Question

I have a problem that I suppose comes from my ASP.NET MVC project using Type Script. For testing I have created a project using the HTML TypeScript template. I could perfectly create two modules and use one of them in the other like this:

import authModule = module("Authenticate");
import testModule = module("TestModule");

export module SiteMaster {
  authModule.Authenticate.run();
  testModule.TestModule.run();
}

It is generating correctly the JavaScript like this:

define(["require", "exports", "Authenticate", "TestModule"], function(require, exports, __authModule__, __testModule__) {
  var authModule = __authModule__;
  var testModule = __testModule__;

  (function (SiteMaster) {
    authModule.Authenticate.run();
    testModule.TestModule.run();
  })(exports.SiteMaster || (exports.SiteMaster = {}));
})

Then I have copied to my ASP.NET MVC 4.5 the compiler command from my Typescript project.

  <Target Name="BeforeBuild">
<Exec Command="&quot;$(PROGRAMFILES)\Microsoft SDKs\TypeScript\0.8.0.0\tsc&quot; --module amd @(TypeScriptCompile ->'&quot;%(fullpath)&quot;', ' ')" />

It is compiling correctly. Apparently is compiling correctly.

But there is a problem: when I create the same modules in my ASP.NET MVC application I receive the compilation errors in the import line:

The name '"Authenticate"' does not exist in the current scope
A module cannot be aliased to a non-module

Ths same for TestModule.

I have included a reference below to the module and the error remains, and look in the Typescript template the reference was not necessary.

/// <reference path='Authenticate.ts'/>

What is wrong here?

Answer 1

I think I have solved the problem. As I suspected it was in the compiler command. I fact I was not using the compiler command generated the TypeScript template.

I was using, in my ASP.NET MVC project this command:

  <Target Name="BeforeBuild">
<Exec Command="&quot;$(PROGRAMFILES)\Microsoft SDKs\TypeScript\0.8.0.0\tsc&quot; --module amd -target ES5 @(TypeScriptCompile ->'&quot;%(fullpath)&quot;', ' ')" IgnoreExitCode="true" />

This compiler command here is working:

  <Target Name="BeforeBuild">
<Exec Command="&quot;$(PROGRAMFILES)\Microsoft SDKs\TypeScript\0.8.0.0\tsc&quot; --module amd @(TypeScriptCompile ->'&quot;%(fullpath)&quot;', ' ')" />

Can someone explain me what is the meaning of the target parameter.