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This BrightScript object launches an Electron instance from a BrightScript runtime.

All BrightSign Javascript objects are available to use with Electron, and BrightSign mechanisms allow communication between Javascript (Electron main processes) and BrightScript (BrightSign processes).

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roElectron objects can only be created on BrightSignOS 8.3.* NX releases - standard releases do not include the Electron runtime.

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Object Creation

roElectron takes two parameters: a filename and an options parameter.

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aa = CreateObject("roAssociativeArray")
aa.message_port = my_message_port
aa.arguments = CreateObject("roArray")
aa.arguments[0] = "arg1"
aa.arguments[1] = "arg2"
aa.node_arguments = CreateObject("roArray")
aa.node_arguments = {"node_arg1", "node_arg2")
aa.env_vars = CreateObject("roAssociativeArray")
aa.env_vars.AddReplace("ENV_VAR_1", "test")
aa.env_vars.AddReplace("ENV_VAR_2", "true")
node = CreateObject("roElectron", "path/to/my/application", aa)

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