Online editor does not update directly

Fang, Wenfei 6

I created Web App Bot from QnA Maker (js.node bot). I changed the default no answer on the App Service Editor, but it is not updated in the test.

romungi-MSFT 42,206 Reputation points Microsoft Employee

2022-05-04T14:39:37.573+00:00

@Fang, Wenfei Did the below suggestion help to update the answer and re-publishing your bot?

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romungi-MSFT 42,206 Reputation points Microsoft Employee

2022-05-02T09:37:44.037+00:00

@Fang, Wenfei I think this issue is related to one of the threads where a similar case was reported. The user in this case also tried to update the file through online editor of the app service and tried to rebuild the app but the default answer did not get updated with the bot. The solution in this case was to use the VS editor to build and redeploy your bot to azure.

You should be able to download the bot source code from Azure portal by clicking on overview tab of your bot to see the option to download the code and run the solution on VS. Detailed steps are mentioned in the referenced thread.

Could you please check and try the same?

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Fang, Wenfei 6 Reputation points

2022-05-25T23:18:00.477+00:00

Thank you for your reply. I have downloaded the source code and opened it on VS. It appeared that the default answer has already been changed in the source code. My question is how to publish to the online bot? The reply on the linked thread says "by right clicking on your project from solution explorer and connecting it to your Azure subscription and select the app service used by your bot.". Where is the solution explorer?

Fang, Wenfei 6 Reputation points

2022-05-25T23:25:57.107+00:00

In addition, why is there no .bot file in the source code?

romungi-MSFT 42,206 Reputation points Microsoft Employee

2022-05-27T10:58:12.063+00:00

The solution explorer is available on the top right hand side of the VS editor.

To publish you will have to right click on the solution name and choose the option to publish to azure.
Where is the reference to the .bot file?

Fang, Wenfei 6 Reputation points

2022-05-29T21:08:43.047+00:00

I cannot find the solution explorer on the VS editor. There is no solution explorer in View and ctrl-alt-L does not work as well. May I know what I should do?

romungi-MSFT 42,206 Reputation points Microsoft Employee

2022-05-30T04:48:02.613+00:00

I think this is Visual Studio code not Visual Studio.

Fang, Wenfei 6 Reputation points

2022-06-06T16:07:34.36+00:00

"by right clicking on your project from solution explorer and connecting it to your Azure subscription and select the app service used by your bot."

I right clicked but could not see how to connect to my Azure app service. Could you please help me?

romungi-MSFT 42,206 Reputation points Microsoft Employee

2022-06-07T05:26:21.837+00:00

@Fang, Wenfei I think you are using the folder view. Please switch views to solution view by clicking the icon next to home icon.

Also, for the .bot file, I am not sure about the guidance or documentation being followed. If the guidance mentions to use the file you can always create a file in solution and build it. The solution and architecture changes from time to time so some of the files may become redundant.

Fang, Wenfei 6 Reputation points

2022-06-07T08:24:56.64+00:00

I still do not see a link to my app service. Could you please tell me how to publish the code to my online bot?

So basically I just want to change the welcome message and default no answer. I changed the code on the online editor, but it was not deployed automatically as it is supposed to be. I then downloaded the source code, and it appeared that the code was already changed, so I just want to deploy it. Could you please tell me how to do that?

Thank you.

Fang, Wenfei 6 Reputation points

2022-06-07T08:26:49.473+00:00

I clicked the icon and there's only the folder view as shown in the screenshot.

romungi-MSFT 42,206 Reputation points Microsoft Employee

2022-06-07T09:16:57.557+00:00

Since you have already navigated through the folder you should click through and find the solution file and when you click the solution file the solution explorer view resets to default and you can then right click and publish to azure.

Also, referencing a youtube video link that could help you with publishing steps that are similar to publishing an app.

Ref: IntCoder from youtube.

Fang, Wenfei 6 Reputation points

2022-06-07T10:29:41.647+00:00

I do not have a solution file on VS. And I clicked the url of the app service on Azure website, and it shows {"code":"ResourceNotFound","message":"/ does not exist"}.

I created the web app bot from the QnA maker directly. The files mentioned in the video do not exist in the source codes.
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