JTX 9.3.1 How to get Job_ID

MarkMindlin

We are facing a problem  with JTX and ArcMap. We create a SDE version and start ArcMap from JTX.  It creates specific mxd file (with name JOB_xyz, where xyz ??? is current Job_ID number).
Question: How we can get Job_ID programmatically?
First, maybe we could create a command (extension) for ArcMap? JTX has classes connected to Job_ID. How can we create JTX objects from ArcMap?
Second, maybe get Job_ID before mxd file will be created ?
Last, maybe another source (for instance, from JTX tables linked with process ID in Windows), BUT WE CAN'T GET LAST JOB_ID, because we are running a couple of JTX instances?

bdemers

Hi... There are a couple of different ways to get the ID of the current job, depending on how you need to do it.

Probably the simplest way would be to pass the job ID as a step argument using the "[JOB:ID]" token; this works well with, say, GP tools or scripts, .bat files, and the like.

With a custom step, the job ID is passed directly into the "Execute" function as an argument, so that's another easy case.

From within ArcMap... if ArcMap was launched using the "JTXDesktopSteps.LaunchArcMap" step, the Workflow Manager extension will know which job opened ArcMap.  I don't know if this is the only/preferred way or even if it will work in all cases, but for example:

IApplication m_application;
IJTXJob3 m_job;

// ...m_application is a handle to the ArcMap application; might be retrieved, passed in, etc...

IExtension ext = m_application.FindExtensionByName("Workflow Manager");
if (ext != null)
{
  // Get handles to the JTX extension and current job, if possible.
  m_jtxExt = ext as IJTXExtension;

  if (m_jtxExt != null)
  {
    m_job = m_jtxExt.Job as IJTXJob3;
  }
}

...and at this point, if everything's successful, "m_job" should be a handle to the job that was active when ArcMap was launched.  From there, you can access its ID, name, etc.

Hopefully that helps.

Brian D.