Re: Cannot debug Javascript with VS2008 SP1

[Rory Becker]

Hello Mark Rae [MVP],

I'm afraid I don't think I can be much more help other than to point
you here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/k2h50zzs.aspx - I've
got so used to using the debugger; method over the years that I never
use anything else...

Oh well thanks anyway :)

AAMOI, are you using ComponentArt Web UI components...?

Nope... Some DevExpress and some Infragistics (older 2005 stuff) but no ComponentArt

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Rory

[Rory Becker]

Hello Rory,

Hello Mark Rae [MVP],

>I'm afraid I don't think I can be much more help other than to point
you here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/k2h50zzs.aspx -
I've got so used to using the debugger; method over the years that I
never use anything else...

Oh well thanks anyway :)

For anyone following this..... a complete reinstall of the main VS2008 pro
(plus reinstalling SP1) did not help.

[Rory Becker]

For anyone crazy enough to still be following this I have a (partial) solution.

I have previously had Firefox set as my default browser.

I knew that this would cause my site to launch in firefox and therfore I
have been using the "start external program" facility.
With Firefox set to my default browser this fails to enable debugging even
with a subsequent "attach to" applied to the correct instance of IE
-------------------------------------------------------------
Start external program : C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
Command line arguments: http://localhost/WebApplication2/default.aspx
-------------------------------------------------------------

Setting IE to the default browser causes it all to work....
But I want to use Firefox so this is only a partial solution..

The question remains....What does VS do differently in these 2 cases that
I might be able to simulate using the "Start external program" feature?

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Rory

[Mark Rae [MVP]]

"Rory Becker" <ro********@newsgroup.nospamwrote in message
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I have previously had Firefox set as my default browser.

With Firefox set to my default browser this fails to enable debugging even
with a subsequent "attach to" applied to the correct instance of IE

As I mentioned, client-side debugging in FireFox requires an add-in to be
installed - have you done that...?
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Mark Rae
ASP.NET MVP
http://www.markrae.net

[Rory Becker]

Hello Mark Rae [MVP],

>I have previously had Firefox set as my default browser.

With Firefox set to my default browser this fails to enable debugging
even with a subsequent "attach to" applied to the correct instance of
IE

As I mentioned, client-side debugging in FireFox requires an add-in to
be installed - have you done that...?

I have tried Firebug but have not found it to be that great.

In any case I am happy trying for the moment to debug client-side using IE.

I would like VS to launch my site using IE despite the allocation of Firefox
as my default browser (hence the settings I detailed in my previous post)

However when it does this, and I subsequently attach to the copy of IE genereated,
something is different compared to if I had allocated IE as my default browser.

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Rory

[Rory Becker]

I have been playing around and have now determined that

Even when IE is set as the default browser... if you change your launch settings
to ....

-------------------------------------------------------------
Start external program : C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
Command line arguments: http://localhost/WebApplication2/default.aspx
-------------------------------------------------------------

.... your js debugging will vanish without a trace. (Unless you use "debugger;")

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Rory

[Hongye Sun [MSFT]]

Hi Rory,

You don't have to use start external program or set IE as default. You can
do this:
1. Right click the ASPX file.
2. Click "Browse with".
3. Select "Internet Explorer" and click "Set as Default".
4. Click Cancel
5. Press F5 to launch your web page in IE.

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[Rory Becker]

Hello Hongye Sun [MSFT],

You don't have to use start external program or set IE as default. You
can
do this:
1. Right click the ASPX file.
2. Click "Browse with".
3. Select "Internet Explorer" and click "Set as Default".
4. Click Cancel
5. Press F5 to launch your web page in IE.

Hongye Sun ..... you are wonderful... fantastic...

Works perfectly

I have firefox working as my default browser and I have VS launching IE as
you describe.

Perfect.... Today is going to be a good day.

Thanks very much :)

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Rory