ScriptBundles with i18n

[hognevevle]

Hi,

are bundles currently supported by i18n?

We are having some difficulties making it work.

In BundleConfig.cs we set the following property to correctly generate the URLs: Scripts.DefaultTagFormat = "<script src='/myapp{0}'></script>";

Additionally, we have a rewrite in Web.config to remove the /myapp part when requesting the URLs (as the prefixed URL isn't being recognized when requesting a bundle resource). `

      <conditions logicalGrouping="MatchAny" />
      <action type="Rewrite" url="/bundles/{R:4}" appendQueryString="true" />
    </rule>`

However, as long as i18n is enabled, the bundle URLs give 404. By adding "(^\/bundles\/)|(^\/myapp\/bundles\/)" to the i18n.UrlLocalizer.QuickUrlExclusionFilter, the bundle loads without a problem, but this causes i18n to fall back to i18n.LocalizedApplication.Current.DefaultLanguage, which we do not want.

Is there anything else that needs to be done configuration-wise in order to use bundles with i18n, or something we're missing?

Please let me know if I can provide any additional details.

[turquoiseowl]

Yes, I'm using i18n with bundles in an ASP.NET MVC 4 website and it works. Here's my bundle config if it helps:

    public class BundleConfig
    {
        // For more information on Bundling, visit http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=254725
        public static void RegisterBundles(BundleCollection bundles)
        {
            bundles.Add(new ScriptBundle("~/bundles/lynx_early").Include(
                "~/Scripts/modernizr-*"
                    // Use the development version of Modernizr to develop with and learn from. Then, when you're
                    // ready for production, use the build tool at http://modernizr.com to pick only the tests you need.
                ));

            bundles.Add(new ScriptBundle("~/bundles/lynx_late").Include(
                "~/Scripts/q.js",
                "~/Scripts/jquery/jquery-{version}.js",
                "~/Scripts/jquery/jquery.unobtrusive*",
                //LX125 "~/Scripts/jquery/jquery.validate.js",
                //LX125 "~/Scripts/jquery/jquery.validate.unobtrusive.js",
                //LX125 "~/Scripts/jquery/jquery.validate.hooks.js",
                "~/Scripts/jquery/jquery.datetimepicker.js",
                "~/Scripts/moment/moment.js",
                "~/Scripts/mysite/mysite.general.js"
                ));

            bundles.Add(new StyleBundle("~/Content/styles").Include(
                "~/Scripts/jquery/jquery.datetimepicker.css"
                ));

           // Enable optimization in Release build.
           // NB: the <system.web><compilation debug=""> setting is suposed to enable/disable
           // optimizations automatically. However, that doesn't seem to work. It might be
           // because we removed the 'debug' attribute completely for Release build, rather
           // than set it to false as stated is required (http://www.asp.net/mvc/overview/performance/bundling-and-minification).
            #if !DEBUG
                BundleTable.EnableOptimizations = true;
            #endif
        }

Nuggets in mysite.general.js are getting translated okay.

Url for the bundle comes out as:

https://mysite.com/fr-CA/bundles/lynx_late?v=bgjE-WVWJLPLbdLZ-bZdQktfPte7ktLHeDBmgvY5iz01

I'm a bit suspicious of your URL rewrite.

[hognevevle]

Thank you for confirming and sharing your config.

The rewrite magic was most likely to blame, indeed. We solved it by removing our subdirectory ("myapp/") from all routes in our application, and then added a new application inside the IIS site, using "myapp" as alias. This eliminated the need for any rewrites, and both i18n and the bundles are now working as intended. :)