A few questions on using electron in Wappler

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I have the workflow down to build an application that I can install and run but I have a few questions on the process.

  1. There is no save button while I’m in my electron project. The only way for me to save is to close the window and then wappler asks me if I want to save before quitting. Am I missing something? (see first photo below)

  2. Am I supposed to manually update the config.xml to modify items like program name (see second photo below)

  3. When the program is installed it opens and then displays the details of the environment. (stuff in the red box, last photo). I would not want it to do that on an application so not sure how to suppress that within wappler.

Otherwise pretty cool and easy so far - thanks for a great new feature - amazing…

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We have implemented a new menu some time ago and don't use the system menu any more.
It is the 3 dots on the right side or F10:

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You can enter the most options in the project settings / mobile (we should actually rename this to Cordova as those are the cordova options for mobile and desktop as well)

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Yes defaults the run opens also the devtools. We should maybe add another icon for run without it.

For now just click on the terminal below and enter

cordova run --release

More tips and info you can find on:

https://cordova.apache.org/docs/en/latest/guide/platforms/electron/index.html

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Thanks - this is really cool and as we all know… If I can do it – anyone can :slight_smile:

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