Compilation result is not being provided to Visual Studio app context

[saschanaz]

Environment: Visual Studio 2015 Update 1, Windows 10 Insider Preview 14257, TS 1.8.0-beta

Repro:

1. Create a new project

2. Add a blank TypeScript file named file.ts

3. Add a reference to file.js in default.htm before /js/default.js

   <link href="/css/default.css" rel="stylesheet" />
   <script src="file.js"></script>
   <script src="/js/default.js"></script>

4. Write var homu = "homu" on file.ts

5. Build and deploy the app by clicking "Local Machine"

6. It should launch with no error

7. Close the app

8. Click "Local Machine" again

9. Now it says 0x800a1391 - JavaScript runtime error: 'homu' is undefined

[mhegazy]

i think i am using a different template. but creating a new project form "TypeScript HTML Application" and adding a new file "file.ts" and following your steps, things seem to work.
if you can share a project, i would be happy to take a look.

[saschanaz]

@mhegazy Ah, I created it using Templates->JavaScript->Blank App (Universal Windows). Can you try once again with it?

[saschanaz]

I'm seeing file.js is correctly generated but somehow VS doesn't get it.

[mhegazy]

looks like we are not putting the output files in ContentFilesProjectOutputGroup as the windows app deployment expects them, so they are not deployed.
as a work around can you add the .js file in the project, and that will cause it to be deployed.

[saschanaz]

I think this will be breaking bug as it worked before 1.8 beta.

[billti]

@paulvanbrenk can you see if you can figure what is going on here? We might want to try and pull this in for Update2 of VS if it's a regression.