Why does calling a var function not fire?

[profunctional]

The following code below will not fire my event:


{
xtype: 'button',
ui: 'mask',
iconCls: 'add',
stretch: false,
handler: addJob
}
var addJob = function() {
alert('addJob');
}


But this fires just fine


{
xtype: 'button',
ui: 'mask',
iconCls: 'add',
stretch: false,
handler: function() {
alert('addJob');
}
}

[Riaz]

Code may be like -



var btnbutton = new Ext.Button({
iconMask:true,
iconCls: 'add',
handler: function(){
addJob.apply(btnbutton);
}
});

var addJob = function(botton) {
alert('addJob');
}