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The appFinder jobs do not perform a "best match" for version number; if AfterEffects CS5.5 is specified, it will not use CS6 if CS5.5 is not installed. A warning message will appear in the job logs, and the job instance will be restarted on another worker. |
How do they work? (internal details for developers)
When the job is submitted, the command line contains a "application template" that looks like __XYZ__ The XYZ portion between the double-underscores specifies which application to run. Currently,the following application templates are supported, being specified in the API library file $QBDIR/api/python/qb/backend/appDefaultPaths.py
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The job's package dictionary will contain an appVersion value python tuple value which specifies what version of that application to search for. So if the command-line contains an __AE__ application template, and the package's appVersion is the tuple (6,), then AfterEffects CS6 will be used on the worker. To specify CS5.5, the appVersion would be set to (5,5).
The jobtype backend code on the worker will examine the job's command-line and appVersion values, and check and see if a suitable application can be found on the worker. Only the 3rd-party software developer's default installation paths for a given application are scanned. See the section Supporting non-default installation paths with AppFinder if your studio installs applications in non-standard locations.
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