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 TypeScript files? I don't want them compiled, either on save or build.

I have tried added the project setting below, but it doesn't seem to have any impact.

<PropertyGroup>
  <TypeScriptCompileOnSaveEnabled>False</TypeScriptCompileOnSaveEnabled>
</PropertyGroup>

Currently VS is throwing an error, tsc.exe exited with code 1, but as stated, I don't want the TS compiler to run at all.

I can disable the typescript.targets that VS uses, but that's not practical, because I need it for other projects.

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.