The easiest way would be to develop your own jquery plugins as plugins are
able to reference each other even in different files.
like i have a plugin that allows me to slide left and right.
then i have a plugin to expand and contract.
i can call either one in either plugin file.
On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 8:07 PM, Eric Garside <gars...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> It's a simple scoping problem. Anything you create inside an anonymous
> function will be accessible only within the function. If you need
> something to be accessible between the anon. functions, simply move it
> into a higher scope, like the global namespace (eh, not idea) or the
> jQuery namespace (better idea).
>
> $(function(){
> $.displayMessage(){ alert('hello world') }
> });
>
> $(function(){
> $.displayMessage();
> });
>
> On May 29, 12:18 pm, Brian FitzGerald <fitzgeraldme...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > I know that you can have more than on document ready event without
> > difficulty. i.e.
> >
> > $(function(){
> > // document ready 1
> >
> > });
> >
> > $(function(){
> > // document ready 2
> >
> > });
> >
> > The question I have is, is there any way for them to call functions
> > from one to the other? The following does not work:
> >
> > $(function(){
> > function displayMessage(){ alert('hello world'); };
> >
> > });
> >
> > $(function(){
> > displayMessage();
> >
> > });
> >
> > This invokes a js error complaining that displayMessage() is not
> > defined.
> >
> > Thanks in advance for any thoughts,
> > Brian
>
