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Asked: 2026-05-31T01:30:40+00:00

I am really a newbie to dojo but as i started developing a new

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I am really a newbie to dojo but as i started developing a new application with dojo version 1.7.2 i also wanted to use the new AMD syntax for functions. Unfortunately i don’t seem to get it. 🙁

What annoys me most is that i can’t simply call any function which is inside of a “require”-block.
For example i have a page which on opening creates a dynamic table with several widgets in each row.
Then i have a button which adds one empty row each time pressed.

Without AMD syntax it would be easy:
– put all my “dojo.require()” in the HEAD
– and then create a bunch of my own functions for creating the table and widgets
– the add row function could easily access any global-variables my previous function filled

But with AMD its like this:

Initial function creates the table and widgets: 

function fillReportTable(repId) {
require(["dojo/dom-construct", "dojo/dom-attr", "dijit/form/FilteringSelect",
"dojo/data/ItemFileReadStore", "dijit/form/ComboBox", "dijit/form/DateTextBox", "dijit/form/Select", "dojo/store/Memory"],
     function (domConstruct, domAttr, FilteringSelect, ItemFileReadStore, ComboBox, DateTextBox, Select, Memory) {
   // a lot of code to create the table, consisting of SEVERAL functions 
   function createNewRow(tbl) { ...} 
   function function1 () {... } 
   function function2 () {... } 
   function function3 () {... } 
}

Now the “Add Empty Row” button calls its own function “addEmptyRow”.
But in this function I have to:
– do an other require for each dojo-module again
– I CAN’T use any of the functions which are “inside” of the “fillReportTable”-function. For example the “createNewRow”-function 

 function addEmptyRow() {
require(["dojo/dom-construct", "dojo/dom-attr", "dijit/form/FilteringSelect",
"dojo/data/ItemFileReadStore", "dijit/form/ComboBox", "dijit/form/DateTextBox", "dijit/form/Select", "dojo/store/Memory"],
     function (domConstruct, domAttr, FilteringSelect, ItemFileReadStore, ComboBox, DateTextBox, Select, Memory) {
// a lot of code to create the table, consisting of SEVERAL functions
}

This all seems to be so much complicated with AMD.
Or am i missing something obvious here ?
With AMD if you separate your code into a lot of small functions, do you do the “require” inside EACH function all over again ? Or do you put all the functions inside one “require” with the full list ?
If you do it the second way, how can you call these functions from widget events?

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  1. Editorial Team

    The easiest way would be to define your own module. Take a look at this tutorial first:

    http://dojotoolkit.org/documentation/tutorials/1.7/modules/

    Now define your own module, e.g. “./js/mymodules/mymodule.js” (relative to HTML page):

    define([
    "dojo/dom-construct",
    "dojo/dom-attr",
    "dijit/form/FilteringSelect",
    "dojo/data/ItemFileReadStore",
    "dijit/form/ComboBox",
    "dijit/form/DateTextBox",
    "dijit/form/Select",
    "dojo/store/Memory"
], function (domConstruct, domAttr, FilteringSelect, ItemFileReadStore, ComboBox, DateTextBox, Select, Memory) {

    function fillReportTable(repId) {
       // a lot of code to create the table, consisting of SEVERAL functions 
       function createNewRow(tbl) { ...} 
       function function1 () {... } 
       function function2 () {... } 
       function function3 () {... } 
    }

    function addEmptyRow() {
       // a lot of code to create the table, consisting of SEVERAL functions
    }

    // Return an object that exposes two functions
    return {
        fillReportTable: fillReportTable,
        addEmptyRow: addEmptyRow
    }

});

    And use your module like this:

    <html>

<head>

<script>
var dojoConfig = {
    baseUrl: "./js/",
    packages: [
        { name: "dojo", location: "lib/dojo" },
        { name: "dijit", location: "lib/dijit" },
        { name: "dojox", location: "lib/dojox" }
    ]
};
</script>

<script data-dojo-config="async: true" src="js/lib/dojo/dojo.js"></script>

</head>

...

<script>
require([
    "mymodules/mymodule"
], function (mymodule) {
    mymodule.fillReportTable(...);
    mymodule.addEmptyRow(...);
});
</script>
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