Node Webkit not running files that run in terminal

Me?

Because somefile.bat launches in the background; Where it's not apparent whether or not the script even ran and the double bat trick doesn't work for me otherwise.

Noncentz705 take a look

http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/nircmd.html

I have to tried to run file from node-webkit action, then it won't work, meanwhile I clicked .exe to open command prompt and it inmediatly closes, I don't know why... Is needed to create bat files?

You could spawn cmd as a child process and then pipe commands to it

which is what you want since it's being ran in the background already

too tired to write an addon for it - hope this is enough - >

var isRunning = false,
	exec = require('child_process'),
	cmd = null;

function start(){if(isRunning) return; try{
	cmd = exec.spawn('cmd'); 
	isRunning = true;
   //..cmd response..
	//	cmd.stdout.on('data',function(data){console.log(data.toString());});
	//	cmd.stderr.on('data',function(data){console.log(data.toString());});
	} catch(e){/*Error*/}
}
function end(){if(!cmd || !isRunning) return; try{cmd.kill(); cmd=null; isRunning = false;} catch(e){throw e;}}
function send(data,cb){if(!cmd) return; 
	data.split('\n').forEach(function(i){cmd.stdin.write(i+"\n",null,null);}); return cb? cb() : 0;
}
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Example [h2](open cmd)[/h2] 
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start();
send('cd c:\\users\\bob\\desktop \n start cmd');
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edit : *fixed for multiline strings

Noncentz705", please more light on this, i got this error log in my console. Thanks

Error executing Javascript:

ReferenceError {stack: (...), message: "require is not defined"}

message: "require is not defined"

stack: (...)

get stack: function () { [native code] }

set stack: function () { [native code] }

__proto__: Error

Browser_plugin.js:609

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Create two bat files :

File1.bat

start C:\Users\%username%\Desktop\project_folder\File2.bat

rem Notice I didn't use %cd%\File2.bat because preview runs from a temp folder;

File2.bat

echo CMD STARTED

Now in your project back in construct

- add the browser plugin to your project

- create a variable named cd and set it's value to the path of your first bat file with \\ 's

To launch cmd Browser Execute Javascript :

"require('child_process').execFile('"&cd&"');"

With that said there's probably a way easier way to do this

Create two bat files :

File1.bat

start C:\Users\%username%\Desktop\project_folder\File2.bat

rem Notice I didn't use %cd%\File2.bat because preview runs from a temp folder;

File2.bat

echo CMD STARTED

Now in your project back in construct

- add the browser plugin to your project

- create a variable named cd and set it's value to the path of your first bat file with \\ 's

To launch cmd Browser Execute Javascript :

"require('child_process').execFile('"&cd&"');"

With that said there's probably a way easier way to do this

I've written a plugin that pipes to cmd directly, and returns the shell response, but I won't release it.

The double batch trick works fine. Make sure you've defined a global variable named cd and that you are previewing with node-webkit.

Global text c:/users/bob/desktop/foo.bat

On some event browser execute JS "require('child_process').execFile('"&cd&"');"

Noncentz705, i finally got it to work, thanks.

I have a couple of questions though.

1) how do i specify the directory to run a file in the app folder, this backward and forward slash things are causing problems?

2) The same file i want to run with node-webkit, i would like to request it with ajax request url, for ajax request url, it just needs to be in the same folder with the executable, how can i work around this?

I've written a plugin that pipes to cmd directly, and returns the shell response, but I won't release it.

The double batch trick works fine. Make sure you've defined a global variable named cd and that you are previewing with node-webkit.

Global text c:/users/bob/desktop/foo.bat

On some event browser execute JS "require('child_process').execFile('"&cd&"');"

fixed most of the issues i had. thanks