WinJS.Namespace defined methods not accessible

Question

Hi,

I have a navigation app. In the page Control corresponding js files are present. I want to access an external js file which is in the project js folder. I have specified in

commonFunctions.js

WinJS.Namespace.define(

'commonFunctions', {

        authenticate: authenticate

    });

Now when accessing the method in the PageControl's js (page2.js) file

commonFunctions.authenticate();

it gives an error:

0x800a1391 - JavaScript runtime error: 'commonFunctions' is undefined

If there is a handler for this exception, the program may be safely continued.

Is this the right way to do this? Or am I missing something?

Thanks,

Neena

Answer 1

This might be a dumb question, but did you reference it in the main page of the Navigation template (default.html if you haven't changed it).

Answer 2

Yes I did. Well I have found out the answer, There was a mistake in my code.

(function () {    WinJS.Namespace.define("commonFunctions", {       

authenticate: function () {           

return true;        }   

});

}());

The Code was not enclosed in the function (anonymus block ();) Hence I was not able to access the method.