(TS) In 'const' enum declartions member initializer must be constant expression - asp.net

Question

I've got problem with building application at Visual Studio 2017. I'm using ASP.NET CORE 2 and Angular 6. After running application i'm getting errors at file output_ast.d.ts from node_modules:
(TS) In 'const' enum declartions member initializer must be constant
expression.
and
Build:In 'const' enum declarations member initializer must be constant expression.
Code with error:
export declare const enum JSDocTagName {
Desc = "desc",
Id = "id",
Meaning = "meaning",
}
My package.json
"name": "client-app",
"version": "0.0.0",
"scripts": {
"ng": "ng",
"start": "ng serve",
"build": "ng build",
"test": "ng test",
"lint": "ng lint",
"e2e": "ng e2e"
},
"private": true,
"dependencies": {
"#angular/animations": "^6.0.0",
"#angular/common": "^6.0.0",
"#angular/compiler": "^6.0.0",
"#angular/core": "^6.0.0",
"#angular/forms": "^6.0.0",
"#angular/http": "^6.0.0",
"#angular/platform-browser": "^6.0.0",
"#angular/platform-browser-dynamic": "^6.0.0",
"#angular/router": "^6.0.0",
"core-js": "^2.5.4",
"rxjs": "^6.0.0",
"zone.js": "^0.8.26"
},
"devDependencies": {
"#angular/compiler-cli": "^6.0.0",
"#angular-devkit/build-angular": "~0.6.1",
"typescript": "~2.7.2",
"#angular/cli": "~6.0.1",
"#angular/language-service": "^6.0.0",
"#types/jasmine": "~2.8.6",
"#types/jasminewd2": "~2.0.3",
"#types/node": "~8.9.4",
"codelyzer": "~4.2.1",
"jasmine-core": "~2.99.1",
"jasmine-spec-reporter": "~4.2.1",
"karma": "~1.7.1",
"karma-chrome-launcher": "~2.2.0",
"karma-coverage-istanbul-reporter": "~1.4.2",
"karma-jasmine": "~1.1.1",
"karma-jasmine-html-reporter": "^0.2.2",
"protractor": "~5.3.0",
"ts-node": "~5.0.1",
"tslint": "~5.9.1"
}
}
Application is made similar to this article https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/1245243/How-to-Create-an-App-with-Angular-and-ASP-NET-C
but angular app is in separated folder called ClientApp.
I've tryed different versions of ts and angular cli and nothing helps. What can I do with that error ?

Answer 1

In Visual Studio, check the settings in your project Properties->TypeScript Build section and make sure TypeScript Version is set to "Use latest available" or at least something fairly recent. I suspect it's currently set to something prior to when TypeScript supported string enums.

Answer 2

I experienced the exact same behavior and in appeared to be a TS version incompatibility issues. Instead of changing TypeScript version to "Use latest available" as suggested above, I was able to resolve by changing TypeScript version to 2.2.

Answer 3

To have a string enum, you only have to do the following
export enum JSDocTagName {
Desc = "desc",
Id = "id",
Meaning = "meaning",
}
as per documentation

Answer 4

tldr; Upgrade the TypeScript compiler that Visual Studio is using.
Visual Studio 2017 is probably attempting to build the project using an older version of TypeScript than 2.4, when string initializers for enums was introduced: https://www.typescriptlang.org/docs/handbook/release-notes/typescript-2-4.html.
There are 3 different TypeScript compilers to be aware of here:
Angular CLI: uses local project node_modules/typescript folder
NPM: uses globally installed TS compiler (%AppData%/npm/Roaming on Windows)
Visual Studio: uses TS compiler in C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\TypeScript
To upgrade the TypeScript compiler that VS is using, go to the https://marketplace.visualstudio.com and search for the latest TypeScript extension. Install it, restart Visual Studio, then in the Project settings make sure the TypeScript build version is set to that new version. Now if you rebuild, the error should disappear.

Answer 5

Answer suggested by #ben-barreth seems to be the case for me too. VS Code's tsc seems to be version < 2. But instead of upgrading vscode plugin, a more convenient way is to use the npm package with explicit path to tsc ./node_modules/.bin/tsc.
$ ./node_modules/.bin/tsc --version
Version 4.3.2
$ tsc --version
message TS6029: Version 1.5.3