Hi --

Maybe I am totally misunderstanding, but it seems like Studio must at least be calling the 'AbstractFileLevelAutomaticTask.OnInitializeTask' to launch my batch task. If Studio doesn't call anything, I don't see how the plugin could ever run. This initial call is what I meant by 'entry point'. So I am wondering about the sequence of method calls that occur when a user runs my batch task.

More specifically, I am trying to make this tutorial work: http://producthelp.sdl.com/SDK/BatchTaskApi/1.0/html/d4c61662-0dc9-4f3c-8bed-f7cfc3b3b27d.htm#!

When I run the batch task, everything looks OK, but the final step (report generation) causes this error:

Unexpected exception when configuring file multiFileConverter for task 'Set segment status': Access to the path 'C:\Windows\system32\.txt' is denied.

Any ideas what that means?

Thanks, Gary

Hi Gary,

not knowing more about what your code looks like, here is an example how I achieve this, maybe it helps ("_project" being a FileBasedProject):

var sequence = _project.RunAutomaticTask(tGuids, AutomaticTaskTemplateIds.AnalyzeFiles);
isDone = false;
while (!isDone)
{
    Thread.Sleep(100);
    isDone = (sequence.Status == Sdl.ProjectAutomation.Core.TaskStatus.Completed ||
              sequence.Status == Sdl.ProjectAutomation.Core.TaskStatus.Failed);
}

try
{
    var reportId = sequence2.Reports[0].Id;
    _project.SaveTaskReportAs(reportId,
        Path.Combine(studioPath, "Reports", $"Analysis_{projNumber}_{DateTime.Now.ToShortDateString()}.xlsx"),
        ReportFormat.Excel);
}
catch(Exception ex)
{
    //Do exceptional stuff
}

I assume your problem is somewhere in "SaveTaskReportAs" - or maybe you haven't saved at all yet?

Best,

Andreas

Hi Gary,

not knowing more about what your code looks like, here is an example how I achieve this, maybe it helps ("_project" being a FileBasedProject):

var sequence = _project.RunAutomaticTask(tGuids, AutomaticTaskTemplateIds.AnalyzeFiles);
isDone = false;
while (!isDone)
{
    Thread.Sleep(100);
    isDone = (sequence.Status == Sdl.ProjectAutomation.Core.TaskStatus.Completed ||
              sequence.Status == Sdl.ProjectAutomation.Core.TaskStatus.Failed);
}

try
{
    var reportId = sequence2.Reports[0].Id;
    _project.SaveTaskReportAs(reportId,
        Path.Combine(studioPath, "Reports", $"Analysis_{projNumber}_{DateTime.Now.ToShortDateString()}.xlsx"),
        ReportFormat.Excel);
}
catch(Exception ex)
{
    //Do exceptional stuff
}

I assume your problem is somewhere in "SaveTaskReportAs" - or maybe you haven't saved at all yet?

Best,

Andreas

Hi Evzen and Andreas,

Thanks for the suggestions.

I tried running Studio as admin, and it then produces a different error (I think the problem is that some code is missing from the tutorial -- I need to write code to make the batch task actually do something):

Unexpected exception when configuring file multiFileConverter for task 'Set segment status': Object reference not set to an instance of a path

I also found out how to attach the VS debugger to my plugin and step through code / inspect variables, etc. That is an incredible resource that I was not aware of as a VS newbie. I plan to experiment with the debugger this coming week. I think I can figure out the problem using the debugger.

Cheers,

Gary