How to provide the module flag in a VS2015 project?

Question

I\'ve created a new .ts file in a webproject using VS2015. In the properties for the project under TypeScript Build I\'ve checked Module System = AMD.

Then when tryi

Answer 1

I couldn't make it work. Whatever I change in typescript section - it's ignored on build.

If I set verbosity to Detailed in Tools->Options->Build and run I can see that all my settings are ignored, including -module flag.

Just as workaround. Create a tsconfig.json file in root directory. And add in pre-build events "tsc" command. In this case it worked just fine.

{
  "compilerOptions": {
    "module": "commonjs",
    "noImplicitAny": true,
    "removeComments": true,
    "preserveConstEnums": true,
    "sourceMap": true
  }
}