpak package available here<\/a>. No new FieldWorks versions will be released on Linux due to the complexity of the technology and our limited developer resources.<\/p>\n FieldWorks can be made to run on Mac and Linux using a Windows virtual machine.<\/p>\n On a Mac, one free virtualization option is to use UTM with Windows 11. See this video for how to run FieldWorks and other SIL software with UTM on a Mac.<\/a> \n\t\t\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t\t \t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t\t \t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/p>\n <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This is a list of Frequently Asked Questions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":9,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"hide_sidebar":false,"hide_h1":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1852","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/software.sil.org\/fieldworks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1852","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/software.sil.org\/fieldworks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/software.sil.org\/fieldworks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/software.sil.org\/fieldworks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/34"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/software.sil.org\/fieldworks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1852"}],"version-history":[{"count":57,"href":"https:\/\/software.sil.org\/fieldworks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1852\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5173,"href":"https:\/\/software.sil.org\/fieldworks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1852\/revisions\/5173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/software.sil.org\/fieldworks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\n\t\t\t\tFLEx doesn't work when I install it.\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\n\t\t
\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\tFLEx doesn't start. I get the message 'Msg: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.' with the source 'PalasoUIWindowsForms'.\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\n\t\t
\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\tFLEx crashed unexpectedly and I see a message similar to 'Msg: Key 5cbcf087-b3ea-4173-90db-ebafa5ef94cb not found in identity map (actually just an ID is present)' in the crash that is generated.\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\n\t\t
\nTo run this utility:<\/p>\n\n
\n\t\t\t\tI've tried what you've suggested here, but things still don't work. What should I try next?\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\n\t\t
\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\tWhere is my project directory?\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\n\t\t
\nThe default location is C:\\ProgramData\\SIL\\FieldWorks\\Projects.
\nIn XP, the default location is C:\\Documents and Settings\\All Users\\Application Data\\SIL\\FieldWorks\\Projects
\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\tWhat to do if you are having problems with Pathway.\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\n\t\t
\nC:\\Program Files (x86)\\SIL\\Pathway
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\nC:\\Users\\username\\AppData\\Local\\SIL\\Pathway (where username is replaced with your user name)
\nThen reinstall Pathway and it should work.
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\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\tFLExText Interlinear import error “Interlinear Import failed. Are you sure you are importing a file in FLExText interlinear format? Word, Open Office, and Libre Office docs cannot yet be imported.”\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\n\t\t
\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\tCan FieldWorks run on a Mac?\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\n\t\t
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