I have some code that references a variable I know has already been declared in a file loaded before mine as in
if (!Zotero.BetterBibTeX) { ... }
but this gets me "Cannot find name 'Zotero'". Is there a way to signal to the typescript compiler that "Zotero" is declared?
You can add this at the top of the file where you're using Zotero:
declare let Zotero: {
BetterBibTeX: any;
};
Then you can use if (!Zotero.BetterBibTeX) { ... } as you like.
If you don't want to have any type checking around the properties on Zotero, you can just declare it as an any type:
declare let Zotero: any;
Well you need to import Zotero into your module. Declaring it as any does solve the compile error.. but that's not really the TypeScript way of importing modules.
// -------------------
// File ./zotero.ts
// -------------------
export class Zotero {
someFunction() {
// some code..
}
}
// -------------------
// File ./main.ts
// -------------------
import { Zotero } from "./zotero.ts";
// Now you can use Zotero.
let z = new Zotero();
z.someFunction();
