Breakpoints not being triggered in Firebug 1.4.5

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PaulT

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Dec 2, 2009, 6:16:36 AM12/2/09
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I have an issue with breakpoints not being triggered in my Javascript
code. Having searched this group's discussions, I can see that this
issue has occurred before with previous versions of FB and FF, but I'm
running version 1.4.5 of FB and 3.5.5. of Firefox. The add-ons I have
installed are as follows:

Delicious Bookmarks 2.1.072
Download Statusbar 0.9.6.5
Firebug 1.4.5
Google Toolbar for Firefox 6.1.20091119W
Java Quick Starter 1.0
Microsoft .Net Framework Assistant 1.1
Zotero 1.0.10

I inserted a breakpoint on line 31 of the HTML/Javascript page shown
below. I notice that in the Breakpoints tab, the breakpoint is listed
as "Undefined".

Note that the breakpoints do not fail consistently - some breakpoints
in other pages work sometimes, some not always (it's hard to make out
the exact pattern).

Can anyone suggest what the problem here is? If you need any more
information, let me know.

Test case - create an HTML page from the following and place a
breakpoint on line 31 (var countMe = field.value):


<!-- TWO STEPS TO INSTALL LIMIT TEXTAREA:

1. Copy the coding into the HEAD of your HTML document
2. Add the last code into the BODY of your HTML document -->

<!-- STEP ONE: Paste this code into the HEAD of your HTML document --
>

<HEAD>

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
<!-- Original: Ronnie T. Moore -->
<!-- Web Site: The JavaScript Source -->

<!-- Dynamic 'fix' by: Nannette Thacker -->
<!-- Web Site: http://www.shiningstar.net -->

<!-- This script and many more are available free online at -->
<!-- The JavaScript Source!! http://javascript.internet.com -->

<!-- Begin
function textCounter(field, countfield, maxlimit) {
if (field.value.length > maxlimit) // if too long...trim it!
field.value = field.value.substring(0, maxlimit);
// otherwise, update 'characters left' counter
else
countfield.value = maxlimit - field.value.length;
}

function checkLength(field, countfield, maxlimit) {
var countMe = field.value
var escapedStr = encodeURI(countMe)
if (escapedStr.indexOf("%") != -1) {
var count = escapedStr.split("%").length - 1
if (count == 0) count++ //perverse case; can't happen
with real UTF-8
var tmp = escapedStr.length - (count * 3)
count = count + tmp
} else {
count = escapedStr.length
}

if (count > maxlimit) { // if too long...trim it!
field.value = field.value.substring(0, maxlimit);
// otherwise, update 'characters left' counter
}
else {
countfield.value = maxlimit - field.value.length;
}
// alert("Current bytes = " + count);
}


// End -->
</script>
</HEAD>

<!-- STEP TWO: Copy this code into the BODY of your HTML document -->

<BODY>

<!-- textCounter() parameters are: text field, the count field, max
length -->

<center>
<form name=myform action="YOUR-SCRIPT.CGI">
<font size="1" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> ( You may enter up
to 125 characters. )<br>
<textarea name=message wrap=physical cols=28 rows=4
onKeyDown="checkLength(this.form.message,this.form.remLen,125);"
onKeyUp="checkLength(this.form.message,this.form.remLen,125);"></
textarea>
<br>
<input readonly type=text name=remLen size=3 maxlength=3 value="125">
characters left</font>
</form>
</center>

<p><center>
<font face="arial, helvetica" SIZE="-2">Free JavaScripts provided<br>
by <a href="http://javascriptsource.com">The JavaScript Source</a></
font>
</center><p>

<!-- Script Size: 1.37 KB -->

John J Barton

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Dec 2, 2009, 12:58:02 PM12/2/09
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Please try Firebug 1.5b5, http://getfirebug.com/releases/firebug/1.5X.
If you still have a problem I will fix it.

jjb

PaulT

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Dec 3, 2009, 4:29:31 AM12/3/09
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Hi John,

I installed Firebug 1.5X.0b5, and tried inserting a breakpoint in the
same point in my test script as before, but unfortunately no change -
it still doesn't trap. Should I raise a bug report for this (attaching
the HTML page as a test case)?

Paul.

On Dec 2, 5:58 pm, John J Barton <johnjbar...@johnjbarton.com> wrote:
> Please try Firebug 1.5b5,http://getfirebug.com/releases/firebug/1.5X.

John J Barton

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Dec 3, 2009, 12:15:39 PM12/3/09
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On Dec 3, 1:29 am, PaulT <ptip...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi John,
>
> I installed Firebug 1.5X.0b5, and tried inserting a breakpoint in the
> same point in my test script as before, but unfortunately no change -
> it still doesn't trap. Should I raise a bug report for this (attaching
> the HTML page as a test case)?

Yes.
http://code.google.com/p/fbug/issues/list

jjb

PaulT

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Dec 3, 2009, 1:11:48 PM12/3/09
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Done - see issue 2545 (http://code.google.com/p/fbug/issues/detail?
id=2545).

On Dec 3, 5:15 pm, John J Barton <johnjbar...@johnjbarton.com> wrote:
> On Dec 3, 1:29 am, PaulT <ptip...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi John,
>
> > I installed Firebug 1.5X.0b5, and tried inserting a breakpoint in the
> > same point in my test script as before, but unfortunately no change -
> > it still doesn't trap. Should I raise a bug report for this (attaching
> > the HTML page as a test case)?
>
> Yes.http://code.google.com/p/fbug/issues/list
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