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- 17.12.2019
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Keith Bloom's Blog: Viewing PreExecute script errors in RedDot CMS
One problem I have always encountered with RedDot is debugging the pre-executed script blocks. Fortunately Gavin Cope came up with this superb solution which also has the benefit of moving the pre-executed files out of the main RedDot folder.
Modifications
I have added to Gavin’s work by:
- Writing the error to a HTML file so it can be viewed easily in the browser
- Adding a page with a list of all the error files in the logs folder
To create a HTML file for the error change the call to WriteToFile with the code below. Note, I have also changed the path for the PreExecute folder.
WriteToFile "C:\Websites\PreExecute\Logs\PreExecuteErrors_" & Year(Now) & Month(Now) & Day(Now) & _ ".html", " Date/Time: " & Now() & "<br />" & _ " ASP Code: " & objASPError.ASPCode & "<br />" & _ "ASP Description: " & objASPError.Description & "<br />" & _ " Category: " & objASPError.Category & "<br />" & _ " Column: " & objASPError.Column & "<br />" & _ " Description: " & objASPError.Description & "<br />" & _ " File: " & objASPError.File & "<br />" & _ " Line: " & objASPError.Line & "<br />" & _ " Number: " & objASPError.Number & "<br />" & _ " Source: " & objASPError.Source & "<br />" & _ "############################################################" & "<br />", True
For the list of errors create a new file in the PreExecute folder called ErrorList.asp and paste in the following script:
<%
sDirectory = "/CMS/PreExecute/Logs/"
sPath = Server.MapPath(sDirectory)
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set currentFolder = fso.GetFolder(sPath)
Set fileList = currentFolder.Files
%>
<html>
<head>
<title>RedDot : PreExecuteErrors</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>List of files</h1>
<ul>
<% For Each file in fileList %>
<li><a href="<%= sDirectory & file.Name %>"><%= file.Name %></a></li>
<% Next %>
</ul>
</body>
</html>
<%
Set fileList = Nothing
Set currentFolder = Nothing
Set fso = Nothing
%>
Again, thanks to Gavin for a great bit of lateral thinking which make template development much simpler.
Now if someone can create a plug-in so we can create templates in something other than a web browser, that would be superb.