Open .pdf using node-webkit

jquery, node-pdfkit, node-webkit

Solution

Use the Shell component as follows:

// Load native UI library.
var gui = require('nw.gui');

// Open URL with default browser.
gui.Shell.openExternal('https://github.com/rogerwang/node-webkit');

// Open a text file with default viewer.
gui.Shell.openItem('quote.pdf');

// Open a file in file explorer.
gui.Shell.showItemInFolder('quote.pdf');

Check the corresponding Node-Webkit reference for more information.

Problem

I'd like to know how to open in my operating system a .pdf with Node-Webkit and PDFKIT. The Node-Webkit app create the .pdf at the root of the project, I just would like to open and print it... ``` var pdf = require('pdfkit'); var fs = require('fs'); ( function($){ $(document).ready( function(){ $('#form-quote').on('submit', function(e){ e.preventDefault(); var doc = new pdf(); doc.pipe(fs.createWriteStream('quote.pdf')); doc.fontSize(20).text("test", 50, 400); doc.end(); // Open the .pdf here using the operating system of the user }); }); })(jQuery); ```

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