Sunday, September 16, 2018

Debug Netsuite client-side scripts in Microsoft Internet Explorer the way Firebug works in Mozilla Firefox

As stated on its site, Firebug integrates with Firefox to put a wealth of development tools at your fingertips while browsing. One can edit, debug, and monitor CSS, HTML, and JavaScript live in any web page. This powerful tool should be useful in other browsers like MS Internet Explorer. 
 
To setup Firebug in Internet Explorer


1. Open an Internet Explorer browser window.
2. Click on Favorites > Add to Favorites
3. Set a name for the Firebug shortcut/link
4. Select where the link is to be placed.
5. Click Add.
6. Click Favorites > Organize Favorites
7. Locate the newly created link
8. Right-click the link and hit Properties.
9. On the Web Document tab, copy the following to the URL field.

 javascript:var%20firebug=document.createElement('script');firebug.setAttribute('src','http://getfirebug.com/releases/lite/1.2/firebug-lite-compressed.js');document.body.appendChild(firebug);(function(){if(window.firebug.version){firebug.init();}else{setTimeout(arguments.callee);}})();void(firebug);

10. Click OK
11. The prompt will say: "The protocol 'javascript' does not have a registered program. Do you want to keep this target anyway?"
12. Click YES
13. Click OK
 
Using Firebug in Internet Explorer:
1. Navigate to the page where there is a need to debug client-side scripts with
2. Click the link created for Firebug.
3. The Firebug console opens.
 
 

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