Rogue Files

What is a 'Rogue File'?

Normally when using CDF you would register all of your dependencies using the CDF framework. However if you have a legacy project and simply have standard html <link> and <script> tags in your HTML (Rogue Files), CDF will automatically be able to detect these in the outputted html from ASP.Net and replace them with a compressed version!

• The term 'Rogue' files describes any JS or CSS file registered in the raw html markup using script or link tags instead of being registered in with the CDF.
• Though CDF will ensure that these are compressed/minified (if you enable it in the configuration), it is not a recommended practice because these files cannot be combined and therefore there will be more http requests. It is recommended to register your dependencies property with CDF.
• Enabling and disabling this functionality is done in the configuration section: rogueFileCompression by defining for which paths and extensions to perform the replacements.