From 398fa0a578a12a1a07ebacc6bd3b40b7b6143368 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: sammamama <samridhsame@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 2 Feb 2025 16:43:36 +1100
Subject: [PATCH] error handling: fix error handling when global_config.json is
 in incorrect format

Fixes #1404. I added a dialog box error function, that gets thrown whenever json format is found to be incorrect.
---
 app/common/enterprise-util.ts | 4 ++++
 app/common/messages.ts        | 9 +++++++++
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/app/common/enterprise-util.ts b/app/common/enterprise-util.ts
index 3724e0381..87fff3eff 100644
--- a/app/common/enterprise-util.ts
+++ b/app/common/enterprise-util.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import {dialog} from "electron/main";
 import fs from "node:fs";
 import path from "node:path";
 import process from "node:process";
@@ -6,6 +7,7 @@ import {z} from "zod";
 
 import {enterpriseConfigSchemata} from "./config-schemata.js";
 import Logger from "./logger-util.js";
+import * as Messages from "./messages.js";
 
 type EnterpriseConfig = {
   [Key in keyof typeof enterpriseConfigSchemata]: z.output<
@@ -40,6 +42,8 @@ function reloadDatabase(): void {
         .partial()
         .parse(data);
     } catch (error: unknown) {
+      const {title, content} = Messages.enterpriseInvalidJson(enterpriseFile);
+      dialog.showErrorBox(title, content);
       logger.log("Error while JSON parsing global_config.json: ");
       logger.log(error);
     }
diff --git a/app/common/messages.ts b/app/common/messages.ts
index 545b0991d..3c29b6e95 100644
--- a/app/common/messages.ts
+++ b/app/common/messages.ts
@@ -36,3 +36,12 @@ export function orgRemovalError(url: string): DialogBoxError {
     content: "Please contact your system administrator.",
   };
 }
+
+export function enterpriseInvalidJson(
+  pathToConfigFile: string,
+): DialogBoxError {
+  return {
+    title: "Invalid JSON",
+    content: `Correct the invalid JSON format in global_config.json.\nIt can be found in:\n${pathToConfigFile}`,
+  };
+}