Article ID: 236094 - Last Review: October 16, 2002 - Revision: 1.1

BUG: Visual InterDev 6.0 Debugger Does Not Process Client-Side Breakpoints When You Use Response.Redirect

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SYMPTOMS

The Visual InterDev debugger does not process client-side breakpoints when a Response.Redirect statement is used to redirect to the page in which the client-side breakpoint was set.
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RESOLUTION

There are two workarounds for this problem:
  • After the page to which you were redirected loads, refresh the page. Your client-side breakpoint is processed.
  • Use a debugger statement if you have JavaScript in your client-side code: 
    <SCRIPT LANGUAGE=JavaScript>
   debugger;
   alert("client-side breakpoints will be hit here");
</SCRIPT>
    Or use a stop statement if you are using Visual Basic Scripting Editing (VBScript) in your client-side code:
    <SCRIPT LANGUAGE=VBScript>
   stop
   MsgBox "client-side breakpoints will be hit here"
</SCRIPT>
    This forces the Visual InterDev debugger to break.
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STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a bug in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.
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MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

  1. Create two pages: Page_a.asp and Page_b.asp.
  2. Add the following line of code to the second line of Page_a.asp: 
    <%Response.Redirect "page_b.asp"%>
  3. Save Page_a.asp.
  4. Add the following code in between the <HEAD> tags of Page_b.asp: 
    <SCRIPT LANGUAGE=VBScript>
     MsgBox "client-side breakpoints will not be processed here"
</SCRIPT>
  5. Set a breakpoint on the MsgBox line of code.
  6. Save Page_b.asp.
  7. Set Page_a.asp as the Start Page, and start the debugger using the Start button.

Note that the breakpoint is not processed.
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REFERENCES

For additional information, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
244272  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/244272/EN-US/ ) INFO: Visual InterDev 6.0 Debugging Resources

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APPLIES TO
  • Microsoft Visual InterDev 6.0 Standard Edition
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Keywords: 
kbbug kbdebug kbpending kbscript KB236094
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