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     Vladimir Ivanovich Kirillov Grand Master Username: soviet Post Number: 854 Registered: 2-2013 |
When I use my laptop to access the forum and make an entry a window appears which does not appear if I use my smartphone. Here is the contents of the window: An error has occurred in the script on this page. Line 36 Char 3 Error Unable to get property 'create range' of undefined or null reference. Code 0 URL http/au.rrforums.net/forums.net/forum/fpanel.js Do you want to continue running scripts on this page? Yes No That's the entire contents of the window. If I hit Yes the window disappears for a second then comes back. The same thing happens if I hit No. As soon as the window appears it stops me entering any text. I did a complete System Restore but that does not get rid of this window coming back. Any ideas chaps? | |||
| Patrick Lockyer. Grand Master Username: pat_lockyer Post Number: 1833 Registered: 9-2004 |
I have this on my old com many times when the connection download is slowing. I tend to believe that other applications still running may be the cause. | |||
| RR Forums Administrator Board Administrator Username: admin Post Number: 100 Registered: 10-2002 |
Thank you for reporting this, Vladimir. It's unfortunate that it is inconveniencing you but fortunate that you have a fallback. Problems such as these are, sadly, very difficult to diagnose as there are so many factors involved. My immediate observations are
My first suggestion is to upgrade the browser program or try another browser and see what happens. It would also be helpful for me to see an actual screenshot of the error plus information about the operating system and browser being used. Feel free to send this information directly to me. Obviously with the forum software (as we all know) being years out of support, if there is found to be a problem with the software itself the chances of fixing it are slim. I will nonetheless try to figure out what is going wrong. Thus far I can say that the web server logs give no indication of the problem, or hints to its cause. The JS code involved is related to cursor positioning in the 'Add a Message' text input window, which points again to a problem with the browser's rendering of that page. | |||
| Vladimir Ivanovich Kirillov Grand Master Username: soviet Post Number: 855 Registered: 2-2013 |
Dear Administrator, thanks for your in depth reply. I will attempt to get that information to you asap Vladimir | |||
| Vladimir Ivanovich Kirillov Grand Master Username: soviet Post Number: 856 Registered: 2-2013 |
Dear Administrator, it appears that I have solved the problem by way of your advice. I simply changed from Internet Explorer to Chrome and the pestering window failed to show up. It may be a bug with Internet Explorer and that I have not downloaded the appropriate patch if it exists. | |||
| David Gore Moderator Username: david_gore Post Number: 2862 Registered: 4-2003 |
Vladimir, Internet Explorer has been consigned to the software graveyard and replaced by Microsoft Edge. Personally, I prefer Google Chrome having changed over recently with the advent of a new laptop to replace my 8 year old Aldi Medion which has performed reliably and admirably over the years. | |||
| Jonas TRACHSEL Prolific User Username: jonas_trachsel Post Number: 172 Registered: 2-2005 |
David I still have to use Internet Explorer when I want to print out anything from the Australian RR Forum. With Edge or Firefox I cannot get only the forum content but invariably I must live with the "Discussion", "Documentation" and "Utilities" tree on the left of the message text on every page printed. I keep printing the most interesting tech articles and store them in classified files. JoT | |||
| Jonas TRACHSEL Prolific User Username: jonas_trachsel Post Number: 173 Registered: 2-2005 |
David I still have to use Internet Explorer when I want to print anything from the Australian RR Forum. With Edge or Firefox I cannot eliminate the tree to the left of the main text: Discussion Topics Last Day Last Week Tree View Documentation Getting Started Formatting Troubleshooting Program Credits Utilities Search Contact Register User List Edit Profile Administration being printed on every page. I keep making hard copies of interesting tech discussions and file these in indexed binders. JoT | |||
| RR Forums Administrator Board Administrator Username: admin Post Number: 101 Registered: 10-2002 |
In Firefox I get a full discussion page with no navigation bar when I right-click on a discussion link and 'Open Link in New Tab'. It prints like that as well. A quick test with other browsers (Chrome, Edge, Opera and Safari) yields the same result. Here's
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| Jonas TRACHSEL Prolific User Username: jonas_trachsel Post Number: 175 Registered: 2-2005 |
Dear admin Many thanks for this tip. Now I finally can delete Internet Explorer for good. JoT |
an example from Firefox