Hi all,
I am trying to improve my web page's performance. I installed the AjaxMinifier & MSbuild in my Windows7(X64) machine with Visual Studio2010. I modified my csproj file as below,
<Import Project="$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\Microsoft\MicrosoftAjax\ajaxmin.tasks" /> <Import Project="$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\ExtensionPack\4.0\MSBuild.ExtensionPack.tasks"/> <!-- To modify your build process, add your task inside one of the targets below and uncomment it. Other similar extension points exist, see Microsoft.Common.targets.--> <Target Name="BeforeBuild"> <ItemGroup> <GeneratedCSSJS Include="client/combined.1.css" /> <GeneratedCSSJS Include="client/combined.1.js" /> </ItemGroup> <Delete Files="@(GeneatedCSSJS)" /> </Target> <Target Name="AfterBuild"> </Target>
But when I try reloading my projecting in Visual Studio, it throws the error,
The imported project "C:\Program Files(x86)\MSBuild\4.0\MSBuild.ExtensionPack.tasks" was not found. Confirm that the path in the <import> declaration is correct, and the file exists on the disk in the below line,
<Import Project="$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\ExtensionPack\4.0\MSBuild.ExtensionPack.tasks"/>
Any suggestions?
<Import Project="$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\Microsoft\MicrosoftAjax\ajaxmin.tasks" />
<Import Project="$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\ExtensionPack\4.0\MSBuild.ExtensionPack.tasks"/>
<!-- To modify your build process, add your task inside one of the targets below and uncomment it.
Other similar extension points exist, see Microsoft.Common.targets.-->
<Target Name="BeforeBuild">
<ItemGroup>
<GeneratedCSSJS Include="client/combined.1.css" />
<GeneratedCSSJS Include="client/combined.1.js" />
</ItemGroup>
<Delete Files="@(GeneatedCSSJS)" />
</Target>
<Target Name="AfterBuild">
<MSBuild.ExtensionPack.FrameWork.Assembly TaskAction="GetInfo" NetAssembly="@(OutputPath)\PerformanceAfter.dll" />
<Output TaskParameter="OutputItems" ItemName="Info" />
<Message Text="Version : %(Info.AssemblyVersion)" Importance="high" />
<!-- CSS files minification.-->
<ItemGroup>
<CSSMin Include="Styles\spirite.css" />
</ItemGroup>
<ItemGroup>
<CSSCat Include="Styles\spirite.min.css" />
</ItemGroup>
<ItemGroup>
<JSMin Include="Scripts\JiJiDrag.js" />
<JSMin Include="Scripts\PrintPreview.js" />
<JSMin Include="Scripts\Rotator.js" />
</ItemGroup>
<ItemGroup>
<JSCat Include="Scripts\JiJiDrag.js" />
<JSCat Include="Scripts\PrintPreview.js" />
<JSCat Include="Scripts\Rotator.js" />
</ItemGroup>
<!-- Actual minimization & combine tasks.-->
<Message Text="Minimizing JS and CSS files..." Importance="high" />
<AjaxMin JsSourceFiles="@(JSMIN)" JsSourceExtensionPattern="\.js$" JsTargetExtension=".min.js" CssSourceFiles="@(CSSMIN)" CssSourceExtensionPattern=".\css$" CssTargetExtension=".min.css" />
<Message Text="Concatinating JS and CSS files" Importance="high" />
<ReadLinesFromFile File="%(JSCat.Identity)">
<Output TaskParameter="Lines" ItemName="JSLines" />
</ReadLinesFromFile>
<WriteLinesToFile File="client/combined.%(Info.AssemblyVersion).min.js" Lines="@JSLines" OverWrite="true" />
<ReadLinesFromFile File="%(CSSCat.Identity)">
<Output TaskParameter="Lines" ItemName="CSSLines" />
</ReadLinesFromFile>
<WriteLinesToFile File="client/combined.%(Info.AssemblyVersion).min.css" Lines="@CSSLines" OverWrite="true" />
<ItemGroup>
<Content Include="client/combined.%(Info.AssemblyVersion).min.js" />
<Content Include="client/combined.%(Info.AssemblyVersion).min.css" />
</ItemGroup>
</Target>
<Import Project="$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\ExtensionPack\4.0\MSBuild.ExtensionPack.tasks"/>
<!-- To modify your build process, add your task inside one of the targets below and uncomment it.
