Build fails on Windows with Electron 11: 'napi_is_detached_arraybuffer': identifier not found

[Christilut]

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 not found [C:\Users\user\workspace\my-app\node_modules\@journeyapps\sqlcipher\build\node_sqlite3.vcxproj]
c:\users\user\workspace\my-app\node_modules\@journeyapps\sqlcipher\node_modules\node-addon-api\napi-inl.h(1581): error C3861: 'napi_detach_arraybuffer': identifier not
found [C:\Users\user\workspace\my-app\node_modules\@journeyapps\sqlcipher\build\node_sqlite3.vcxproj]
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←[31mError: `C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\14.0\bin\MSBuild.exe` failed with exit code: 1←[39m

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←[31mError: `C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\14.0\bin\MSBuild.exe` failed with exit code: 1←[39m


←[31m    at ModuleRebuilder.rebuildNodeGypModule (C:\Users\user\workspace\my-app\node_modules\electron-rebuild\src\module-rebuilder.ts:231:13)←[39m
←[31m    at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:97:5)←[39m
←[?25h←[?25hnpm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! [email protected] dev: `npm run build && electron-forge start`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the [email protected] dev script.
npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\_logs\2021-01-11T10_52_39_185Z-debug.log

Using version 5.0.0 with Electron 11.0.3 and Node 12.20.1 on Windows 10

I'm building it with electron-forge.

Anything I can try?

[rkistner]

Thanks for the details, will investigate.

[rkistner]

This compile error is caused by a weird build environment / incompatibility of electron-rebuild. I haven't located the exact issue, but building from source should not be required at all.

I've added new instructions on workarounds here: https://github.com/journeyapps/node-sqlcipher/blob/3870217c1245dd4253e2bac2ea8d1d12a8c4a2b6/README.md#usage-with-electron-forge--electron-rebuild

[Christilut]

This results in the following error for me:

14:49:03.383 > Error: ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED (-102) loading 'http://localhost:3000/main_window'
    at rejectAndCleanup (electron/js2c/browser_init.js:205:1493)
    at Object.failListener (electron/js2c/browser_init.js:205:1706)
    at Object.emit (events.js:315:20)
    at Object.EventEmitter.emit (domain.js:483:12)

I think it's because of onlyModules but I'm not sure what I'm supposed to put in there. Leaving it empty makes electron-rebuild skip module building on everything.

[rkistner]

Yes, unfortunately electron-rebuild doesn't have an option to only exclude certain modules. You'll have to include all modules that do need to be rebuilt on the onlyModules array.

[Christilut]

Any idea how I can tell what modules those are? I don't see any way in electron-rebuild to list them.

[rkistner]

I don't know of an accurate way, but you can search for package.json files that contain a reference to node-gyp, node-pre-gyp or nan.

You should also check if you have other logs indicating why you don't have a server running on http://localhost:3000.

[Christilut]

I tried adding everything that references node-gyp to onlyModules (except node-sqlcipher) but I get the same error.

I would also except there to be more logs why the localhost server isn't running, but I can't find a way to show more. It just seems to fail silently. I guess this is more of a electron-rebuild problem.

I'll wait for compatibility with electron-rebuild, not sure I can fix this on my end.