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  jshallard

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  IE Javascript Debugger

  Mar 21, 2008 05:07 PM|LINK

  Can anyone recommend a decent plugin javascript debugger for IE7?  I have been working using Firefox for a long time, and have been a little spoiled by Firebug.  I now need to switch my attention to IE, and can not seem to find anything comparable.  Any reccomendations appreciated!

   

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  Re: IE Javascript Debugger

  Mar 21, 2008 05:44 PM|LINK

  Have you tried the IE toolbar?

  Also are you able to upgrade to VS2008 Pro? That is supposed to have a javascript debugger. 

  Click "Mark as Answer" on the post that helped you.
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  FAQ on the correct forum http://forums.asp.net/p/1337412/2699239.aspx#2699239
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  Re: IE Javascript Debugger

  Mar 21, 2008 07:04 PM|LINK

   Which IE Toolbar is that?  I have the IE Developer Toolbar, and as far as i can see there is no built in JavaScript debugging.  If anyone knows otherwise, please say!

   I have VS 2008 Pro.  It does indeed have inbuilt Javascript Debugging, but i would really like something that is right there in the browser.  Starting up visual studio to debug some javascript just feels like cracking a nut with a sledgehammer!
  

  
   

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  Re: IE Javascript Debugger

  Mar 27, 2008 08:46 AM|LINK

   Hi,

  Thank you for your post!

  See the following introduction from http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2004/10/26/247912.aspx:
  

  I thought I’d take a couple minutes to talk about Script Debugging and Internet Explorer.
  
  Script debugging is turned off by default you can enable it by going to:
  Tools->Internet Options…->Advanced->Disable Script Debugging
  
  Prior to XPSP2 the above will turn script debugging on for all applications that host the WebBrowser control (Outlook for example).
  
  On XPSP2 we’ve split the option into two:
  Tools->Internet Options…->Advanced->Disable Script Debugging (Internet Explorer)
  Tools->Internet Options…->Advanced->Disable Script Debugging (Other)
  
  When you’ve enabled Script Debugging ‘View->Script Debugger’ will now be present to help you break into the debugger.
  
  The debugger statement can also be placed anywhere in your code to suspend execution this is similar to setting a breakpoint.
  The Stop statement is the VBScript version of JScript’s debugger statement.
  
  There are three applications which I’ve used for script debugging.  One is Visual Studio.Net, the second is Microsoft Script Debugger and the third is Microsoft Script Editor:
  
  Miscrosoft Script Debugger:
  You can obtain a copy of the Microsoft Script Debugger here:
  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=2f465be0-94fd-4569-b3c4-dffdf19ccd99&displaylang=en
  
  The main MSDN page for using the Microsoft Script Debugger can be found here:
  http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/sdbug/Html/sdbug_1.asp
  
  The Microsoft Script debugger allows you to debug client side and server side scripts and provides the same functionality as most debuggers do.
  
  Directions on using the Microsoft Script debugger can be found here:
  http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/sdbug/Html/sdbug_2.asp
  
  Microsoft Script Editor:
  The Microsoft Script Editor comes free with Microsoft Office XP/2003 with FrontPage.
  http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnfp2k2/html/odc_fpdebugscripts.asp
   
  Visual Studio.net:
  For Visual Studio.net debugging Monica Rosculet has written an excellent article on: Debugging Script Code Using Visual Studio.
  
  Other:
  Gregg Miskelly a developer on the Visual Studio team has posted some excellent information about: How Script Debugging Works.

  I think you can find more information at http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=ie+javascript+debugging&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

  Best Regards, 

  Sincerely,
  Jin-Yu Yin
  Microsoft Online Community Support
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  Re: IE Javascript Debugger

  Mar 27, 2008 02:19 PM|LINK

   Thanks Jin-Yu Yin, that is good information.
  
  
   

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  Re: IE Javascript Debugger

  May 17, 2008 01:32 AM|LINK

  Hi Jin-Ju,

  I have a problem activating the :

  Tools->Internet Options…->Advanced->Disable Script Debugging (Internet Explorer)
  Tools->Internet Options…->Advanced->Disable Script Debugging (Other)
  

  as the options won't save. I have even gone into the registry to enable script debugging 

  My Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Advanced Options\SCRIPT_DEBUGGER
  My Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Advanced Options\SCRIPT_DEBUGGER_IE

  but VS 2008 says that script debugging is turned off in IE7. Also I cannot view the script window in IE7 so what else is blocking the script debugging on the client?

  Regards

  Roger