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							|  |  |  |       <h1>Use system dialogs</h1> | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  |         The <code>dialog</code> module in Electron allows you to use native | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |         system dialogs for opening files or directories, saving a file or | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |         displaying informational messages. | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  |         This is a main process module because this process is more efficient | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |         with native utilities and it allows the call to happen without | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |         interrupting the visible elements in your page's renderer process. | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  |         Open the | 
					
						
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										 |  |  |           full API documentation (opens in new window) | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  |         in your browser. | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  |         <h2>Error Dialog</h2> | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  |             <button id="error-dialog">View Demo</button> | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  |             In this demo, the <code>ipc</code> module is used to send a message | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |             from the renderer process instructing the main process to launch the | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |             error dialog. | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  |             You can use an error dialog before the app's | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |             <code>ready</code> event, which is useful for showing errors upon | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |             startup. | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  |           <h5>Renderer Process</h5> | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | const {ipcRenderer} = require('electron') | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | const errorBtn = document.getElementById('error-dialog') | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | errorBtn.addEventListener('click', (event) => { | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |   ipcRenderer.send('open-error-dialog') | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | }) | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |           </code></pre> | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |           <h5>Main Process</h5> | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | const {ipcMain, dialog} = require('electron') | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | ipcMain.on('open-error-dialog', (event) => { | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |   dialog.showErrorBox('An Error Message', 'Demonstrating an error message.') | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | }) | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  |       // You can also require other files to run in this process | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |       require("./renderer.js"); | 
					
						
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