Windows install failing for electron

[avilesj]

I'm currently trying to get this library working and I'm having trouble.

Installation

I opted to go this way for installing.

npm install -g node-gyp
npm install printer --msvs_version=2013  --build-from-source=node_printer

And since I'm using both, NodeJS 12 and Electron 8.2.5, I followed this pr #289 to get it to compile.

I also installed windows-build-tools globally.

The problem

When I compile the project (in typescript, with webpack), I get the error that node_printer_win32_x64.node cannot be found. I followed this issue #246 and I'm still having this issue.

Solution Attempts

• My only real solution attempt is was to take the .node file generated by the build process, rename it as node_printer_win32_x64.node just to have a parsing error by electron.

I've looked issues related to installation but I can't seem to find anything related to windows that could actually help me.

Thanks for any help offered and thank you @tojocky for making this using native modules! (Other solutions just rely on another executable file to accomplish this)

[avilesj]

Update

I tried just using node and just javascript and I can actually get it working. Seems to be mostly a webpack or electron issue, I'll see if I figure it out.

I'm still open for any kind of help regarding this. Thanks!

[avilesj]

I sadly had to downgrade electron to 6.1.7 as specified in #282 .

Initially I was: Node 12.16.1 Electron 8.2.5

Now I am: Node 12.13.0 Electron 6.1.7

Full windows installation steps for me:

• Install python3 (3.8 in this case)
• Install windows-build-tools globally
• Install printer
• Edit printer's header file per #289
• In printer's root folder (within node_modules), execute node-glyp rebuild
• Go to my project root folder and execute electron-rebuild (Maybe the previous step wasn't necessary, looking at this)
• In webpack, add 'printer' to externals list

Of course, if you're using electron remember to call printer from the main process. To use it in the render process call the remote utility within electron.

I'm also disappointed I couldn't find a table matching nodejs/electron versions. The one at electron/node is outdated and the website doesn't show an obvious way to find it (Seems to be only found on major version changes, like 8.0.0 release notes)

Will leave the issue open until monday to see if anyone chimes in and shows me a better way to do this.