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Moritz
Moritz

Reputation: 426

Execute Executable with Electronjs

How do you execute an executable in electron-js (with its path given)?

I want to start within my application any other application. My operating system is Windows, so I'm looking for answers for Windows, but when there is also a solution for Linux I'm not reluctant in getting to know this solution.

For Example:

function startApk() {
    let path = "C:\\Program Files\\VideoLAN\\VLC\\vlc.exe";
    <!-- Here I want my program to be executed -->
}

Upvotes: 1

Views: 811

Answers (2)

Hrun
Hrun

Reputation: 116

According to the documentation, execFile() is more performant than exec():

The child_process.execFile() function is similar to child_process.exec() except that it does not spawn a shell by default. Rather, the specified executable file is spawned directly as a new process making it slightly more efficient than child_process.exec().

Upvotes: 0

Moritz
Moritz

Reputation: 426

One approach as I figured would be:

let path = "C:\\Program Files\\VideoLAN\\VLC\\vlc.exe";
exec(`"${path}"`, (error) => { // use extra "" around path when the path contains spaces
    if (error) {
            // command couldn't be executed, handle error
            return;
        }
    });

I'm still open for other and better solutions.

Upvotes: 1

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