windowManager emit getting error

[rawatsandeep670]

• Electron version: 1.6.1
• Operating system: Window 7 - 64bit

Expected behavior

send data one window to another window using windowManager.bridge.emit

Actual behavior

Uncaught Error: Could not call remote function 'emit'. Check that the function signature is correct. Underlying error: Cannot read property 'id' of undefined
Error: Could not call remote function 'emit'. Check that the function signature is correct. Underlying error: Cannot read property 'id' of undefined
at callFunction (C:\Users\Sandeep\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\electron\dist\resources\electron.asar\browser\rpc-server.js:259:11)
at EventEmitter. (C:\Users\Sandeep\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\electron\dist\resources\electron.asar\browser\rpc-server.js:366:5)
at emitMany (events.js:127:13)
at EventEmitter.emit (events.js:201:7)
at WebContents. (C:\Users\Sandeep\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\electron\dist\resources\electron.asar\browser\api\web-contents.js:249:37)
at emitTwo (events.js:106:13)
at WebContents.emit (events.js:191:7)
at callFunction (C:\Users\Sandeep\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\electron\dist\resources\electron.asar\browser\rpc-server.js:259:11)
at EventEmitter. (C:\Users\Sandeep\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\electron\dist\resources\electron.asar\browser\rpc-server.js:366:5)
at emitMany (events.js:127:13)
at EventEmitter.emit (events.js:201:7)
at WebContents. (C:\Users\Sandeep\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\electron\dist\resources\electron.asar\browser\api\web-contents.js:249:37)
at emitTwo (events.js:106:13)
at WebContents.emit (events.js:191:7)
at metaToValue (C:\Users\Sandeep\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\electron\dist\resources\electron.asar\renderer\api\remote.js:218:13)
at Object.remoteMemberFunction (C:\Users\Sandeep\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\electron\dist\resources\electron.asar\renderer\api\remote.js:114:18)
at setSmartFoxInstance (http://localhost:9000/scripts/services/deskTileView.js:751:34)
at http://localhost:9000/scripts/services/deskTileView.js:199:33
at CallbacksRegistry.apply (C:\Users\Sandeep\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\electron\dist\resources\electron.asar\common\api\callbacks-registry.js:48:42)
at EventEmitter. (C:\Users\Sandeep\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\electron\dist\resources\electron.asar\renderer\api\remote.js:283:21)
at emitThree (events.js:116:13)
at EventEmitter.emit (events.js:194:7)

How to reproduce

open any window using windowManager e.g.
let myWindow = windowManager.open('home1', "welcom", 'http://localhost:9000/**.html', null, null, true);

after onReady calll
windowManager.bridge.emit('new_chat_message', {});

[jeefuji]

Hello :)
Same error here, but calling from the renderer process.

• Open a windows
• Sending an event when window is loaded
• Getting this error

I guess i'll check the source code to see if there is a bug ?

Edit :
Actually the crash is in the getCurrent() methods, line 976. Seems that BrowserWindow.getFocusedWindow() return something weird. Actually the api check if the focused window is null, so we should have this id.

Weird. Maybe because de BrowserWindow is not fully loaded ?

[0x779]

I worked around it by specifying the emmiter:
'emit': function(event, data, target, instigator){ windowManager.eventEmitter.emit(event, { 'emittedBy': instigator, 'target': target, 'data': data }); }

You can then use emit with
windowManager.bridge.emit(event, data, targetWindowName, currentWindowName);

It's hacky, but it works.