Other similar extension points exist, see Microsoft.Common.targets.-->
<Target Name="BeforeBuild">
<ItemGroup>
<GeneratedCSSJS Include="client/combined.1.css" />
<GeneratedCSSJS Include="client/combined.1.js" />
</ItemGroup>
<Delete Files="@(GeneatedCSSJS)" />
</Target>
<Target Name="AfterBuild">
<MSBuild.ExtensionPack.FrameWork.Assembly TaskAction="GetInfo" NetAssembly="@(OutputPath)\PerformanceAfter.dll" />
<Output TaskParameter="OutputItems" ItemName="Info" />
<Message Text="Version : %(Info.AssemblyVersion)" Importance="high" />
<!-- CSS files minification.-->
<ItemGroup>
<CSSMin Include="Styles\spirite.css" />
</ItemGroup>
<ItemGroup>
<CSSCat Include="Styles\spirite.min.css" />
</ItemGroup>
<ItemGroup>
<JSMin Include="Scripts\JiJiDrag.js" />
<JSMin Include="Scripts\PrintPreview.js" />
<JSMin Include="Scripts\Rotator.js" />
</ItemGroup>
<ItemGroup>
<JSCat Include="Scripts\JiJiDrag.js" />
<JSCat Include="Scripts\PrintPreview.js" />
<JSCat Include="Scripts\Rotator.js" />
</ItemGroup>
<!-- Actual minimization & combine tasks.-->
<Message Text="Minimizing JS and CSS files..." Importance="high" />
<AjaxMin JsSourceFiles="@(JSMIN)" JsSourceExtensionPattern="\.js$" JsTargetExtension=".min.js" CssSourceFiles="@(CSSMIN)" CssSourceExtensionPattern=".\css$" CssTargetExtension=".min.css" />
<Message Text="Concatinating JS and CSS files" Importance="high" />
<ReadLinesFromFile File="%(JSCat.Identity)">
<Output TaskParameter="Lines" ItemName="JSLines" />
</ReadLinesFromFile>
<WriteLinesToFile File="client/combined.%(Info.AssemblyVersion).min.js" Lines="@JSLines" OverWrite="true" />
<ReadLinesFromFile File="%(CSSCat.Identity)">
<Output TaskParameter="Lines" ItemName="CSSLines" />
</ReadLinesFromFile>
<WriteLinesToFile File="client/combined.%(Info.AssemblyVersion).min.css" Lines="@CSSLines" OverWrite="true" />
<ItemGroup>
<Content Include="client/combined.%(Info.AssemblyVersion).min.js" />
<Content Include="client/combined.%(Info.AssemblyVersion).min.css" />
</ItemGroup>
</Target>
<Import Project="$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\Microsoft\MicrosoftAjax\ajaxmin.tasks" /> <Import Project="$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\ExtensionPack\4.0\MSBuild.ExtensionPack.tasks"/> <!-- To modify your build process, add your task inside one of the targets below and uncomment it. Other similar extension points exist, see Microsoft.Common.targets.--> <Target Name="BeforeBuild"> <ItemGroup> <GeneratedCSSJS Include="client/combined.1.css" /> <GeneratedCSSJS Include="client/combined.1.js" /> </ItemGroup> <Delete Files="@(GeneatedCSSJS)" /> </Target> <Target Name="AfterBuild"> <MSBuild.ExtensionPack.FrameWork.Assembly TaskAction="GetInfo" NetAssembly="@(OutputPath)\PerformanceAfter.dll" /> <Output TaskParameter="OutputItems" ItemName="Info" /> <Message Text="Version : %(Info.AssemblyVersion)" Importance="high" /> <!-- CSS files minification.--> <ItemGroup> <CSSMin Include="Styles\spirite.css" /> </ItemGroup> <ItemGroup> <CSSCat Include="Styles\spirite.min.css" /> </ItemGroup> <ItemGroup> <JSMin Include="Scripts\JiJiDrag.js" /> <JSMin Include="Scripts\PrintPreview.js" /> <JSMin Include="Scripts\Rotator.js" /> </ItemGroup> <ItemGroup> <JSCat Include="Scripts\JiJiDrag.js" /> <JSCat Include="Scripts\PrintPreview.js" /> <JSCat Include="Scripts\Rotator.js" /> </ItemGroup> <!-- Actual minimization & combine tasks.--> <Message Text="Minimizing JS and CSS files..." Importance="high" /> <AjaxMin JsSourceFiles="@(JSMIN)" JsSourceExtensionPattern="\.js$" JsTargetExtension=".min.js" CssSourceFiles="@(CSSMIN)" CssSourceExtensionPattern=".\css$" CssTargetExtension=".min.css" /> <Message Text="Concatinating JS and CSS files" Importance="high" /> <ReadLinesFromFile File="%(JSCat.Identity)"> <Output TaskParameter="Lines" ItemName="JSLines" /> </ReadLinesFromFile> <WriteLinesToFile File="client/combined.%(Info.AssemblyVersion).min.js" Lines="@JSLines" OverWrite="true" /> <ReadLinesFromFile File="%(CSSCat.Identity)"> <Output TaskParameter="Lines" ItemName="CSSLines" /> </ReadLinesFromFile> <WriteLinesToFile File="client/combined.%(Info.AssemblyVersion).min.css" Lines="@CSSLines" OverWrite="true" /> <ItemGroup> <Content Include="client/combined.%(Info.AssemblyVersion).min.js" /> <Content Include="client/combined.%(Info.AssemblyVersion).min.css" /> </ItemGroup> </Target>