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Konrad Viltersten
Konrad Viltersten

Reputation: 39068

Can VS change variable values in my js on publish

I run VS2010 Web Developer and I set a javascript variable to one value for testing. When I publish my work, I that variable should be another value to affect the final behavior. So, in the rumpa.js file i have the following.

$(document).ready(function () {
  var iable = "test value";
  ...}

However, just before I execute publish, I manually edit the line so it looks as follows.

$(document).ready(function () {
  var iable = "publish value";
  ...}

It works great, except I often forget to change the iable to "publish value" until an unhappy customer calls. That is not optimal development technique.

Can I somehow make VS change my source code so I won't have to?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 520

Answers (2)

Jay Walks
Jay Walks

Reputation: 343

The link referenced in Rob Angelier's answer isn't working for me. Since I was looking for the same issue today, I found you can use #DEBUG:

#if DEBUG
    var iable = "test value";
#else
    var iable = "publish value";
#endif

However I sometimes need to publish a debug build to the server which this method does not allow for. So you can check for the server name:

var iable;
if (window.location.hostname=="localhost")
{
    var iable = "test value";
} else
{
    var iable = "publish value";
}

Or in Angular I use a service as:

(function () {
    "use strict";

    angular
        .module("common.services", ["ngResource"])
        .constant("appSettings",
        {
            commonsetting: false,
        });

    if (window.location.hostname=="localhost")
    {
        // local dev settings
        angular
            .module("common.services", ["ngResource"])
            .constant("appSettings",
            {
                iable = "test value";
            });
    } else
    {
        // remote settings
        angular
            .module("common.services", ["ngResource"])
            .constant("appSettings",
            {
                var iable = "publish value";
            });
    }
}());

Hopefully this will save someone some time.

Upvotes: 1

Rob Angelier
Rob Angelier

Reputation: 2333

You could use config transformation files. This way you can have different settings for each publish profile. More info can be found here: http://blog.hmobius.com/post/2010/02/17/ASPNET-40-Part-4-Config-Transformation-Files.aspx

Upvotes: 0

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