Run more apprentice server in the same time

[infoQN6A6]

Hi all,

I need to run more apprentice server component from a my application.

To do this I use more tasks but the problem is that the apprentices don't works, only 1 at time is working.

I need to do this because I have to manage a lot of files (about 300000) and is better have more tasks to check all.

If I create more than 1 application they works, I can understand that I can manage 1 apprentice server of each my application.

Someone knows this argument?

Thanks a lot

[bradeneuropeArthur]

Does this work:

Dim a1 As Inventor.ApprenticeServer = New Inventor.ApprenticeServerComponent
Dim b1 As Inventor.ApprenticeServerDrawingDocument = Nothing
'Dim c1 As Inventor.ApprenticeServerDocument = Nothing


Dim a2 As Inventor.ApprenticeServer = New Inventor.ApprenticeServerComponent
Dim b2 As Inventor.ApprenticeServerDrawingDocument = Nothing
'Dim c2 As Inventor.ApprenticeServerDocument = Nothing


b1 = a1.Open(FullName)
b2 = a2.Open(FullName)

[infoQN6A6]

Ok, but I want that all works in the same time and this not happen in this way. I tried.

I tried to insert the code in a separate thread but they don't work in the same time, for example

Apprentice 1 is opening a big assembly (20 seconds)

I want open an ipt with Apprentice 2 and it will open the file only after Apprentice 1 has finished its operation.

Now I created an external .exe (command line) and I start more istances of .exe and in this way all work fine

[bradeneuropeArthur]

use:  Application.DoEvents()

            Dim a1 As Inventor.ApprenticeServer = New Inventor.ApprenticeServerComponent
            Dim b1 As Inventor.ApprenticeServerDrawingDocument = Nothing
            'Dim c1 As Inventor.ApprenticeServerDocument = Nothing


            Dim a2 As Inventor.ApprenticeServer = New Inventor.ApprenticeServerComponent
            Dim b2 As Inventor.ApprenticeServerDrawingDocument = Nothing
            'Dim c2 As Inventor.ApprenticeServerDocument = Nothing

            Application.DoEvents()

            b1 = a1.Open(FullName)
            b2 = a2.Open(FullName)

[NachitoMax]

Hey

maybe this link could help?

https://adndevblog.typepad.com/manufacturing/2014/09/apprentice-in-side-thread.html

[BrianEkins · Accepted solution]

Apprentice is loaded and runs within the process of the program that is using it. Apprentice doesn't support multi-threading so you can't have a unique Apprentice associated with separate threads in the process.  To work around this you'll need to have multiple processes (exe's) where each one starts and drives Apprentice.