Why is the Typescript settings tab missing in my VS 2013 ASP.NET project properties?

Question

I'm trying to migrate some javascript files to Typescript in a legacy ASP.NET MVC 5 project. I I've created a Typescript file and the compilation from TS to JS works as expected, but I there is no "Typescript Build" Tab in my legacy project's properties.

I did not have this problem when working on a new ASP.NET MVC 5 project. How can I fix this in my legacy project? I am using Visual Studio 2013 Update 1.

Thanks,

Adrian

Answer 1

I needed to add the following line to the csproj to import the typescript targets:

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

Then I could see the typescript build options in the project settings.

Answer 2

As Hans Passant correctly hinted in the comments, the problem was the following ProjectGuid in my .csproj file: {349c5851-65df-11da-9384-00065b846f21}

Once I removed that GUID from my project file and reloaded my project, the Typescript tab showed up in the project properties.