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Little late but - Taxact Script errors make it unuseable and a ripoff.
VanguardLH on Sun, 15 Apr 2018 02:42:04 -0500 typed in
alt.windows7.general the following: pyotr filipivich wrote: Paul typed: pyotr filipivich wrote: Taxact Plus keeps popping up: Script Error "An error has occurred in the script on this page" Line: 4745 Char : 21 Error "In strict mode, function declarations cannot be nested inside a statement or block. They may only appear at the top level or directly inside a function body. Code: 0 URL: res://TAXACT17.EXE/#23\#1944 Browser specific ? Change browsers ? What browsers does it support ? Not really relevant, IMO, I'm using the downloaded version. Not relevant, either. The errors are obviously dealing with HTML. The downloaded client is apparently just a GUI to a web interface. Change which web browser is the default so you might get the local Taxact client to use a different web browser for its covert Internet connections. Strict mode is a feature of Javascript and Javascript is used in web pages via HTML constructs. res:name is a local resource but it is specified with some HTML code. Looks like that is a lightweight client that provides a GUI to hide it is using a web browser in the background. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/scr...ode-javascript https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/...ce/Strict_mode There are lots of HTAs (HTML Applications). Those provide their own frontend GUI but rely on libraries from web browsers for a myriad of functions. This is similar to a large number of media players that have their own GUI but rely on FFMPEG freeware to do the actual work. https://www.taxact.com/system-requirements/ Notice the Internet Explorer 11 requirement. No mention of minimum version for the other web browsers but figure you better be on a version that was released within the last year. They also not that Javascript must be enabled in your [default] web browser. Perhaps you installed an adblocker or otherwise disabled Javascript in the web browser. You might also want to make sure all the local files (cache) have been cleared for your web browsers. Thanks. I suspect from the start, that there are some very bad programming practices involved - hard coding paths and the like. Not Good. "Any program should be able to handle a cat walking on the keyboard without crashing." And other words of wisdom. -- pyotr filipivich Next month's Panel: Graft - Boon or blessing? |
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Little late but - Taxact Script errors make it unuseable and a ripoff.
Paul in Houston TX wrote:
Char Jackson wrote: Oh, the memories. I used to do my taxes on paper but those days are a distant memory. Over the past 30 years, my Federal returns have ballooned into a 40-page monstrosity. TurboTax to the rescue. Way too easy to go wrong with paper. Oh good heavens! 40 pages, I would Turbo Tax, too. My 106 pages convinced me to do likewise many years ago, I've never regretted it. I've tried Tax Act but didn't like it as well as TurboTax, can't recall why now? OP, there's still time to grab a copy of TT and get it done. -- XS11E, Killing all posts from Google Groups The Usenet Improvement Project: http://twovoyagers.com/improve-usenet.org/ |
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Little late but - Taxact Script errors make it unuseable and a ripoff.
XS11E on Mon, 16 Apr 2018 11:35:46 -0700 typed
in alt.windows7.general the following: Paul in Houston TX wrote: Char Jackson wrote: Oh, the memories. I used to do my taxes on paper but those days are a distant memory. Over the past 30 years, my Federal returns have ballooned into a 40-page monstrosity. TurboTax to the rescue. Way too easy to go wrong with paper. Oh good heavens! 40 pages, I would Turbo Tax, too. My 106 pages convinced me to do likewise many years ago, I've never regretted it. I've tried Tax Act but didn't like it as well as TurboTax, can't recall why now? OP, there's still time to grab a copy of TT and get it done. Thanks. I realized - this year is very simple. I managed to get the free return down through H&R Block. Taxact is processing a refund, "due to system incompatibility". Unless something changes - next year will probably be a 1040EZ and a typewriter. -- pyotr filipivich Next month's Panel: Graft - Boon or blessing? |
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