Unterminated kendo min scripts cause error when combining script files

[Dan]

I use the Telerik MVC ScriptRegistrar to combine and compress all my javascript files.  I noticed that unlike the Telerik MVC javascript files, the contents of kendo minified javascript files are not terminated by a semicolon.  So when the ScriptRegistrar combines the javascript files, whatever follows my kendo.web.min.js file fails to load properly.  In my specific case, it was telerik.common.js.

I didn't notice this until I tried to publish my files to go live, since in debug mode, the ScriptRegistrar does not use the min files.  I fixed it by just adding a semicolon in.

Is there something I'm doing wrong, or is this just a pitfall of combining javascript files into one?  Should Kendo min files have that semicolon?  Or maybe this is a ScriptRegistrar shortcoming? 

[Alex Gyoshev]

Hello Dan,

Thank you for bringing this up. We started adding the missing semicolons to the kendo scripts, so upcoming builds won't have this problem. Your Telerik points have been updated.

Greetings,
Alex Gyoshev
the Telerik team

[Eric]

Will this be fixed in the Q2'12 Beta?

When using the TabStrip control in conjuction with ASP.NET MVC 4 Bundling and Minification I receive the following Javascript error when selecting tabs:

Object doesn't support property or method 'split'

I have seen the same script error when selecting folders in a tree view as well. When I reference the script directly with a script tag, bypassing the ASP.NET MVC 4 Bundling and Minification, I do not encounter the error.

[Alex Gyoshev]

Hello Eric,

The semicolons should be available in the beta of the Kendo MVC wrappers, as well as in the upcoming Q2'12 beta.

Regards,
Alex Gyoshev
the Telerik team

[Oladipo]

how do i bundle the kendo javascript files in aspnet mvc4?

[Dan]

If you have a license for the Telerik asp.net mvc extensions, you can use the scriptregistrar.

There's also the Kendo UI custom download page for combining select libraries together.

Then there are a bunch of other utilities to minify and combine scripts and css.

I like the scriptregistrar personally.