Run one node webkit desktop application from another nw app

Question

I'm having two running node web kit desktop application. Now I want to run second node webkit desktop application from the first new app and with the same login credentials.

It's like opening another tab using target="_blank".

Please let me know, if anyone need clarification in this transition. Kindly help me for this.

Usr29 Usr29 · Accepted Answer · 2016-10-05T09:12:18

The first app can have an iframe that calls/runs the script of the second app and passes any required variables to it.

This idea assumes you have written both apps and therefore know the app names and paths where they are installed on any given system:

So inside App1 we add this...

var F=document.createElement('iframe');
 F.className='SomeStyle';
 F.name='SomeName';
 F.id='SomeID';
 F.src='file:///C:/App2/Main.htm';
 F.setAttribute('data-UserName','John Citizen');
 F.setAttribute('data-UserPassword','password');
 document.appendChild(F);

And inside App2 we can check to see if the program was started from inside a frame indicating that it is running as a "child process" like so:

if(window.self!==window.top) {Process_As_Child_Process();} else {Process_As_Main_Process();}

If a "child process" is true then grab and use the variables from the parent frame...

var UserName=parent.getAttribute('data-UserName');

var UserPassword=parent.getAttribute('data-UserPassword');

I hope this helps.

Run one node webkit desktop application from another nw app

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