On Windows, can I create an .exe instead of an .msi? | Tauri Apps | Page 1

flint shuttle Feb 17, 2023, 1:14 PM

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Title.

plucky jungle Feb 17, 2023, 1:15 PM

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you could just use the exe that at release/appname.exe

flint shuttle Feb 17, 2023, 1:16 PM

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true you right

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The dist is packed inside the exe right?

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I haven't looked inside.

plucky jungle Feb 17, 2023, 1:17 PM

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flint shuttle The dist is packed inside the exe right?

yes

flint shuttle Feb 17, 2023, 1:18 PM

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Cool thanks. One more question: I want to keep the Tauri project in a separate folder from my webapp. When Tauri runs npm run dev it's expecting to be inside the webapp directory, can I change that?

plucky jungle Feb 17, 2023, 1:18 PM

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you can change it in tauri.conf.json

flint shuttle Feb 17, 2023, 1:19 PM

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Do you know offhand which config key?

plucky jungle Feb 17, 2023, 1:20 PM

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https://tauri.app/v1/api/config/#buildconfig.beforedevcommand

Configuration | Tauri Apps

The Tauri configuration object. It is read from a file where you can define your frontend assets, configure the bundler, enable the app updater, define a system tray, enable APIs via the allowlist and more.

flint shuttle Feb 17, 2023, 1:22 PM

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Yea but that's expecting to share the same npm config with the webapp.

plucky jungle Feb 17, 2023, 1:23 PM

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do you mean separated frontend and a webapp?

flint shuttle Feb 17, 2023, 1:25 PM

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Project
├───client
│   ├───node_modules
│   ├───src
│   ├───dist
├───desktop
│   ├───node_modules
│   └───src-tauri

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Like this. I'd like to keep my webapp (client) separate from Tauri.

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Whereas Tauri is expects this by default:

Project
├───client
│   ├───node_modules
│   ├───src
│   ├───src-tauri
│   ├───dist

plucky jungle Feb 17, 2023, 1:28 PM

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so do you mean separated frontend(html/js) and backend(rust)?

flint shuttle Feb 17, 2023, 1:28 PM

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Yea

plucky jungle Feb 17, 2023, 1:29 PM

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then just add a cd command into the beforeDevCommand

flint shuttle Feb 17, 2023, 1:29 PM

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heh yea that's what I figured

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That'll work fine though. Thanks.

plucky jungle Feb 17, 2023, 1:29 PM

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then the layout would be like:

Project
├───frontend
│   ├───node_modules
│   ├───src
│   ├───dist
├───backend
│   ├───src
│   ├───target
│   └───Cargo.toml

flint shuttle Feb 17, 2023, 1:30 PM

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Yea collapsing it like that would be even better.

plucky jungle Feb 17, 2023, 1:30 PM

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then I think you could just move all thing expect src-tauri into a folder

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then rename src-tauri to something you want

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then add cd command into beforeDevCommand and beforeBuildCommand

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and change the dist path

flint shuttle Feb 17, 2023, 1:31 PM

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Yea that all makes sense. Thanks for the help!

#On Windows, can I create an .exe instead of an .msi?