How to disable TypeScript compilation in .Net Core projects?

Question

I have a Visual Studio 2015 ASP.Net Core project that contains a folder of typescript files.

My question is how can I prevent VS from trying to compile the TypeScr

Answer 1

I spent some time digging around in the C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v14.0\TypeScript\Microsoft.TypeScript.targets file, and I found a support property that seems to do the job.

Add this property to the project, by editing the project file directly and adding this property group:

<PropertyGroup>
  <!-- Makes the TypeScript compilation task a no-op -->
  <TypeScriptCompileBlocked>true</TypeScriptCompileBlocked>
</PropertyGroup>

EDIT: @Chopin pointed out in the comments that the official doc for this and other Typescript MSBuild related options is here.

Answer 2

this trick indeed works for new version of MSBuild. However if you still have older versions of MSBUild, on a build server or so. You also want to remove these lines from the csproj file.

  <Import Project="$(MSBuildExtensionsPath32)\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v$(VisualStudioVersion)\TypeScript\Microsoft.TypeScript.Default.props" Condition="Exists('$(MSBuildExtensionsPath32)\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v$(VisualStudioVersion)\TypeScript\Microsoft.TypeScript.Default.props')" />

   <Import Project="$(MSBuildExtensionsPath32)\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v$(VisualStudioVersion)\TypeScript\Microsoft.TypeScript.targets" Condition="Exists('$(MSBuildExtensionsPath32)\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v$(VisualStudioVersion)\TypeScript\Microsoft.TypeScript.targets')" />

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