Setup files for packaging in windows, mac, and linux.

.gitignore

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 node_modules
 out
 dist
-puppeteer
+puppeteer
+release-builds

installers/setupEvents.js

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+const electron = require('electron')
+const app = electron.app
+
+module.exports = {
+handleSquirrelEvent: function() {
+ if (process.argv.length === 1) {
+ return false;
+ }
+
+ const ChildProcess = require('child_process');
+ const path = require('path');
+
+ const appFolder = path.resolve(process.execPath, '..');
+ const rootAtomFolder = path.resolve(appFolder, '..');
+ const updateDotExe = path.resolve(path.join(rootAtomFolder, 'Update.exe'));
+ const exeName = path.basename(process.execPath);
+ const spawn = function(command, args) {
+ let spawnedProcess, error;
+
+ try {
+ spawnedProcess = ChildProcess.spawn(command, args, {detached: true});
+ } catch (error) {}
+
+ return spawnedProcess;
+ };
+
+ const spawnUpdate = function(args) {
+ return spawn(updateDotExe, args);
+ };
+
+ const squirrelEvent = process.argv[1];
+switch (squirrelEvent) {
+ case '--squirrel-install':
+ case '--squirrel-updated':
+ // Optionally do things such as:
+ // - Add your .exe to the PATH
+ // - Write to the registry for things like file associations and
+ // explorer context menus
+
+ // Install desktop and start menu shortcuts
+ spawnUpdate(['--createShortcut', exeName]);
+
+ setTimeout(app.quit, 1000);
+ return true;
+
+ case '--squirrel-uninstall':
+ // Undo anything you did in the --squirrel-install and
+ // --squirrel-updated handlers
+
+ // Remove desktop and start menu shortcuts
+ spawnUpdate(['--removeShortcut', exeName]);
+
+ setTimeout(app.quit, 1000);
+ return true;
+
+ case '--squirrel-obsolete':
+ // This is called on the outgoing version of your app before
+ // we update to the new version - it's the opposite of
+ // --squirrel-updated
+
+ app.quit();
+ return true;
+}
+}
+}

installers/windows/createinstaller.js

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+const createWindowsInstaller = require('electron-winstaller').createWindowsInstaller
+const path = require('path')
+
+getInstallerConfig()
+  .then(createWindowsInstaller)
+  .catch((error) => {
+    console.error(error.message || error)
+    process.exit(1)
+  })
+
+function getInstallerConfig () {
+  console.log('creating windows installer')
+  const rootPath = path.join('./')
+  const outPath = path.join(rootPath, 'release-builds')
+
+  return Promise.resolve({
+    appDirectory: path.join(outPath, 'timetable-grabber-sit-win32-ia32/'),
+    authors: 'Brandon Lim',
+    noMsi: true,
+    outputDirectory: path.join(outPath, 'windows-installer'),
+    exe: 'timetable-grabber-sit.exe',
+    setupExe: 'timetable-grabber-sit-installer.exe',
+    setupIcon: path.join(rootPath, 'assets', 'icons', 'win', 'icon.ico')
+  })
+}

package.json

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     "package": "electron-forge package",
     "make": "electron-forge make",
     "publish": "electron-forge publish",
-    "build": "tsc && tailwindcss -i ./src/common/common.css -o ./out/common/common.css"
+    "build": "tsc && tailwindcss -i ./src/common/common.css -o ./out/common/common.css",
+    "package-mac": "electron-packager . --overwrite --platform=darwin --arch=x64 --icon=assets/icons/mac/icon.icns --prune=true --out=release-builds",
+    "package-win": "electron-packager . timetable-grabber-sit --overwrite --asar --platform=win32 --arch=ia32 --icon=assets/icons/win/icon.ico --prune=true --out=release-builds --version-string.CompanyName=CE --version-string.FileDescription=CE --version-string.ProductName=\"timetable-grabber-sit\"",
+    "package-linux": "electron-packager . timetable-grabber-sit --overwrite --asar --platform=linux --arch=x64 --icon=assets/icons/png/icon.png --prune=true --out=release-builds",
+    "create-installer-win": "node installers/windows/createinstaller.js"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@electron-forge/cli": "^6.4.1",
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     "@types/ws": "^8.5.5",
     "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "^5.44.0",
     "@typescript-eslint/parser": "^5.44.0",
-    "electron": "^21.3.1",
+    "electron": "^26.1.0",
+    "electron-winstaller": "^5.1.0",
     "eslint": "^8.28.0",
     "typescript": "^4.9.3"
   },
   "dependencies": {
+    "asar": "^3.2.0",
+    "electron-packager": "^17.1.2",
     "electron-squirrel-startup": "^1.0.0",
     "ics": "^2.41.0",
     "postcss": "^8.0.9",

src/main.ts

@@ -5,6 +5,20 @@ import * as ics from "ics";
 import * as fs from "fs";
 import WebSocket from 'ws';
 
+// Handle setupevents as quickly as possible
+const setupEvents = require('./installers/setupEvents');
+if (setupEvents.handleSquirrelEvent()) {
+  // squirrel event handled and app will exit in 1000ms, so don't do anything else
+  process.exit(0);
+}
+// Example IPC communication
+ipcMain.on('some-event', (event, data) => {
+  // Handle the received data
+});
+// Continue with the rest of your Electron code here
+
+
+
 // Setup websocket for feedback on frontend.
 // const WebSocket = require('ws');
 const wss = new WebSocket.Server({ port: 8080 });