Break on HTML1701?

Question

Hello,

I am developing a Windows 8 Store App (based on Phonegap) using quite a lot of Javascript libraries:

• Jquery 
• AngularJS
• Some AngularUI stuff
• RequireJS
• Angular-bootstrap
• Bootstrap
• YDN (IndexedDB-connector)
• AngularRoute
• Some extesion to generate classes (for true OOP).

Maybe there's even something I forgot...

Now I am getting the HTML1701 error. That's ok, I know how to solve the problem once I know which line of code is causing the error.

But how do I get the line of code? Visual Studio does not "stop" (="break" in debugging terms) on the line of code that is causing the problem. I have been looking around VS but I can't find an option to stop when the problem occurs.

Also, the error itself is not very helpful, it points to the following location when a problem occurs:

File: about:blank

Anyone has any suggestions how to find the correct line? I have been doing some trial-and-error and adding some breakpoints and throw/catch statements around lines of code, but for some issues I have not found the problem yet and I am looking at million lines of code...

Thanks for any input!

Raoel

Answer 1

By default line numbers are disabled in VS but you can enable them and then simply scroll down to the offending line. I have attached the link explaining how to do it:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms165340.aspx

Answer 2

I have enabled the line numbers, and when the error is in a file, it is shown correctly now.

However, I still get the same type of error in the file "About: blank"; I guess it is not suprising that there is no line-number.

I think it has something to do with scopes and how Visual Studio can't really follow where the code comes from. But a "break on error" would really help...