Use Pro as a server?

Question

The pro SDK is very strong and we like to use it as a server to do some jobs.

Unlike ArcObjects it does not run outside Pro (Except the geodatabase library).

The RunTime does not always give a solution plus we need to program with other libraries.

First, is this allowed by the license (for ArcObjects we needed a server license).

I am thinking about a few options.

1) Install a pro on the server that have an extension that check some files in a directory and process them. A window service will run the pro once in a while. Is it possible to close Pro from within the SDK (close myself)?

2) Running pro manually and press a button that run a timer or open a port for messages that will trigger the action and just keep it open.

Any ideas?

Thanks

mody_buchbinder · Answer

The Original questions comes from BUG-000136452 when import to PDF does not work the same with open Pro or stand alone python program. The CoreHost is basically covered by ArcPy. As I said there is still a "few" things that the SDK can do but not ArcPy that need to be done on a stand alone (or at least not interactive) program.

CharlesMacleod · Answer

I see. Thanks for that.

What I told Mody to do was run a console executable, not Pro. However, for that console executable to run, it will need Pro installed. The console executable will need two references - the ArcGIS.Core and ArcGIS.CoreHost dlls - hence the name "CoreHost".

KirkKuykendall1 · Answer

IIRC, the arcmap license prohibited setting arcmap.exe up as a map server.  I thought I'd check with the Pro terms & conditions to see if same restriction applies.  However, the only way I see to do that is to re-install, and actually read the terms before clicking "agree".  (Seems like there ought to be an easier way to read what I agreed to when I installed.)