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Is it possible to have templates defined in one library but use it in another library?
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I want to define templates in a self contained library. For example some Bootstrap components like navbar/carousel/modal and use the library as a plugin.

But the typeprovider prevents me from using the templates in another library than the original one where it is referenced.

Is it possible to have templates defined in one library but use it in another library?

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No, the templating uses an erasing type provider, so the provided types are not available from outside the assembly.

Of course you can always do something like this:

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type NavBarTemplate = Template<"navbar.html">

let NavBar content = NavBarTemplate.Doc(Content = content)

but I understand that it's a bit of boilerplate. Making a generative type provider would fix this, but I think we have other, higher priority improvements we want to make to the templating system. PRs are always welcome though :)

By on 12/5/2016 12:51 PM ()

Hi Loïc, thanks for the information!

Of course you can always do something like this:

type NavBarTemplate = Template<"navbar.html">

let NavBar content = NavBarTemplate.Doc(Content = content)

Do you mean adding the code in the library containing navbar.html and using the NavBar function from another library? It doesn't seem to work neither.

By on 12/5/2016 2:27 PM ()

The function definitely should work. What happens?

By on 12/6/2016 7:01 AM ()

I have the following in LibraryA

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type TestTemplate = Templating.Template<"template.html">

[<JavaScript>]
module Test =
    
    let main() = TestTemplate.Doc()

And from LibraryB trying to do this:

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let page() =
  div 
    [
      LibraryA.Test.main()
    ]

But when building LibraryB, I get a compile error:

Could not find file 'C:\Projects\ResourceTestWebSharper\LibraryA\template.html'.

By on 12/6/2016 11:18 AM ()

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