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Viktor 8 posts 79 karma points

Feb 17, 2022 @ 10:12
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Frontend error - The file umbraco-backoffice-extensions-js does not contain any reference to the extension
Hi!

We have a problem on our server when trying to get an extension (Contentment) to work.

The file /sb/umbraco-backoffice-extensions-js.js.vc48... does not contain any reference to Contentment. But, if I change Debug to true in the server appsettings-file, it works:
```
"Umbraco": {
  "CMS": {
    "Hosting": {
      "Debug": false //If I change this to "true" it works
    }
  }
}
```
But we want to keep it as Debug=false in that environment.

In our development environment (where it works) it looks like this in umbraco-backoffice-extensions-js when i change Debug to false:
```
angular.module("umbraco").controller("Umbraco.Community.Contentment.DataEditors.Buttons.Controller",["$sco...
```
It looks like the main reason has to do with some runtime bundling. I was hoping to find an answer to this issue, I hope anyone can help me.
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Alexandre Locas 52 posts 219 karma points

Mar 31, 2022 @ 12:49

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Anyone has a hint about this problem ?? This issue makes Umbraco v9 unusable for us as we cannot run Umbraco in debug mode under Azure.

Thank you

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Viktor 8 posts 79 karma points

Mar 31, 2022 @ 13:26

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I am sorry to say that we had to skip Contentment and find another way to handle the specific task. Hopefully this will be fixed in the future.

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Viktor 8 posts 79 karma points

May 09, 2022 @ 11:27

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Hi again.

I am not sure if this is the fix but I got a similar issue when working with UmbracoForms. (Error: $controller:ctrlreg") I fixed this on the server by deleting the "/Smidge"-folder. It contained old cache-files that did not include the new added plugin. After deleting that folder and after a page reload, Umbraco generated new cache-files, containing the new plugin.

And now UmbracoForms works great!

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David Armitage 510 posts 2081 karma points

Dec 31, 2022 @ 05:32

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Thanks Viktor, This worked for me.

It was driving me insane for a while since everything looked as it should.

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AbsolutelyN 89 posts 437 karma points

Nov 02, 2022 @ 15:41

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Also getting this error. I've tried deleting smidge folder with no luck.

umbraco-backoffice-js.js.v638030003094861457:147 Error: [$controller:ctrlreg] http://errors.angularjs.org/1.8.3/$controller/ctrlreg?p0=Umbraco.Community.Contentment.DataEditors.CodeEditor.Controller

Contentment is used heavily on the site and would be a massive job to remove it. Anyone know of any work arounds or fixed please?

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Thomas 319 posts 606 karma points c-trib

Dec 14, 2022 @ 13:53

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Anyone found a fix here?

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AbsolutelyN 89 posts 437 karma points

Dec 14, 2022 @ 14:46

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If I remember correctly its something to do with the bundling options. Try a couple of different options and make sure you're not referencing any files twice.

https://docs.umbraco.com/umbraco-cms/fundamentals/design/stylesheets-javascript#using-smidge-taghelper

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Thomas 319 posts 606 karma points c-trib

Dec 14, 2022 @ 15:10

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Hmm, arh not using the bundling.

Did you also only get the error in the backoffice?

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Neil 40 posts 205 karma points

Dec 14, 2022 @ 15:43

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If debug is set to false, Smidge bundling is enabled for the backend, and there's no way to stop that without turning debug back on (less than ideal).

Do you have any custom property editors installed?

I hit a similar problem and it was that NUglify didn't like the (perfectly valid) syntax my Javascript file used.

I had to remove each plugin one by one until I found the offending one, and then re-write the javascript in a way it was happy parsing.

https://our.umbraco.com/forum/using-umbraco-and-getting-started/110573-500-error-in-umbraco-backoffice-extensions-js-nullreferenceexception

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Thomas 319 posts 606 karma points c-trib

Dec 14, 2022 @ 16:53

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Arh okay.

yeah I have a couple. Will try to go through my custom properties :)

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Thomas 319 posts 606 karma points c-trib

Dec 15, 2022 @ 16:47
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Added this to my package.manifest.
```
"bundleOptions": "None"
```
At the bottom
```
{
"javascript": [

"~/app_plugins/test/test.controller.js"
],
"bundleOptions": "None"
}
```
Fixed the issue I had with some style that it didn't like.

I also found and error in a *.js.

By adding this one package.manifest at the time I found the file that was the problem! :) Maybe this can help someone.
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Chris Spanellis 45 posts 191 karma points

Mar 02, 2023 @ 05:40

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Hi,

How did you realize you had style that it didn't like and an error in your *.js? I'm getting errors trying to run my /umbraco when loading my plugins that worked fine in v8.

An unhandled exception has occurred while executing the request. Smidge.BundleNotFoundException: A bundle with the name:umbraco-backoffice-non-optimized-js could not be found.

The bundle name umbraco-backoffice-init-css already exists

Any ideas?

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Thomas 319 posts 606 karma points c-trib

Mar 02, 2023 @ 06:33

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I went through all my own made plugins 😅 Adding the bundle options to the packages manifest

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Chris Spanellis 45 posts 191 karma points

Mar 02, 2023 @ 07:14

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I figured out from another post that you can no longer reference external resources from your manifest files. Once I brought those CDN JS and CSS files locally, everything worked fine!

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Neil 40 posts 205 karma points

Dec 16, 2022 @ 09:07

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Ooh, I hadn't spotted bundleOptions being added to the package.manifest schema.

That would have saved a lot of headaches!

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Thomas 319 posts 606 karma points c-trib

Dec 16, 2022 @ 09:30

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Saw in the Usync Package manifest and tried it .. :P

Can find anything thing about it in the doc.

Do you know what it does?

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Neil 40 posts 205 karma points

Dec 16, 2022 @ 12:05

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It has been added to the new spangly v10/11 docs (docs.umbraco.com).

Default - The default bundling behavior for assets in the package folder where the assets will be bundled with the typical packages bundle.

None - The assets in the package will not be processed at all and will all be requested as individual assets and will essentially be a bundle that has composite processing turned off for both debug and production

Independent - The packages assets will be processed as its own separate bundle. (In debug, files will not be processed)

https://docs.umbraco.com/umbraco-cms/extending/property-editors/package-manifest#bundling

Looks like it does literally what we were asking for, either turns off the Smidge/NUglify packaging all together, or creates a bundle just for your plugins files.

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Thomas 319 posts 606 karma points c-trib

Dec 16, 2022 @ 12:07

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Perfect! Thanks for sharing

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