Merge pull request #47 from neuromotion/develop

fix launching of tasks

electron-app/package.json

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "electron-protocol-serve": "^1.3.0",
     "electron-squirrel-startup": "^1.0.0",
+    "execa": "^4.0.0",
     "zeromq": "^6.0.0-beta.6"
   },
   "devDependencies": {

electron-app/src/index.js

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 /* eslint-env node */
 const { app, BrowserWindow, protocol, ipcMain } = require('electron');
+const path = require('path');
 
 if (require('electron-squirrel-startup')) return app.quit();
 
@@ -101,20 +102,20 @@ ipcMain.on('request', (event, args) => {
 })
 
 // Functions to launch jsPsych tasks 
-// Beads
+
+const execa = require('execa')
+
 ipcMain.on('taskSpawn', (event, args) => {
-  const spawn = require('child_process').spawn;
   const home = app.getPath('home');
-  spawn(`${home}\\AppData\\Local\\${args.taskPath}`, {
-    cwd: process.cwd(),
-    env: {
+  const fullPath = path.join(home, 'AppData', 'Local', args.taskPath) 
+  execa(fullPath, 
+    {
+      env: { 
         REACT_APP_AT_HOME: true
-    },
-    stdio: 'inherit'
-  })
+      }
+    }).stdout.pipe(process.stdout)
 })
 
-
 // Handle an unhandled error in the main thread
 //
 // Note that 'uncaughtException' is a crude mechanism for exception handling intended to