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node.jselectronnode-ffi
Noitidart
Noitidart

Reputation: 37238

Trying to use ffi in Electron is fatal erroring

I installed ffi with npm install ffi --save-dev I then use it in my electron app like this:

const {app, Menu, Tray, BrowserWindow} = require('electron');
const path = require('path')
const url = require('url')
const ffi = require('ffi');
console.log('ffi:', ffi);

but it throws this error, image -

Image typed out:

A JavaScript error occurred in the main process
Uncaught Exception:
Error: A dynamic link library (DLL) initialization routine failed.
\\?\C:\UserS\MercuriuS\DocumentS\GitHub\NativeShot\src\e|ectror\\nodeimo...\binding.node
at Error (native)
at process.rnodule.(anonyrnous function) [as dlopen] (ELECTRON_ASAR.js:173:20)
at object.Module.,extensions..node (rnodule.js:583:18)
at object.rnodule.(anonyrnous function) [as .node] (ELECTRON_ASAR.js:173:20)
at Moduleload (rnodule.js:473:32)
at tryModuIeLoad (rnodule.js:432:12)
at FunctionModuleJoad (rnodule.js:424:3)
at Modulerequire (rnodule.js:483:17)
at require (internal/modulejs:20:19)
at bindings
(C:\UserS\MercuriuS\DocumentS\GitHub\NativeShot\src\e|ectron\nodeimodules\binding...:44)

Does anyone know how to get this to work?

I am on windows so i even tried - https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp#installation

npm install --global --production windows-build-tools

But this doesn't fix it.

Upvotes: 3

Views: 3300

Answers (1)

Vadim Macagon
Vadim Macagon

Reputation: 14847

You have to rebuild ffi for your Electron version using one of the documented approaches. An easier alternative might be to use electron-forge which I believe takes care of rebuilding native modules for you.

Upvotes: 1

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