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the scope within the template is a <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Promise">Promise</a>.</p> <pre><code><can-import from="components/tabs"> {{#if isResolved}} <tabs-widget /> {{/if}} </can-import> </code></pre> <div class="parameters"> <h3 class="parameters-title">Parameters</h3> <ol> <li><b>MODULE_NAME</b> <code>{moduleName}</code>: <p>A module that this template depends on.</p> </li> </ol> </div> </div> <section class="body"> <h2>Use</h2> <p>A template might depend on component or helper modules. <code><can-import></code> allows you to specify these dependencies.</p> <p>Example:</p> <pre><code><can-import from="components/my_tabs"/> <can-import from="helpers/prettyDate"/> <my-tabs> <my-panel title="{{prettyDate start}}">...</my-panel> <my-panel title="{{prettyDate end}}">...</my-panel> </my-tabs> </code></pre> <p>Currently this <strong>only</strong> works with <a href="can-view-autorender.html" title="A module that automatically renders script and other elements with the autorender.can-autorender attribute. 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