CODEWITHSUNDEEP
typescript
Travis
Travis

Reputation: 2135

Using J library with AMD modules project instead of commonJS

I was able to use this library in a Nodejs application https://github.com/SheetJS/j but I can't seem to get it working in a new project where I need to use amd modules.

With commonjs I was able to do:

///<reference path="../../node_modules/j/misc/j.d.ts"/>
var Excel = <J>require('J');

Latest attempt with AMD I am trying:

/// <amd-dependency path = "../../j/j" /> (the Library is in a different spot in this project)
private run(){
    var Excel = require('../../j/j');
    var array = Excel.readFile("D:\\file.xls");
}

error TS2095: Could not find symbol 'require'. This is based of watching this I think this J library knows about exports but I could be wrong? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AGQpv0MKsA

EDIT:

///<reference path='misc/cfb.d.ts'/>

interface Cell {
    v;
    w;
    t: string;
    f: string;
    ixfe: number;
}

interface CellAddress {
    c: number;
    r: number;
}

interface CellRange {
    s: CellAddress;
    e: CellAddress;
}


interface Worksheet {
    [key: string]: Cell;
}

interface Worksheets {
    [key: string]: Worksheet;
}

interface Workbook {
    SheetNames: string[];
    Sheets: Worksheets;
}

interface J {
    parse_xlscfb(cfb:CFBContainer): Workbook;
    read;
    readFile(filename:string): any;
    utils: {
        encode_col(col:number): string;
        encode_row(row:number): string;
        encode_cell(cell:CellAddress): string;
        encode_range;
        decode_col(col:string): number;
        decode_row(row:string): number;
        split_cell(cell:string): string[];
        decode_cell(cell:string): CellAddress;
        decode_range(cell:string): CellRange;
        sheet_to_csv(worksheet:Worksheet): string;
        get_formulae(worksheet:Worksheet): string[];
        make_csv(worksheet:Worksheet): string;
        sheet_to_row_object_array(worksheet:Worksheet): Object[];
    };
    verbose: Number;
    CFB: CFB;
    main;
}

Edit Tried answer: Tried adding module to top of d.ts file

///<reference path='misc/cfb.d.ts'/>

declare module 'J'{
    var j: J;
    export = j;
}

Upvotes: 1

Views: 65

Answers (1)

basarat
basarat

Reputation: 275917

Where are you getting j.d.ts from? You should update it to include: 

declare module 'J'{
    var j:J;
    export = j; 
}

Then you can do : 

import Excel = require('J');

Notice import instead of var. This way you can compile with --module commonjs for node and --module amd for requirejs.

More : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDrWLMUY0R0&hd=1

Upvotes: 1

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