finish drag&drop; revert to electron 7 because of child_process not f…

…iring issues

index.html

@@ -395,22 +395,28 @@
 			viewer.postMessage(message, {duration: 15000});
 
 			const { spawn } = require('child_process');
-			const converter = spawn('./libs/PotreeConverter/PotreeConverter.exe', [
+
+			let exe = './libs/PotreeConverter/PotreeConverter.exe';
+			let parameters = [
 				...inputPaths,
 				"-o", chosenPath,
 				"--overwrite"
-			]);
+			];
+
+			const converter = spawn(exe, parameters);
 
 			let placeholder = null;
+			let outputBuffer = "";
 			converter.stdout.on('data', (data) => {
-				console.log("==");
-				console.log(`stdout: ${data}`);
-
 				const string = new TextDecoder("utf-8").decode(data);
 
-				if(!placeholder){ // match for AABB
+				console.log("stdout", string);
+				outputBuffer += string;
+
+				if(!placeholder){ 
+					// match for AABB
 					const regexp = /(.*AABB): ({[.\s\S]*?})/g;
-					const matches = string.matchAll(regexp);
+					const matches = outputBuffer.matchAll(regexp);
 
 					for (const match of matches) {
 						try{
@@ -421,19 +427,18 @@
 
 							if(name === "cubicAABB"){
 								placeholder = createPlaceholder(aabb);
+
+								outputBuffer = "";
 							}
 						}catch(e){
 							console.error(match[0]);
 							console.error(e);
 						}
 					}
-				}
-
-				window.placeholder = placeholder;
-
-				if(placeholder){ // match for progress
+				}else{ 
+					// match for progress
 					const regexp = /INDEXING: ([\w\.]*) of ([\w\.]*) processed/g;
-					const matches = string.matchAll(regexp);
+					const matches = outputBuffer.matchAll(regexp);
 
 					for(const match of matches){
 
@@ -443,6 +448,8 @@
 
 						const text = `${percent}%`;
 						placeholder.text.setText(text);
+
+						outputBuffer = "";
 					}
 				}
 
@@ -484,22 +491,28 @@
 			output: ${chosenPath}`;
 			viewer.postMessage(message, {duration: 15000});
 
-			const { spawn } = require('child_process');
-			const converter = spawn('./libs/PotreeConverter2/Converter.exe', [
+			const { spawn, fork, execFile } = require('child_process');
+
+			let exe = './libs/PotreeConverter2/Converter.exe';
+			let parameters = [
 				...inputPaths,
 				"-o", chosenPath
-			]);
+			];
+
+			const converter = spawn(exe, parameters);
 
 			let placeholder = null;
+			let outputBuffer = "";
 			converter.stdout.on('data', (data) => {
-				console.log("==");
-				console.log(`stdout: ${data}`);
 
 				const string = new TextDecoder("utf-8").decode(data);
+				console.log("stdout", string);
+				outputBuffer += string;
 
-				if(!placeholder){ // match for AABB
+				if(!placeholder){ 
+					// match for AABB
 					const regexp = /(.*AABB): ({[.\s\S]*?})/g;
-					const matches = string.matchAll(regexp);
+					const matches = outputBuffer.matchAll(regexp);
 
 					for (const match of matches) {
 						try{
@@ -510,27 +523,29 @@
 
 							if(name === "cubicAABB"){
 								placeholder = createPlaceholder(aabb);
+								placeholder.text.setText("0%");
+
+								outputBuffer = "";
 							}
 						}catch(e){
 							console.error(match[0]);
 							console.error(e);
 						}
 					}
-				}
-
-				window.placeholder = placeholder;
-
-				if(placeholder){ // match for progress
+				}else{ 
+					// match for progress
 
 					let regexp = /\[(\d+)%,/g;
 
-					const matches = string.replace(/'/g, "").matchAll(regexp);
+					const matches = outputBuffer.replace(/'/g, "").matchAll(regexp);
 
 					for(const match of matches){
 						const percent = parseInt(match[1].replace(/\D/g,''));
 
 						const text = `${percent}%`;
 						placeholder.text.setText(text);
+
+						outputBuffer = "";
 					}
 
 				}
@@ -542,7 +557,7 @@
 				console.error(`stderr: ${data}`);
 			});
 
-			converter.on('close', (code) => {
+			converter.on('exit', (code) => {
 				console.log(`child process exited with code ${code}`);
 
 				const cloudJS = `${chosenPath}/metadata.json`;

main.js

@@ -18,17 +18,19 @@ function createWindow () {
 		width: 1600, 
 		height: 1200,
 		webPreferences: {
-			nodeIntegration: true
+			nodeIntegration: true,
+			backgroundThrottling: false,
 		}
 
 	})
 
 	// and load the index.html of the app.
-	mainWindow.loadURL(url.format({
-		pathname: path.join(__dirname, 'index.html'),
-		protocol: 'file:',
-		slashes: true
-	}));
+	// mainWindow.loadURL(url.format({
+	// 	pathname: path.join(__dirname, 'index.html'),
+	// 	protocol: 'file:',
+	// 	slashes: true
+	// }));
+	mainWindow.loadFile(path.join(__dirname, 'index.html'));
 
 
 	//let menu = new Menu();
@@ -56,13 +58,38 @@ function createWindow () {
 
 	let menu = Menu.buildFromTemplate(template);
 	mainWindow.setMenu(menu);
-	//mainWindow.setMenu(null);
 
-	//mainWindow.webContents.on('new-window', function(event, url){
-	//	event.preventDefault();
-	//	open(url);
-	//});
 
+	{
+		const { ipcMain } = require('electron');
+
+		ipcMain.on('asynchronous-message', (event, arg) => {
+			console.log(arg) // prints "ping"
+			event.reply('asynchronous-reply', 'pong')
+		})
+
+		ipcMain.on('synchronous-message', (event, arg) => {
+			console.log(arg) // prints "ping"
+			event.returnValue = 'pong'
+		})
+	}
+
+	// {
+	// 	const { spawn, fork, execFile } = require('child_process');
+	// 	let inputPaths = ["D:/dev/pointclouds/bunny_20M.las"];
+	// 	let chosenPath = "D:/dev/pointclouds/bunny_20M.las_converted";
+
+	// 	const process = spawn('./libs/PotreeConverter2/Converter.exe', [
+	// 		...inputPaths,
+	// 		"-o", chosenPath
+	// 	], {
+
+	// 	});
+
+	// 	process.stdout.on('data', (data) => {
+	// 		console.log(`stdout: ${data}`);
+	// 	});
+	// }
 
 
 

package.json

@@ -15,6 +15,6 @@
 	"author": "Markus Schuetz",
 	"license": "no license available at this time",
 	"dependencies": {
-		"electron": "~9.1.2"
+		"electron": "~7.0.0"
 	}
 }