Scripts for Deno

NOTE: Original #17246 was closed, but the issue persists.

To show the different behaviour of Node.js for Windows and Deno for Windows when loading a native addon (Node-API), in particular the node-mdaemon-api addon, which allows Node.js to access the MDaemon's native APIs (an application available exclusively for Windows), here are two scripts showing the correct loading with Node.js and the error with Deno.

Version numbers

C:\deno-issue-17246>node --version
v24.18.0

C:\deno-issue-17246>deno --version
deno 2.9.0 (stable, release, x86_64-pc-windows-msvc)
v8 14.9.207.2-rusty
typescript 6.0.3

C:\deno-issue-17246>

package.json

{
    //...
    "dependencies": {
        "node-mdaemon-api": "^26.0.3-alpha.45"
    }
    //...
}

deno.json

{
  //...
  "imports": {
    "@std/assert": "jsr:@std/assert@^1.0.19",
    "node-mdaemon-api": "npm:node-mdaemon-api@^26.0.3-alpha.45"
  }
}

Node.js: native.js

C:\deno-issue-17246>pnpm start
✓ Lockfile passes supply-chain policies (verified 33m ago)
Lockfile is up to date, resolution step is skipped
Packages: +1
+
Progress: resolved 1, reused 1, downloaded 0, added 1, done

dependencies:
+ node-mdaemon-api 26.0.3-alpha.45

Done in 2s using pnpm v11.7.0
$ node native.js
{
  fileName: '\\\\?\\C:\\deno-issue-17246\\node_modules\\.pnpm\\node-mdaemon-api@26.0.3-alpha.45\\node_modules\\node-mdaemon-api\\node-mdaemon-api.node',
  isPrerelease: true,
  isFreeVersion: true,
  name: 'node-mdaemon-api',
  version: {
    full: '26.0.3-alpha.45',
    major: 26,
    minor: 0,
    release: 3,
    build: 164,
    tag: 'alpha.45'
  }
}

C:\deno-issue-17246>

Deno: native.ts

C:\deno-issue-17246>deno task start
Task start deno run --reload --allow-read --allow-ffi native.ts

C:\deno-issue-17246>

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