I have decided to archive this because it occurred to me that it isn't necessary. Just use winax
directly instead:
const winax = require('winax');
const wsh = new winax.Object('WScript.Shell');
wsh.Popup(/* ... */)
The API is documented here:
- https://ss64.com/vb/popup.html
- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/tn-archive/ee156593(v=technet.10)?redirectedfrom=MSDN
Display a native dialog from your Node.js app.
The difference to e.g. dialog
is that this does not spawn
a separate process for showing the dialog.
Because of this, it also lends itself better to be used in apps that make use of packaging with tools like pkg.
Windows 11 example
Windows 7 example
const dialog = require('node-native-dialog');
dialog.showSync({
msg: 'Execution pauses here until user dismisses dialog.',
// Same options as below
});
dialog.show({
msg: 'Wow, native GUI feedback...',
// Everything below is optional
timeout: 3, // Seconds - floating point numbers are rounded
title: 'node-dialog',
icon: dialog.INFO,
buttons: dialog.YES_NO_CANCEL,
defaultButton: dialog.RIGHT,
})
.then((result) => {
if(result === dialog.RESULT_TIMEOUT) {
console.log('User did not respond in time.');
}
else if(result === dialog.RESULT_CANCEL) {
console.log('User chose default button.');
}
else {
console.log('Some other choice.');
}
});
In order for the dialog to not appear blurry on displays that don't use 100% scale, you can enable the following compatibility setting for node.exe
:
The constants listed below are in accordance with the following but the they have been renamed to conform better with what one is used to from the web and to be more neutral (future multi-platform compatibility): https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee156593.aspx
No implementation yet.
No implementation yet.
ERROR
QUESTION
WARNING
INFO
OK
OK_CANCEL
ABORT_RETRY_IGNORE
YES_NO_CANCEL
YES_NO
RETRY_CANCEL
LEFT
MIDDLE
RIGHT
RESULT_TIMEOUT
RESULT_OK
RESULT_CANCEL
RESULT_ABORT
RESULT_RETRY
RESULT_IGNORE
RESULT_YES
RESULT_NO
It's fine if you can't implement all the same icon or button types but it should use a
native implementation like winax
does with
wrapping ActiveX objects.