NGDesktop Utils (ref)

(part of package 'NGDesktop Utils')

You can access it in code via: plugins.ngdesktoputils

API

executeCommand(program,args)

Executes a command async, the server side call will not block on this call.

Parameters:

• {String} program

• {Array<Object>} args

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executeCommandSync(program,args)

This executes a command and returns the result of the stdout This will also call reject when a error happens so the call will error out. (will not return correct) Try to use the async executeCommand so nothing will be blocking.

Parameters:

• {String} program The command to be executed

• {Array<Object>} args The command arguments

Returns: String The result from standard output.

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exit()

This will close the NGDesktop main application. Be sure you will call this and after this call application.exit() to close also the client directly itself.

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getClipboardContent()

Get clipboard text.

Returns: String The clipboard text.

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getDefaultPrinter()

Returns default printer on local machine.

Returns: CustomType<ngdesktoputils.printer> The default printer object.

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getPrinters()

Returns installed printers on local machine.

Returns: Array<CustomType<ngdesktoputils.printer>> An array of printer objects.

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getSystemInformation()

Retrieve information from the ngdesktop client

@return {CustomType<ngdesktoputils.sysinfo>}

an object containing the client's system information:

    ngDesktopVersion    - string: ngdesktop version
    osPlatform          - string: can be 'darwin', 'linux', 'freebsd', 'openbsd' and 'win32'
    osRelease           - string: kernel release number
    osTotalMem          - long: total system's memory
    osFreeMem           - long: total available memory

Returns: CustomType<ngdesktoputils.sysinfo> an object containing the client's system information:ngDesktopVersion - string: ngdesktop versionosPlatform - string: can be 'darwin', 'linux', 'freebsd', 'openbsd' and 'win32'osRelease - string: kernel release numberosTotalMem - long: total system's memoryosFreeMem - long: total available memory

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isNGDesktop()

Whether application is running as NGDesktop.

Returns: Boolean True if app running inside NGDesktop, false otherwise.

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printPDF(path,options )

Prints a pdf document specified by path. Optionally, specify printer or unix print options (lp command) or windows print options see: https://github.com/Servoy/pdf-to-printer

Parameters:

• {String} path
• {CustomType<ngdesktoputils.printoptions>} [options]

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setClipboardContent(text)

Set clipboard text.

Parameters:

• {String} text To be set in clipboard

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showExternal(url)

Manage URLs using their default applications

Parameters:

• {String} url The URL to be opened.

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Types

printer

Contains printer information. scripting type: CustomType<ngdesktoputils.printer>

• deviceId

  • The device identifier for the printer.

  • Type: string
• name

  • The name of the printer.

  • Type: string
• paperSizes

  • An array of supported paper sizes.

  • Type: string[]

printoptions

Contains print options for different platforms. scripting type: CustomType<ngdesktoputils.printoptions>

• printer

  • The printer identifier or name to use.

  • Type: string
• unix

  • An array of Unix-specific printing options.

  • Type: string[]
• win32

  • An array of Windows-specific printing options.

  • Type: string[]

sysinfo

Contains system information from the NGDesktop client. scripting type: CustomType<ngdesktoputils.sysinfo>

• electronVersion

  • The version of Electron used by NGDesktop.

  • Type: string
• ngDesktopVersion

  • The NGDesktop version.

  • Type: string
• osFreeMem

  • The available (free) system memory in bytes.

  • Type: long
• osPlatform

  • The operating system platform (e.g. 'darwin', 'win32', etc.).

  • Type: string
• osRelease

  • The operating system release version.

  • Type: string
• osTotalMem

  • The total system memory in bytes.

  • Type: long

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