fixed auto updater

gui_vue/electron/main/index.ts

@@ -171,12 +171,12 @@ autoUpdater.on("update-downloaded", (info) => {
   // we need to call this at this point.
   // if an update is available and we are force closing the app
   // the entire screen crashes...
-  //console.log.info('quit application and install update');
+  //console.log('quit application and install update');
   //autoUpdater.quitAndInstall();
 });
 
 autoUpdater.on("checking-for-update", () => {
-  console.log.info("checking for update");
+  console.log("checking for update");
   let arg = {
     status: "checking-for-update",
     version: app.getVersion(),

gui_vue/electron/preload/index.ts

@@ -156,12 +156,12 @@ ipcRenderer.on("action-updater", (event, arg) => {
 
   if (arg.status == "checking-for-update") {
     //document.title = document.title + ' - v' + arg.version;
-    updateTitle(
-      config.myCall,
-      config.tnc_host,
-      config.tnc_port,
-      " -v " + arg.version,
-    );
+    //updateTitle(
+    //  config.myCall,
+    //  config.tnc_host,
+    //  config.tnc_port,
+    //  " -v " + arg.version,
+    //);
     document.getElementById("updater_status").innerHTML =
       '<span class="spinner-border spinner-border-sm" role="status" aria-hidden="true"></span>';
 
@@ -181,6 +181,12 @@ ipcRenderer.on("action-updater", (event, arg) => {
     //autoUpdater.quitAndInstall();
   }
   if (arg.status == "update-not-available") {
+
+  document.getElementById("updater_last_version").innerHTML = arg.info.releaseName
+  document.getElementById("updater_last_update").innerHTML = arg.info.releaseDate
+  document.getElementById("updater_release_notes").innerHTML = arg.info.releaseNotes
+
+
     document.getElementById("updater_status").innerHTML =
       '<i class="bi bi-check2-square ms-1 me-1" style="color: white;"></i>';
     document.getElementById("updater_status").className =

gui_vue/src/components/main_modals.vue

@@ -56,6 +56,32 @@ ChartJS.register(
 
 <template>
 
+<!-- updater release notes-->
+<div class="modal fade" ref="modalEle" id="updaterReleaseNotes" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true">
+  <div class="modal-dialog">
+    <div class="modal-content">
+      <div class="modal-header">
+                    <span class="input-group-text" id="updater_last_version"></span>
+                    <span class="input-group-text ms-1" id="updater_last_update"></span>
+
+        <button type="button" class="btn-close" data-bs-dismiss="modal" aria-label="Close"></button>
+      </div>
+      <div class="modal-body">
+<div class="modal-dialog modal-dialog-scrollable">
+
+<div class="" id="updater_release_notes"></div>
+
+      </div>
+</div>
+
+
+
+      <div class="modal-footer">
+        <button type="button" class="btn btn-secondary" data-bs-dismiss="modal">Close</button>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  </div>
+</div>
 
 
 <!-- delete chat modal -->

gui_vue/src/components/main_updater.vue

@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ const settings = useSettingsStore(pinia);
     </div>
     <div class="card-body p-2 mb-1">
       <button
-        class="btn btn-secondary btn-sm"
+        class="btn btn-secondary btn-sm ms-1 me-1"
         id="updater_channel"
         type="button"
         disabled
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ const settings = useSettingsStore(pinia);
         {{ settings.update_channel }}
       </button>
       <button
-        class="btn btn-secondary btn-sm"
+        class="btn btn-secondary btn-sm ms-1"
         id="updater_status"
         type="button"
         disabled
@@ -67,15 +67,16 @@ const settings = useSettingsStore(pinia);
         ...
       </button>
       <button
-        class="btn btn-secondary btn-sm"
+        class="btn btn-secondary btn-sm ms-1"
         id="updater_changelog"
         type="button"
-        style="display: none"
+        data-bs-toggle="modal"
+        data-bs-target="#updaterReleaseNotes"
       >
         Changelog
       </button>
       <button
-        class="btn btn-primary btn-sm"
+        class="btn btn-primary btn-sm ms-1"
         id="update_and_install"
         type="button"
         style="display: none"

gui_vue/src/js/chatHandler.ts

@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ if(typeof process.env["APPDATA"]  !== "undefined"){
     console.log(appDataFolder)
 
 } else {
-    let appDataFolder: string;
+    var appDataFolder: string;
 
     switch (process.platform) {
       case "darwin":
@@ -114,9 +114,14 @@ if(typeof process.env["APPDATA"]  !== "undefined"){
         break;
     }
 }
+console.log("loading chat database...")
+console.log("appdata folder:" + appDataFolder)
 var configFolder = path.join(appDataFolder, "FreeDATA");
+console.log("config folder:" + configFolder)
 
 var chatDB = path.join(configFolder, "chatDB");
+console.log("database path:" + chatDB)
+
 var db = new PouchDB(chatDB);
 
 /* -------- CREATE DATABASE INDEXES */

gui_vue/src/js/settingsHandler.js

@@ -32,10 +32,10 @@ if(typeof process.env["APPDATA"]  !== "undefined"){
             console.log(appDataFolder)
 
             break;
-        case "linux2":
+        case "linux":
             var appDataFolder = "undefined";
             break;
-        case "windows":
+        case "win32":
             var appDataFolder = "undefined";
             break;
         default: