cannot get mindscape to compile scss or css files

Hi Guys, a number of devs i know have had the same issue. downloaded mindscape using extension manager.. just creating and saving scss files doesn't result in the generation of any css files.. we have been using web workbench for a while and for some of us it's still working and for others checking out and using the same projects in vs2010 OR vs2011 beta it just doesn't work..

just wondering if there are any workarounds or is this a known issue..

Cheers, Tom

We are not aware of any issues like this, a couple of people have reported things in the past where a re-install of the extension seemed to solve things for no apparent reason so it would certainly be worth trying that.

A couple of things to look at would be:

Check Mindscape > Web Workbench Settings and make sure the Compile and Minify options are checked for your Sass files. I expect they will be if this is working for some people but not others within the same solution but it pays to check.

Do you have any other extensions enabled on the machines which are not compiling?

Have you tried removing the extension manually by uninstalling it in the Extension Manager and then re-installing it from the VS Gallery?

Jeremy

Hi Jeremy,

i'm having compilation erros to Css.

I have uninstalled and installed again using the Extension Manager.

Any hints?

Thanks,

Sérgio

Hi Sérgio,

Are you not getting any compilation (e.g. no .css file generated from a SASS or LESS file) or you are getting an error on compile? The list above are suggestions if you are not seeing any .css files generated at all.

Jeremy

If you still have issues with the list above could you please attach your Sass or Less files that aren't compiling so we can test them ourselves?

Thanks,

John-Daniel

I was just testing your tool. With this code:

body { color: Blue; }

When I save the file it trys to compile to CSS and gives this output:

Sass compiler error in D:\Development Space\Projectos\Aimirim\FrameWork\Html\Aimirim.HtmlComponents\Styles\Scss1.scss. Message:

uninitialized constant Sass::Engine

Sass compiler backtrace:

C:\Users\sérgio\AppData\Local\Microsoft\VisualStudio\10.0\Extensions\Mindscape\Mindscape Web Workbench\3.2.200.20308\CustomTool\Sass\sass\lib/sass/../sass.rb:32:in const_missing' C:\Users\sérgio\AppData\Local\Microsoft\VisualStudio\10.0\Extensions\Mindscape\Mindscape Web Workbench\3.2.200.20308\CustomTool\Sass\sass\lib/sass/../sass.rb:32:incompile' (eval):0 Mindscape.VisualSass.Integration.Compilation:0:in CompileCore' Mindscape.VisualSass.Integration.Compilation:0:inCompile' Mindscape.VisualSass.Integration.Compilation:0:in Run' Mindscape.VisualSass.Integration.Compilation:0:inCompile' Mindscape.WebWorkbench.Integration.10:0:in <Compile>b__b' Mindscape.WebWorkbench.Integration.10:0:inConsumerProc' mscorlib:0:in ThreadStart_Context' mscorlib:0:inRun' mscorlib:0:in Run' mscorlib:0:inThreadStart'

CLR exception details:

System.MemberAccessException: uninitialized constant Sass::Engine em IronRuby.Runtime.RubyContext.ResolveMissingConstant(RubyModule owner, String name) em IronRuby.Builtins.ModuleOps.ConstantMissing(RubyModule self, String name) em Microsoft.Scripting.Interpreter.FuncCallInstruction3.Run(InterpretedFrame frame) em Microsoft.Scripting.Interpreter.Interpreter.Run(InterpretedFrame frame) em Microsoft.Scripting.Interpreter.LightLambda.Run3[T0,T1,T2,TRet](T0 arg0, T1 arg1, T2 arg2) em System.Dynamic.UpdateDelegates.UpdateAndExecute2[T0,T1,TRet](CallSite site, T0 arg0, T1 arg1) em IronRuby.Runtime.RubyContext.Send(CallSite1& site, String eventName, Object target, String memberName) em IronRuby.Builtins.RubyModule.ConstantMissing(String name) em IronRuby.Runtime.RubyOps.GetUnqualifiedConstant(RubyScope scope, ConstantSiteCache cache, String name, Boolean isGlobal) ...

It is quite extensive... What can i do?

From the exception detail it looks like something has not been installed correctly. I am presuming you have uninstalled, cleaned out any files in your Visual Studio extensions directory and then re-installed? We have actually changed how we handle Sass in more recent builds so we no longer use IronRuby. I will look at getting an updated build posted to the gallery soon which hopefully should resolve this naturally for you.

I will post an update when one of the newer builds goes up to the gallery.

Jeremy

Hi Jeremy,

I did reinstaled and cleaned up everything in the extensions. It works fine in my laptop. I'll wait for the next build and try again in my other pc.

thanks for your help.

Sérgio

Hi!

I am facing another issue. Look at the exception output in the .css file

Parameter name: codepage
   at System.Text.Encoding.GetEncoding(Int32 codepage)
   at ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib.Zip.ZipConstants.ConvertToString(Byte[] data, Int32 count)
   at ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib.Zip.ZipConstants.ConvertToStringExt(Int32 flags, Byte[] data)
   at ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib.Zip.ZipInputStream.GetNextEntry()
   at Mindscape.VisualSass.Integration.ZipFileUtils.Unzip(String path, String directory)
   at Mindscape.VisualSass.Integration.CustomTool.RubyCommand.Initialize(String customToolFolder)
   at Mindscape.VisualSass.Integration.CustomTool.ExternalCommandBase.Execute(String customToolFolder)
   at Mindscape.VisualSass.Integration.Compilation.ScssCompiler.CompileCore(String scss, String sourceFilePath, String rootPath, IEnumerable`1 additionalPaths, ICompilationSettings settings, ICompilerContext context, CompilationResult result)
   at Mindscape.VisualSass.Integration.Compilation.CompilerWithMinification.Compile(String text, String sourceFilePath, String rootPath, IEnumerable`1 additionalPaths, ICompilationSettings settings, ICompilerContext context, CompilationResult result) */

Any ideas?