preload.js

const { contextBridge, ipcRenderer } = require('electron');

contextBridge.exposeInMainWorld('electronAPI', {
  // Existing examples (can be kept or removed if not used by your App.js)
  sendMessage: (message) => ipcRenderer.send('send-message', message),
  onMessage: (callback) => ipcRenderer.on('receive-message', (event, ...args) => callback(...args)),

  // NEW: Function to open a file dialog and read its content
  openRecFile: async () => ipcRenderer.invoke('dialog:openRecFile'),

  // NEW: Function to save content to a file using a save dialog
  saveRecFile: async (fileContent, defaultFileName) => ipcRenderer.invoke('dialog:saveRecFile', fileContent, defaultFileName),

  // NEW: Function to show an alert dialog (if you want to replace the custom React one with a native Electron one)
  showAlert: async (message) => ipcRenderer.invoke('dialog:showAlert', message),
});