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changes linux pyinstaller from single-file to dir
plucik Jun 19, 2026
52a1abb
improves app loading time on nwjs front-end part
plucik Jun 19, 2026
c4bc878
adjust entrypoint.sh to work with pyinstaller dir format
plucik Jun 19, 2026
6cea33a
trigger 'loadstop' only once for app startapp
plucik Jun 22, 2026
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113 changes: 41 additions & 72 deletions deploy/app/index.html
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Expand Up @@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
position: absolute;
top: 30px; left: 0;
width: 100%; height: calc(100% - 30px);
visibility: hidden;
}

#loading_interface {
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -583,31 +584,6 @@ <h4 id="stages_item_title" class="stages__item_title"></h3>
</div>
</div>
<script>

function simulate_startup(p_window, p_list, p_loading_data_container, p_loading_data_content, p_webview) {
if (p_list.length>0) {
var string = p_list.shift();
p_loading_data_content.innerHTML += '<br/>' + string;
setTimeout(function() {
simulate_startup(p_window, p_list, p_loading_data_container, p_loading_data_content, p_webview);
},2000);
}
// Done with the startup, adjust page and load PGManage
else {
p_loading_data_container.style.display = 'none';

p_window.width = 1280;
p_window.height = 1024;

p_window.x = Math.floor((window.screen.availWidth/2) - (p_window.width/2));
p_window.y = Math.floor((window.screen.availHeight/2) - (p_window.height/2));

document.getElementById('bar_top').style.display = '';
p_webview.style.display = '';
p_webview.src = 'http://192.168.100.21:8000';
}
}

try {
var gui = require('nw.gui');
let win = gui.Window.get();
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -752,6 +728,21 @@ <h4 id="stages_item_title" class="stages__item_title"></h3>
}
});

v_webview.addEventListener('loadstop', () => {
// quit this part if it is not initial loading screen and v_loading_data_container style display is 'none'
if (!!v_loading_data_container.getAttribute("style")) return;

// Prevent intermediate frames from being displayed.
win.hide();

v_loading_data_container.style.display = 'none';
document.getElementById('bar_top').style.display = '';
v_webview.style.visibility = 'visible';

win.setMinimumSize(1024, 768);
initWindowState();
});

const child_process = require('child_process')
const path = require('path')
const url = require('url')
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -817,59 +808,37 @@ <h4 id="stages_item_title" class="stages__item_title"></h3>
process.env.PATH=path.join('/usr/local/bin', path.delimiter, process.env.PATH)
}

setTimeout(function() {
django = child_process.spawn(path.join(global.__dirname,'pgmanage-server/pgmanage-server'),['-A'], { detached: false });
django = child_process.spawn(path.join(global.__dirname,'pgmanage-server/pgmanage-server'),['-A'], { detached: false });

django.stderr.on('data', (data) => {
outputContainer.innerHTML += `<p class="splash__output_text">${data}</p>`
});
django.stderr.on('data', (data) => {
outputContainer.innerHTML += `<p class="splash__output_text">${data}</p>`
});

django.stdout.on('data', (data) => {
lines = data.toString().split('\n');
django.stdout.on('data', (data) => {
lines = data.toString().split('\n');

lines.forEach((line) => {
if(line == '')
return
lines.forEach((line) => {
if(line == '')
return

if (line.substring(0, 4) != 'http') {
let out =`<p class="splash__output_text">${line}</p>`
outputContainer.innerHTML += out
document.getElementById('stages_item_description').innerHTML = ''
if(line.startsWith(' ')) {
document.getElementById('stages_item_description').innerHTML = line
} else {
document.getElementById('stages_item_title').innerHTML = line
}
if (line.substring(0, 4) != 'http') {
let out =`<p class="splash__output_text">${line}</p>`
outputContainer.innerHTML += out
document.getElementById('stages_item_description').innerHTML = ''
if(line.startsWith(' ')) {
document.getElementById('stages_item_description').innerHTML = line
} else {
document.getElementById('stages_item_description').innerHTML = '';
document.getElementById('stages_item_title').innerHTML = 'Opening PGManage...';

(function(value) { setTimeout( function() {
v_loading_data_container.style.display = 'none';
win.setMinimumSize(1024, 768)
initWindowState()
document.getElementById('bar_top').style.display = '';
v_webview.style.display = '';
v_webview.src = value;
}, 500);
})(line);
document.getElementById('stages_item_title').innerHTML = line
}
})
});

},100);

let simulate_startup_list = [
'Initiating phase 1...',
'Phase 1 completed.',
'Initiating phase 2...',
'Phase 2 completed.',
'Loading PGManage...'
];
/*
setTimeout(function(){
simulate_startup(v_window, simulate_startup_list, v_loading_data_container, v_loading_data_content, v_webview);
}, 1100);*/
} else {
document.getElementById('stages_item_description').innerHTML = '';
document.getElementById('stages_item_title').innerHTML = 'Opening PGManage...';

v_webview.src = line;
}
})
});


// GUI controls
function guiMinimize() {
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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions deploy/linux/tarbuild/entrypoint.sh
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Expand Up @@ -90,8 +90,8 @@ cd -
tar -xzvf /deploy/$NWJS_ARCHIVE
mv $NWJS_DIR pgmanage-app_$VERSION
cd pgmanage-app_$VERSION
mkdir pgmanage-server
cp $HOME/pgmanage-server ./pgmanage-server/pgmanage-server

cp -r $HOME/pgmanage-server ./
cp $HOME/process_executor ./pgmanage-server/
# copy index.html .desktop and pgmanage_icon.png to the output dir
cp $HOME/pgmanage/deploy/app/* .
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16 changes: 13 additions & 3 deletions pgmanage/pgmanage-lin.spec
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Expand Up @@ -53,12 +53,22 @@ pyz = PYZ(a.pure, a.zipped_data,
exe = EXE(pyz,
a.scripts,
[],
a.binaries,
a.zipfiles,
a.datas,
exclude_binaries=True,
name='pgmanage-server',
debug=False,
strip=False,
upx=True,
runtime_tmpdir=None,
console=True )


coll = COLLECT(
exe,
a.binaries,
a.zipfiles,
a.datas,
strip=False,
upx=True,
upx_exclude=[],
name='pgmanage-server',
)