Is it possible to use ipcRenderer without enabling nodeIntegration? It is possible, but fiddly. It can be done by using a preload script. If it is, how do I do it, and why would so many resources exclude this information? It is possible, using the preload script as indicated below. However, this is not considered … Read more
There are a couple api’s you may want to study up on and see which helps you. fs The fs module allows you to open files for reading and writing directly. var fs = require(‘fs’); fs.readFile(p, ‘utf8’, function (err, data) { if (err) return console.log(err); // data is the contents of the text file we … Read more
If you are in MacOS 10.15 (Catalina), try this (reinstall openssl): brew update && brew upgrade brew uninstall openssl brew install https://github.com/tebelorg/Tump/releases/download/v1.0.0/openssl.rb
I removed the snap version and install the deb file which works for me sudo snap remove code Downlaod code_1.58.1-1626158276_amd64.deb (latest) file from https://code.visualstudio.com/download and install it with –fix-broken option cd ~/Downloads/ && sudo apt –fix-broken install ./code_1.58.1-1626158276_amd64.deb
Add the following line to main.js: process.env[‘ELECTRON_DISABLE_SECURITY_WARNINGS’] = ‘true’; However you should read Security, Native Capabilities, and Your Responsibility to fully understand the implications of doing so.
Check if your package.json has “main” key. Here main.js is your Electron Configuration JS file. { “name”: “appname”, “version”: “0.0.0”, “license”: “MIT”, “main”: “main.js” }
Electron has a built-in function called win.inspectElement(x, y). Including this function as an option in a right-click context menu is possible by creating an Electron Menu with a MenuItem. Call the following in the client (aka renderer process) Javascript: // Importing this adds a right-click menu with ‘Inspect Element’ option const remote = require(‘remote’) const … Read more
A good bit of time has passed since I originally posted this question. I’ll answer it myself in case my mistake can assist anyone. I never got a “solution” to the original problem. At a much later date I switched across to the npm release of the sdk and it worked. But before that time … Read more
To send a message back to the renderer you would use: win.webContents.send(‘asynchronous-message’, {‘SAVED’: ‘File Saved’}); And receive it like this: ipcRenderer.on(‘asynchronous-message’, function (evt, message) { console.log(message); // Returns: {‘SAVED’: ‘File Saved’} }); Where asynchronous-message is simply the channel you’re sending it to. It can literally be anything. webContents.send Docs
Here’s another method, tested with Mac and Windows so far. Requires ‘app-root-dir’ package, doesn’t require adding anything manually to node_modules dir. Put your files under resources/$os/, where $os is either “mac”, “linux”, or “win”. The build process will copy files from those directories as per build target OS. Put extraFiles option in your build configs … Read more