Re: Using Wine to do my Tax (Australia)

On Tue, 31 Jul 2007 17:04:23 +1000
Keith Bates <keith@new-life.org.au> wrote:

> On Mon, 30 Jul 2007 10:29:20 -0500
> "Mumia W.." <paduille.4061.mumia.w+nospam@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> > On 07/30/2007 05:35 AM, Keith Bates wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I wonder if anyone using the Australian Taxation Office's infamous
> > > e-tax package has been able to get it going under wine.
>
> > >
> > > Error saving data: Access violation at address 0055521C in module
> > > 'etax2007.exe'. Read of address 00000008
> > >
> > > I've made sure that every folder and file in my .wine folder has
> > > 777 permissions, but I still get the error.
> > >
> > > I've done a search of both the wine site and the internet but
> > > haven't been able to find a solution.
> > >
> > > Does anyone know how to get the program to work? Or will I have to
> > > comply with the ATO's "Windows only" agenda?
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > >
> >
> > It partially seems to work for me.
> >
> > I entered a file name and an example TFN on the first screen, and
> > it lets me get into the other screen where I see Michael D'Ascenzo
> > introducing the program. I've visited these pages "Our commitment
> > to you," "Welcome," "Getting around etax" and "Using the navigator
> > in etax."
> >
> > I'm running under this software:
> > Debian 3.1 i386
> > wine 0.0.200503
> > wine-utils 0.0.200503
> >
> > (I'm not Australian.)
> >
> >
> >
> OK Thanks for that Murnia.
>
> I guess that means my configuration might be incorrect in some way.
>
> It looks like I have to either invest some time to fix the problem or
> else find a windows machine. :-(
>

Just a quick update...

I was able to get e-tax running on my wife's computer, also running debian testing. We must have slightly different versions of wine or something.

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