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exports in node-main do not return to process.mainModule.exports

See original GitHub issue

In 0.12.x if one declared exports in the node-main file, the same would be visible in process.mainModule.exports

In node-main

exports.pi = 3.14;

In the app

console.log(process.mainModule.exports); //output {pi:3.14}

This does not happen in nwjs 0.13 (tested in beta 5 and beta 6 - winx64 SDK version):

console.log(process.mainModule.exports); //output {}

Has there been any change in the api or is this a bug?

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Created 8 years ago
Comments:14 (4 by maintainers)

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CxRescommented, Oct 12, 2017

@rogerwang Again, I appreciate the work that is going in and grateful that this project exists (which was a bit of a revolution at its time). But the fact this was not addressed at the time 0.13.0 or the fact that nwjs team is unaware that till 0.24 that the problem was resolved is something that needs to be tackled head on (if @Christywl makes progress in this effort more power to him). My continued frustration is that nwjs is a pretty mature project, funded by an industry leader like Intel and you guys MUST act like industry leaders not benchmarking yourself against other open-source projects. As an innovator you shd not argue like below:

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Again I wish you well and I hope you make great strides…

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bobtherobotcommented, Mar 17, 2016

I believe “process” has been moved to the “nw” object, try using: nw.process.mainModule.exports.foo();

I’m getting some success with using “nw”, but after a while, I can use plain-old “processes”. Results are a moving target.

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