Electron-builder: non-English characters confuse rcedit: Unable to load file on windows build (from linux)

[brendtumi]

I am getting "Unable to load file" error while "dist:win": "build --platform win32 --arch all"

> npm run dist:win

> [email protected] dist:win /home/www/diva.com/otopark/divasoft.otopark.kapali/electron
> build --platform win32 --arch all

Skip app dependencies rebuild because platform is different
Removing /home/www/diva.com/otopark/divasoft.otopark.kapali/build/electron/win
Packaging app for platform win32 ia32 using electron v0.37.8
Error: Fatal error: Unable to load file

    at ChildProcess.<anonymous> (/home/www/diva.com/otopark/divasoft.otopark.kapali/electron/node_modules/rcedit/lib/rcedit.js:54:16)
    at emitTwo (events.js:87:13)
    at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:172:7)
    at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:827:16)
    at Socket.<anonymous> (internal/child_process.js:319:11)
    at emitOne (events.js:77:13)
    at Socket.emit (events.js:169:7)
    at Pipe._onclose (net.js:477:12)
From previous event:
    at /home/www/diva.com/otopark/divasoft.otopark.kapali/electron/node_modules/electron-builder/node_modules/electron-packager-tf/win32.js:37:60
From previous event:
    at /home/www/diva.com/otopark/divasoft.otopark.kapali/electron/node_modules/electron-builder/node_modules/electron-packager-tf/win32.js:32:16
    at FSReqWrap.oncomplete (fs.js:82:15)
From previous event:
    at buildWinApp (/home/www/diva.com/otopark/divasoft.otopark.kapali/electron/node_modules/electron-builder/node_modules/electron-packager-tf/win32.js:15:10)
    at /home/www/diva.com/otopark/divasoft.otopark.kapali/electron/node_modules/electron-builder/node_modules/electron-packager-tf/common.js:233:7
    at end (/home/www/diva.com/otopark/divasoft.otopark.kapali/electron/node_modules/run-series/index.js:8:15)
    at done (/home/www/diva.com/otopark/divasoft.otopark.kapali/electron/node_modules/run-series/index.js:11:10)
    at each (/home/www/diva.com/otopark/divasoft.otopark.kapali/electron/node_modules/run-series/index.js:16:43)
    at /home/www/diva.com/otopark/divasoft.otopark.kapali/electron/node_modules/electron-builder/node_modules/electron-packager-tf/common.js:70:7
    at next (/home/www/diva.com/otopark/divasoft.otopark.kapali/electron/node_modules/rimraf/rimraf.js:74:7)
    at FSReqWrap.CB [as oncomplete] (/home/www/diva.com/otopark/divasoft.otopark.kapali/electron/node_modules/rimraf/rimraf.js:110:9)

npm ERR! Linux 3.19.0-58-generic
npm ERR! argv "/usr/local/bin/node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "run" "dist:win"
npm ERR! node v4.4.3
npm ERR! npm  v3.8.8
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! [email protected] dist:win: `build --platform win32 --arch all`
npm ERR! Exit status 255
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! Failed at the [email protected] dist:win script 'build --platform win32 --arch all'.
npm ERR! Make sure you have the latest version of node.js and npm installed.
npm ERR! If you do, this is most likely a problem with the divasoft.otopark.kapali package,
npm ERR! not with npm itself.
npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system:
npm ERR!     build --platform win32 --arch all
npm ERR! You can get information on how to open an issue for this project with:
npm ERR!     npm bugs divasoft.otopark.kapali
npm ERR! Or if that isn't available, you can get their info via:
npm ERR!     npm owner ls divasoft.otopark.kapali
npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:
npm ERR!     /home/www/diva.com/otopark/divasoft.otopark.kapali/electron/npm-debug.log
/home/www/diva.com/otopark/divasoft.otopark.kapali/electron 

[brendtumi]

When i use non-English characters on build.productName (package.json) I getting this error.

[develar]

Thanks for info, I will investigate and fix.

[develar]

Could you please provide example (well, I will try to use russian, but just to be sure).

[brendtumi]

"build": {
    "app-bundle-id": "org.divasoft.otopark",
    "app-category-type": "public.app-category.business",
    "productName": "Divasoft Kapalı Otopark"
  }

[develar]

Do you expect that your exe will be named as "Divasoft Kapalı Otopark" or as name in the package.json?

[brendtumi]

Yes i am using "divasoft.otopark.kapali" for package.json name but its not understandable for customers so i alter with productName like docs said, i remove "kapalı" and new name is Divasoft OtoparkSetup-1.6.1-ia32.exe (by the way you should prefix "Setup" with a dash "-")

[develar]

you should prefix "Setup" with a dash "-"

Why "should"?

remove "kapalı" and new name is Divasoft OtoparkSetup-1.6.1-ia32.exe

As workaround or as really desired name? What I want — I want to understand, should we in this case use safe name, or product name. Well, I am going to to leave product name (not sure, is it legal on Windows).

[brendtumi]

Well, you cant use special chars or spaces in package.json name section for known purposes, but when you creating end-user setup file, you want your exe name understandable for everyone. I have seen setup files with Turkish names before, i guess its legal on Windows.

"Divasoft OtoparkSetup" is not looking right, "Divasoft Otopark Setup" or "Divasoft Otopark-Setup" is looks better.

[develar]

@brendtumi In the next dev next release will be Divasoft Otopark Setup 1.0.0.exe.

[mrothenbuecher]

I have the same problem but in my case there is an Umlaut "ü" in the path.
C:\users\mkürbis\...

[towertop]

@develar Hi, seems rcedit project is not fixing this soon. Do you consider adding a workaround for this?

My idea is to rename the exe file with simple characters temporarily and restore the filename back after invoking rcedit. I did this manually.

Hope this helps.

[develar]

@towertop Well, at first I will try to fix rcedit (oh, win c), and only then I will use ugly workaround (copy to temp file and rename back).

[changkun]

Is this problem solved? I got the save error output when I build the product with a Chinese name.. Any alternative way for build windows version?

[develar]

@changkun Ok, I will try to fix rcedit tomorrow or implement workaround on our side.