fractal: fratal fails to start with 'Microsoft JScript compilation error'

was just starting this for the first time: C:\DEV\2016\style\project-name>fractal start --watch

and this was the result:

Windows Script Host
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Script: C:\DEV\2016\style\project-name\fractal.js
Line:   6
Char:   1
Error:  Syntax error
Code:   800A03EA
Source:     Microsoft JScript compilation error

my version of nodejs is 4.4.2. Any other idea? thanks

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Created 8 years ago
Comments: 15 (2 by maintainers)

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windows 7 node : 4.4.7 npm 3.10.2

EDIT: running fractal.cmd will start everything correctly

Mr-Chilly on Jul 4, 2016

Thanks for the report guys. I’m no Windows expert but from a bit of research it sounds like the Fractal is not being run through Node but rather the Windows Script Host interpreter - probably due to the .js file extension.

I’m not quite sure why this is the case (or what I can do about it!), but I’ll do some more research and let you know if once I’ve managed to find a solution.

allmarkedup on May 10, 2016

This seems to be working for people now after a small tweak to the bin file

@allmarkedup it would have been helpful to point to the tweak you made… trying to figure out an issue in my entirely unrelated project and any other examples are helpful

jcrben on May 31, 2017