Visual Studio only debugs javascript in .js files not .aspx files

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Hi,

This is an issue that happens to me and everybody else I know and I've never
found a way around it.

In Visual Studio (currently using 2003 but the same has happened for me in
2005 and 2008 as well)

If I put a breakpoint in a .js file, the debugger picks it up and breaks
into it at that point.

If I put a break in javascript in a .aspx file, the debugger kicks in, but
the breakpoint is somewhere in the html of the aspx page and you can't tell
where in the javascript its trying to debug.

Is there anything I can do to resolve this and debug javascript in Visual
Studio in aspx pages, or is it a known issue we just have to live with?

Thanks.

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Regards,

Phillip Johnson (MCSD For .NET)
PJ Software Development

https://www.pjsoftwaredevelopment.com

[Kevin Spencer]

Re: Visual Studio only debugs javascript in .js files not .aspx files

When you put a breakpoint in an ASPX page, you are putting a breakpoint into
server-side code. When you put a breakpoint into JavaScript that is in a .js
file, you are putting a breakpoint into client-side code. Since JavaScript
only runs on the client, you cannot debug it from the server-side.

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HTH,

Kevin Spencer
Chicken Salad Surgeon
Microsoft MVP

"Phil Johnson" <PhilJohnson@di scussions.micro soft.comwrote in message
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Hi,
>
This is an issue that happens to me and everybody else I know and I've
never
found a way around it.
>
In Visual Studio (currently using 2003 but the same has happened for me in
2005 and 2008 as well)
>
If I put a breakpoint in a .js file, the debugger picks it up and breaks
into it at that point.
>
If I put a break in javascript in a .aspx file, the debugger kicks in, but
the breakpoint is somewhere in the html of the aspx page and you can't
tell
where in the javascript its trying to debug.
>
Is there anything I can do to resolve this and debug javascript in Visual
Studio in aspx pages, or is it a known issue we just have to live with?
>
Thanks.
>
--
Regards,
>
Phillip Johnson (MCSD For .NET)
PJ Software Development
www.pjsoftwaredevelopment.com

[Patrice]

Re: Visual Studio only debugs javascript in .js files not .aspx files

For now my understanding is that you have js code embedded in server side
code so the breakpoint is applied to the server code not to the js script
the server code renders into the page...

It's likely easier to break into js client side (for example the script
debugger in IE have an option to break on the next javascript statement that
will run). AFAIK Firebug allows to browse all javascript code and to place
breakpoints (you also have developer toolbars for IE that could perhaps
allows this).

For IE, you also have a debugger statement that explicitely breaks into the
debugger...

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Patrice

"Phil Johnson" <PhilJohnson@di scussions.micro soft.coma écrit dans le
message de news: CB8D5137-CA9B-4868-BDB9-13F9696612B1@mi crosoft.com...

Hi,
>
This is an issue that happens to me and everybody else I know and I've
never
found a way around it.
>
In Visual Studio (currently using 2003 but the same has happened for me in
2005 and 2008 as well)
>
If I put a breakpoint in a .js file, the debugger picks it up and breaks
into it at that point.
>
If I put a break in javascript in a .aspx file, the debugger kicks in, but
the breakpoint is somewhere in the html of the aspx page and you can't
tell
where in the javascript its trying to debug.
>
Is there anything I can do to resolve this and debug javascript in Visual
Studio in aspx pages, or is it a known issue we just have to live with?
>
Thanks.
>
--
Regards,
>
Phillip Johnson (MCSD For .NET)
PJ Software Development
www.pjsoftwaredevelopment.com

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Re: Visual Studio only debugs javascript in .js files not .aspx fi

Here is the thing though....

In Visual Studio (pretty expensive software)
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If I put a breakpoint in a .js file... it breaks fine, the VS ide displays
where it is and I can step into it... if it makes a call to a javascript
function in an aspx page though... it gets to that line in the .js file,
steps into it... opens the correct apsx file BUT the show next statement
indicator is nowhere near the actual line it is going to run.

In Microsoft Script Editor (free software)
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If I break into the Microsoft Script Editor ide displays where it is and I
can step into it... if it makes a call to a javascript function in an aspx
page though... it gets to that line in the .js file, steps into it... opens
the correct apsx file and the show next statement indicator is on the correct
line of code to run and you can set the next line etc

Surely the fact that Visual Studio is debugging javascript in the .js files
means it CAN debug clientside javascript, so why does it get confused when it
steps from a .js file into an .aspx file or even just breaks into javascript
in an aspx file.

I must be missing something with the configuration of my tools or this is a
pretty major issue for a web development tool.

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Regards,

Phillip Johnson (MCSD For .NET)
PJ Software Development

https://www.pjsoftwaredevelopment.com

"Patrice" wrote:

For now my understanding is that you have js code embedded in server side
code so the breakpoint is applied to the server code not to the js script
the server code renders into the page...
>
It's likely easier to break into js client side (for example the script
debugger in IE have an option to break on the next javascript statement that
will run). AFAIK Firebug allows to browse all javascript code and to place
breakpoints (you also have developer toolbars for IE that could perhaps
allows this).
>
For IE, you also have a debugger statement that explicitely breaks into the
debugger...
>
--
Patrice
>
"Phil Johnson" <PhilJohnson@di scussions.micro soft.coma écrit dans le
message de news: CB8D5137-CA9B-4868-BDB9-13F9696612B1@mi crosoft.com...

Hi,

This is an issue that happens to me and everybody else I know and I've
never
found a way around it.

In Visual Studio (currently using 2003 but the same has happened for me in
2005 and 2008 as well)

If I put a breakpoint in a .js file, the debugger picks it up and breaks
into it at that point.

If I put a break in javascript in a .aspx file, the debugger kicks in, but
the breakpoint is somewhere in the html of the aspx page and you can't
tell
where in the javascript its trying to debug.

Is there anything I can do to resolve this and debug javascript in Visual
Studio in aspx pages, or is it a known issue we just have to live with?

Thanks.

--
Regards,

Phillip Johnson (MCSD For .NET)
PJ Software Development
www.pjsoftwaredevelopment.com

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