Custom PrintTask works but returns "Null" for result.url

JaniceBaird

I have a custom PrintTask which I created following the Advanced Printing Tutorial. When I execute the PrintTask, the pdf is created and resides in the arcgisjobs folder on my GIS Server. I can open the pdf manually but I can not get it to open using window.open(result.url). The result url is null. If I examine the result object, I see that it is an esri DataFile with a url property that is null.

Has anyone else created a custom PrintTask with different results? How do I get the path and file name returned when the print task completes if the result object does not have the url?

Here is my code:

function advancedPrint(printScale) {     require(["esri/SpatialReference", "esri/tasks/PrintTask", "esri/tasks/PrintTemplate", "esri/tasks/PrintParameters"], function (SpatialReference, PrintTask, PrintTemplate, PrintParameters) {         var printURL = dataLink + "/Test/AdvancedPrint/GPServer/AdvancedPrint"         var printTask = new PrintTask(printURL, { async: true });         var formatOpt = getFormat();         var printLayout = getLayout();         var sr = new SpatialReference(102748);         var printParams = new PrintParameters();         printParams.map = map;         printParams.outSpatialReference = sr;         printParams.extraParameters = { mapExtent: map.extent, printToScale: printScale };         var printTemplate = new PrintTemplate();         printTemplate.format = formatOpt;         printTemplate.layout = printLayout; // "Letter ANSI A Landscape";         printTemplate.preserveScale = false;         printTemplate.layoutOptions = {             titleText: dijit.byId("txtPrintTitle").value,             authorText: dijit.byId("txtPrintAuthor").value,             copyrightText: "Copyright 2014",             scalebarUnit: "Miles"         };         printParams.template = printTemplate;         // Progress bar         var i = 0;         var progressBar = dijit.byId("progressBar");         var progressGo = setInterval(function () {             progressBar.set("value", i++ % 100);         }, 300);         setTimeout(function () { clearInterval(progressGo); }, 10000);         // Execute Print Task         printTask.execute(printParams, printComplete);     }); }  function printComplete(result) {     window.open(result.url);     var progressBar = dijit.byId("progressBar");     progressBar.label = "Print Complete"; }

Thanks,
Janice.

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JaniceBaird

How embarrassing... I totally left out a line in my python script. Everything was going great and the script was doing exactly what I told it to do... it even neglected to return the output as suggested by my spiffy coding!

If you want your python to return the result, don't forget this line:

# Set the output parameter to be the output file of the server job
arcpy.SetParameterAsText(4, Output_File)


thanks to Erwin @ esri technical support for pointing me in the right direction!

Janice.