[Closed] Error: Duplicate Job Name

I was working on somthing similiar a few weeks ago. Have a look at this. you should be able to find what you need from it or it might just be what you needed. I made this version just to figure out how to get the jobs info and incrment the job name if needed. I also must mention that parts of this code have been borrowed from other scripts that have been posted here on cgsociety and I can’t seem to remember who I got it from. So if any one see’s some of there code I here please let me know so I can thank you and add you to the script.

note: that you will need to have your scene saved with a file name and a render output path stored before you run the script or you will get an error. I never fixed that becuse I integrated this into a larger script.

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 -- Network Rendering
 -- version 1.0
 -- max version 2011
 -- written by Michael Burgoyne
 -- [www.burgoynedesign.com]( http://www.burgoynedesign.com) 
 -- last updated 02/28/11
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 --
 -- Simplified dialog to submit jobs to backbuner.
 --
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global GetJobsInfo
try destroyDialog GetJobsInfo catch()
global m=#()
global  jbs=#()
global job=#()
global MyPlatform = #32
global netaddress="10.0.0.3" -- the ip of your manager
numb = 0
global jobName = ((filterString maxFileName "_" )[1]+ "_" + fileName + "_" + passName)
global fileName = getFilenameFile rendOutputFilename
global passName = "pass name"
global render_Output = getFilenamePath rendOutputFilename
rollout GetJobsInfo " Network Render"
(
--UI ELEMENTS
 group "Platform"
 (
 radiobuttons rBtn "" labels:#("32 bit", "64 bit") columns:1 align:#left
 )
 group "Job Name"
 (
 edittext OldJb "" text:jobName across:2 width:240--get this frome the renderpasses job vairable 
 button incJobBtn "+" align:#right
 )
 group "Manager"
 (
 edittext Naddress"" text:netaddress across:2 width:200
 button btn01 "Connect" align:#right
 )
 group "Options"
 (
 checkbox inMaps "Include Maps" enabled:false
 )
 group "Jobs" 
 (
 listbox jbList "" enabled:false
 )
 button submitBtn "Submit" enabled:false
 on submitBtn pressed do
 (
  if c1 = true then
  (
   if rendTimeType == 1 then 
   (
	singleFrame = slidertime as string
	sframe = filterString singleFrame "f"
	oneFrame = sframe[1] as number
	theStartFrame = oneFrame 
	theEndFrame = oneFrame
   )
   if rendTimeType == 2 then 
   (
	theRange = animationRange as string
	nFames = filterString theRange "( ) f interval"
	startFrame = nFames[1] as number
	endFrame = nFames[2] as number
	theStartFrame = startFrame 
	theEndFrame = endFrame
   ) 
   if rendTimeType == 3 then 
   ( 
	theStartFrame = rendStart  
	theEndFrame = rendEnd
   ) 
  jobName = OldJb.text
  m.getcontrol()
  jobSub = m.newjob() 
	   print jobSub
  jobSub.name = jobName
  jobSub.fromFrame = theStartFrame
  jobSub.toFrame = theEndFrame
 
  ---add checkbox for tincluding maps
  if inMaps.checked == true then 
  (
   jobSub.includeMaps = true --turn on "Include Maps"
  )
   else
  (
   jobSub.includeMaps = false --turn off includemaps
  )
  jobSub.frameOutputName = render_Output
  jobSub.submit() --this uses all servers for the job
  m.disconnect()
 )
 )
on incJobBtn pressed do
(
 numb +=1 
 OldJb.text = jobName +"_" + numb as string 
)
on rBtn changed state do
(
 if state == 1 do MyPlatform = #32
 if state == 2 do MyPlatform = #64
)
 fn connectman server=
 (
  m=netrender.getmanager()
  c1 = m.connect #manual server platform:MyPlatform
 )
 fn getjobs=
 (
  Job=m.getjobs()
  jbs=#()
  for j=1 to job.count do append jbs job[j].name
  return jbs
 )
on btn01 pressed do (
submitBtn.enabled = true
inMaps.enabled = true
jbList.enabled = true
netaddress = Naddress.text
jobName = OldJb.text
x=connectman netaddress
 if x==true then
 (
  getjobs()
  for i=1 to jbs.count do format "Job : %	-	%
" i jbs[i] 
 jbList.items = for j in job collect j.name
 for o=1 to jbs.count do
 (
  if OldJb.text == job[o].name then 
  (
  messagebox "Duplicate job in the que"
  )
 )
  --m.disconnect()
 )
 else 
 (
 messagebox "Cannot connect."
 )
 )
 )--close rollout
createDialog GetJobsInfo 300 410  lockWidth:true lockHeight:true style:#(#style_toolwindow, #style_sysmenu, #style_resizing)
 
 
 

Okay I found it. So I borrowed a lot from Joshua Newmans script on this thread
http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=98&t=879640&highlight=backburner+jobs

There is also a lot of reasources here that might help:
http://forums.cgsociety.org/search.php?searchid=2848531

Woao viro , thank you very much , i´ll try it , thanks again

No problem, glad I could help. I have also since posted a less buggy version on script spot if anyone is interested.

http://www.scriptspot.com/3ds-max/scripts/simplified-net-render

Just FYI if you have mixed bit version jobs (32bit and 64bit) you will need to connect to the manager as both separately, build a list of jobs, and then test. When you connect to the manager through script you will only get the information for jobs of the bit version in which you connect. If you have a 32bit job called “Test Job” and connect as 64bit “Test Job” won’t be returned, however trying to submit a job called “Test Job” will error as it does already exist.

-Eric

Heh, looks like “How To Avoid Duplicate Job Name?” is still mind-blowing question that stay blured for years, lol. How else to explain the lack of good/simple solutions?

In the docs – nothing, and online – the Eric reply is the first one (not simple but working) solution I found.

So, don’t take me wrong, its just hard to me to believe that no one hasn’t an how-to idea. I just presume that the folks not share too much then come to net-render.

Ok, if you make me to believe that this is a really hard subject, then I’ll share what I do. Ah, and of course, if I do that, it will be after more replies here. This way will give a chance to anyone to prove that am wrong about the good will of the folks