I am trying to open and save text files using electron. I am following this tutorial: https://ourcodeworld.com/articles/read/106/how-to-choose-read-save-delete-or-create-a-file-with-electron-framework
Here is the code I am using:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Our Code World</title>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
</head>
<body>
<div>
<div style="text-align:center;">
<input type="text" placeholder="Please select a file" id="actual-file" disabled="disabled"/>
<input type="button" value="Choose a file" id="select-file"/>
</div>
<br><br>
<textarea id="content-editor" rows="5"></textarea><br><br>
<input type="button" id="save-changes" value="Save changes"/>
<input type="button" id="delete-file" value="Delete file"/>
</div>
<hr>
<div style="text-align:center;">
<p>
The file content will be the same as the editor.
</p>
<input type="button" value="Choose a file" id="create-new-file"/>
</div>
<script>
var remote = require('remote');
var dialog = remote.require('dialog');
var fs = require('fs');
document.getElementById('select-file').addEventListener('click',function(){
dialog.showOpenDialog(function (fileNames) {
if(fileNames === undefined){
console.log("No file selected");
}else{
document.getElementById("actual-file").value = fileNames[0];
readFile(fileNames[0]);
}
});
},false);
document.getElementById('save-changes').addEventListener('click',function(){
var actualFilePath = document.getElementById("actual-file").value;
if(actualFilePath){
saveChanges(actualFilePath,document.getElementById('content-editor').value);
}else{
alert("Please select a file first");
}
},false);
document.getElementById('delete-file').addEventListener('click',function(){
var actualFilePath = document.getElementById("actual-file").value;
if(actualFilePath){
deleteFile(actualFilePath);
document.getElementById("actual-file").value = "";
document.getElementById("content-editor").value = "";
}else{
alert("Please select a file first");
}
},false);
document.getElementById('create-new-file').addEventListener('click',function(){
var content = document.getElementById("content-editor").value;
dialog.showSaveDialog(function (fileName) {
if (fileName === undefined){
console.log("You didn't save the file");
return;
}
fs.writeFile(fileName, content, function (err) {
if(err){
alert("An error ocurred creating the file "+ err.message)
}
alert("The file has been succesfully saved");
});
});
},false);
function readFile(filepath) {
fs.readFile(filepath, 'utf-8', function (err, data) {
if(err){
alert("An error ocurred reading the file :" + err.message);
return;
}
document.getElementById("content-editor").value = data;
});
}
function deleteFile(filepath){
fs.exists(filepath, function(exists) {
if(exists) {
// File exists deletings
fs.unlink(filepath,function(err){
if(err){
alert("An error ocurred updating the file"+ err.message);
console.log(err);
return;
}
});
} else {
alert("This file doesn't exist, cannot delete");
}
});
}
function saveChanges(filepath,content){
fs.writeFile(filepath, content, function (err) {
if(err){
alert("An error ocurred updating the file"+ err.message);
console.log(err);
return;
}
alert("The file has been succesfully saved");
});
}
</script>
</body>
</html>
Here is a gif of what's happening: https://media.giphy.com/media/Qf5rwE9eNjRtWb6m02/giphy.gif
Whenever I click the buttons to choose a file, I am able to click it but nothing else happens. It will not let me choose a file to open. Why is this happening?
