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var component = registry.byId("myComponentId");
function clearTime(){ ... var component = registry.byId("timeSlider"); registry.remove(component); }
function initSlider() { var component = registry.byId("timeSlider"); alert(component); //if it exists if (component) { registry.remove(component); } var timeSlider = new TimeSlider({ style: "width: 100%;" }, dom.byId("timeSliderDiv")); ...