I have a javascript file that I minify using the Yahoo YUI. When I 'Publish' the web application project, I want it to only copy the .min.js file and not the original one too. I can use a pre-build event to create the minified version, but how do I prevent 'Publish' from copying the non minify file?
I suppose I can 'exclude' the original non minified file from the project, but that would not be helpful because I want to edit the script file through VS 2010, but when I publish I want the minifier to run first and then publish only that.
Any pointers appreciated
If it's a web application (and not a web site), just change the Build Action to None in the properties window. This will prevent the original file from being copied when the app is published.
You can use MSBuild Community Task project and the Exec task to do this. Here is an example.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Project DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
<PropertyGroup>
<yuiCompressor>java -jar Libraries\yuicompressor-2.3.6.jar</yuiCompressor>
</PropertyGroup>
<PropertyGroup>
<Major>1</Major>
<Minor>0</Minor>
<Build>0</Build>
<Revision>1</Revision>
<BindMinor>0</BindMinor>
<BindBuild>0</BindBuild>
<BindRevision>0</BindRevision>
</PropertyGroup>
<ItemGroup>
<CssFiles Include="css\site.css" />
<CssFiles Include="css\gray.css" />
<JsFiles Include="scripts\base.js" />
<JsFiles Include="scripts\lib.js" />
<JsFiles Include="scripts\project.js" />
</ItemGroup>
<Target Name="Minimize" DependsOnTargets="Version">
<!-- CSS Merge and Minimize -->
<Merge Mode="TextLine"
SourceFiles="@(CssFiles)"
DestinationFile="merged.css" />
<Exec Command="$(yuiCompressor) --type css merged.css -o css\project-$(Revision).css" />
<!-- js Merge and Minimize -->
<Merge Mode="TextLine"
SourceFiles="@(JsFiles)"
DestinationFile="merged.js" />
<Exec Command="$(yuiCompressor) --type js merged.js -o scripts\project-$(Revision).js" />
<Delete Files="merged.css" />
<Delete Files="merged.js" />
</Target>
</Project>
