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mellis481
mellis481

Reputation: 4158

How to compile LESS file(s) into CSS file in .NET

I know how you can use dotless to have LESS file(s) compiled into CSS when bundling in an MVC app. What I want to be able do, though, is control the LESS-to-CSS conversion in a C#/.NET application outside of the scope of bundling. Is there a way to either define a destination location in the file system or retrieve a stream of the CSS file in code using Cassette.less?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 8642

Answers (2)

Colin Bacon
Colin Bacon

Reputation: 15609

The simplest way is to use Web Essentials to compile LESS into CSS for you. You can then use the generated file for bundling.

If you wanted even more control over the process you could always create a grunt/gulp task to compile the LESS.

Compile LESS files with Grunt

Upvotes: 1

Bass Jobsen
Bass Jobsen

Reputation: 49044

You can reference the dotless.Core.dll in your C# console app and than call Less.Parse();. The Less.Parse(); only accepts code. If you will have to compile a file (with imports) you can use the dotless.Compiler command as suggested by @im1dermike.

See also: http://tedgustaf.com/blog/2010/11/setup-dotless-in-aspnet-project/

Upvotes: 2

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