const {app, BrowserWindow} = require('electron') 
const url = require('url') 
const path = require('path') 
const {ipcMain} = require('electron')  

let win  

function createWindow() { 
   win = new BrowserWindow({width: 800, height: 600}) 
   win.loadURL(url.format ({ 
      pathname: path.join(__dirname, 'index.html'), 
      protocol: 'file:', 
      slashes: true 
   })) 
}  

ipcMain.on('openFile', (event, path) => { 
   const {dialog} = require('electron') 
   const fs = require('fs') 
   dialog.showOpenDialog(function (fileNames) { 
      
      // fileNames is an array that contains all the selected 
      if(fileNames === undefined) { 
         console.log("No file selected"); 
      
      } else { 
         readFile(fileNames[0]); 
      } 
   });
   
   function readFile(filepath) { 
      fs.readFile(filepath, 'utf-8', (err, data) => { 
         
         if(err){ 
            alert("An error ocurred reading the file :" + err.message) 
            return 
         } 
         
         // handle the file content 
         event.sender.send('fileData', data) 
      }) 
   } 
})  
app.on('ready', createWindow)