Single executable not working as shown in the documentation

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j-sutton — Invalid Date

On this page: https://jsreport.net/learn/windows-single-executable

It says that the following command should work:

jsreport.exe --render request.json --output file.pdf

but I get

"Unknown arguments: render, output" when I run it.

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bjrmatos — Invalid Date

hi! you're right, that page shows an incorrect usage of the executable, the correct command is jsreport.exe render --request request.json --output file.pdf

i will update that page to show the correct way, thnks for let us know.

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bjrmatos — Invalid Date

also just FYI that page seems like it has been deprecated (we don't show a link to it anymore) the updated page for the executable documentation is https://jsreport.net/learn/single-file-executable

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j-sutton — Invalid Date

Ahh, thank you, one correction though is that it's

jsreport.exe render --request request.json --out file.pdf

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bjrmatos — Invalid Date

ups, you are right! thnks 👍

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j-sutton — Invalid Date

One final question, is it possible to specify in the request.json the name of a template and data file in the directory that the executable is run in. For example I have a report.json data file that should bind to test.html file and I would to put that information in a single request.

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bjrmatos — Invalid Date

it is not possible when using only the --request option because it would be somehow difficult to difference between real string content and file paths inside the file, but you can use jsreport.exe render --template.content test.html --template.engine handlebars --template.recipe phantom-pdf --data report.json --out file.pdf to do what you want.

also just FYI you can run jsreport.exe render -h to see some examples about the usage of the command, and descriptions about the options 😃