Merging PDFs using the jsreport client

ThePolymorph

Hi,

I'm using the jsreport.client nuget package for .Net and happily producing single PDFs. I want to merge multiple PDFs into a single file, how do I achieve this in code, is there a sample I can reference.

Cheers

jan_blaha

Try something like this, we will add it to the docs.

rs.RenderAsync(new RenderRequest {
    Template = new Template()
    {
        Content = "Helo world",
        Engine = Engine.Handlebars,
        Recipe = Recipe.ChromePdf,
        Chrome = new Chrome
        {
            MarginTop = "2cm"
        },
        PdfOperations = new List<PdfOperation>()
        {
            new PdfOperation()
            {
                Type = PdfOperationType.Merge,
                Template = new Template
                {
                    Content = "header",
                    Engine = Engine.None,
                    Recipe = Recipe.ChromePdf
                }
            }
        }
    }
});

ThePolymorph

Thank you for the example, the example is for a newly created template right. I should have made it clear that I already have a report built in the designer and want to append the same report with different details multiple times. I'm wondering if there is a better way that doesn't require a merge. For example in the invoice example in the playground site is it possible to send 2 (or more) records through in the JSON file which results in multiple pages being produced for different companies, does that make sense? Note also that in my case a single report contains multiple pages.

jan_blaha

Ok. So lets say you want to generate multiple invoices in single report.
You just need to pass an array in the json and iterate over it through templating engine.

{{#each items}}
  <h1>Invoice {{id}}</h1>
  ....
{{/each}}

ThePolymorph

Cool, I'll give that a go, thanks.