How can I remove minification from the 2011 CME when developing a GUI extension?

Question

I am developing a GUI Extension and am having some issues identifying some errors in my code.

I am seeing errors that include the name of my extension but the code is minified so the line looks like:

Is there a way to turn off JavaScript minification in the CME so that I can see the actual code causing this error?

Answer 1

On the Content Manager Server locate System.config this is found in %TRIDION_HOME%\web\WebUI\WebRoot\Configuration

Locate the following element:

<filter for="Script" type="Tridion.Web.UI.Resources.Filters.JScriptMinifier, 
               Tridion.Web.UI.Resources.Filters" enabled="always">

Replace the value for the enabled attribute to read "never"

<filter for="Script" type="Tridion.Web.UI.Resources.Filters.JScriptMinifier,
               Tridion.Web.UI.Resources.Filters" enabled="never">

Then increment the modification value on the System element

<server version="6.1.0.55920" modification="22">

Refresh your browser. You should now be able to see the actual code causing the error and line number in your browser script debugger e.g. Firebug.

Please note this should really only be done on a development environment as this will drastically increase the amount of javascript that will be downloaded by anyone using the CME.

Answer 2

I have this in my powershell profile. Basically, it's the same answer as Rob's.

function SetGuiMinification($value){
  $filename = 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Tridion\web\WebUI\WebRoot\Configuration\System.config'
  $conf = [xml](gc $filename)
  $conf.Configuration.filters.filter |?{$_.type -like '*JScriptMinifier*'} |%{$_.enabled = $value}
  $conf.Save($filename)
  iisreset
}

"guimin"
function guimin {SetGuiMinification "always"}
"guinomin"
function guinomin {SetGuiMinification "never"}