So I'm developing a native OSX/Windows app using Atom-shell and AngularJS. I'm trying to open a file save dialog.
Atom-shell has a "dialog" API:
https://github.com/atom/atom-shell/blob/master/docs/api/dialog.md
I can use this API from my atom-shell setup JS file (main.js):
var app = require('app'); // Module to control application life.
var dialog = require('dialog');
var BrowserWindow = require('browser-window'); // Module to create native browser window.
// Report crashes to our server.
require('crash-reporter').start();
// Keep a global reference of the window object, if you don't, the window will
// be closed automatically when the javascript object is GCed.
var mainWindow = null;
// Quit when all windows are closed.
app.on('window-all-closed', function() {
if (process.platform != 'darwin')
app.quit();
});
// This method will be called when atom-shell has done everything
// initialization and ready for creating browser windows.
app.on('ready', function() {
// Create the browser window.
mainWindow = new BrowserWindow({width: 1200, height: 800});
// and load the index.html of the app.
mainWindow.loadUrl('file://' + __dirname + '/index.html');
console.log(dialog.showOpenDialog({ properties: [ 'openFile', 'openDirectory', 'multiSelections' ]}));
// Emitted when the window is closed.
mainWindow.on('closed', function() {
// Dereference the window object, usually you would store windows
// in an array if your app supports multi windows, this is the time
// when you should delete the corresponding element.
mainWindow = null;
});
});
But that doesn't do me any good - it just opens a file dialog when I first run the app through Atom-shell. How do I access this dialog API from within my AngularJS app? I'm basically needing a "download CSV file" button. When I try to require 'dialog' in my angular app (app.js), I get "module not found" error. This is my AngularJS app index.html:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html ng-app="socialWorkerProApp">
<head>
<title>Social Worker Pro</title>
<script src="node_modules/angular/angular.js"></script>
<script src="node_modules/angular-route/angular-route.js"></script>
<script src="node_modules/angular-sanitize/angular-sanitize.min.js"></script>
<script src="bower_components/angular-native-picker/build/angular-datepicker.js"></script>
<script src="js/app.js"></script>
...
When I try adding this line to app.js:
var dialog = require('dialog');
I get the "module not found" error, which makes sense because it's not a nodejs module, it's within Atom-shell. So how do I access those methods from within my AngularJS app?
Here's the download CSV button:
<button ng-click="downloadClientsCSV()" class="btn btn-primary"><i class="icon ion-android-download"></i>Download CSV</button>
And downloadClientsCSV() generates a csv file, and should pop open a file save dialog. I've tried using the "hidden input element, click()" method, and also tried the "window.open(data...)" method, which works in a web app environment, but Atom-shell doesn't like it - just opens a blank browser window.
Ideas?
