This section of code launches a series of programs (Sony Vegas render nodes for network rendering) but it only launches one at a time and waits for the previous to close before launching the next. When I was testing I hardcoded in 4 launch commands and got 4 running programs, but when I try to do it dynamically using this loop it doesn't work out.

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"ECHO Launching Nodes... SET /A counter=0 SET progLaunch=%progDir%\%progExe% :launchLoop IF %counter% EQU %numNodes% GOTO exitLaunch SET /A counter=%counter%+1 ECHO launching instance for node %counter%... %progLaunch% -nosave -config %progDir%\netConfigFiles\client%counter%.config GOTO launchLoop :exitLaunch"

Here's the full code if anyone needs network rendering for Vegas. It works on any edition - just fill in the directory and the program file name.

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"@ECHO OFF cls ::Script to create Vegas 8.0 Render Nodes :lease open the firewall in advance! :done by program permissions or port 53704+(n-1) where n is number of nodes) :: ::What this script does ::Creates a directory to hold config files ::Creates the necessary number of config files (by parameter or # of processors) ::Each config has it's own sequential port number ::Spawns necessary number of nodes ::Spawns task manager, reports back IP address ::Waits for you to render ::On close -> wipes out all render instances, wipes svr instances, ::wipes config files, wipes directory :efine location of Vegas ::----------CHANGE THESE VARIABLES---------- SET progDir="C:\Program Files\Sony\Vegas Pro 8.0" ECHO Base Program Directory.............%progDir% SET basePort=53704 ECHO Base Port..........53704 SET progExe=VegSrv80.exe ::----------END CHANGE VARIABLES---------- :efine number of nodes IF [%1] EQU [] (SET numNodes=%NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS%) ELSE (SET numNodes=%1) ECHO Firing up %numNodes% nodes... ::Lets drag out that IP address ipconfig > c:\iphelper.txt find "IP Address" c:\iphelper.txt del c:\iphelper.txt ::Create directory to hold all the configs mkdir %progDir%\netConfigFiles ::Create configs SET /A counter=0 :configLoop IF %counter% EQU %numNodes% GOTO exitConfig SET /A counter=%counter%+1 SET /A port=%basePort%+%counter% -1 ECHO making config for node %counter%... ECHO ^<configuration^> > %progDir%\netConfigFiles\client%counter%.config ECHO ^<system.runtime.remoting^> >> %progDir%\netConfigFiles\client%counter%.config ECHO ^<application^> >> %progDir%\netConfigFiles\client%counter%.config ECHO ^<service^> >> %progDir%\netConfigFiles\client%counter%.config ECHO ^<wellknown >> %progDir%\netConfigFiles\client%counter%.config ECHO mode="Singleton" >> %progDir%\netConfigFiles\client%counter%.config ECHO type="Sony.Vegas.NetRender.NetRenderService,Sony.Vegas.NetRender" >> %progDir%\netConfigFiles\client%counter%.config ECHO objectUri="NetRenderService.rem" >> %progDir%\netConfigFiles\client%counter%.config ECHO ^/^> >> %progDir%\netConfigFiles\client%counter%.config ECHO ^<^/service^> >> %progDir%\netConfigFiles\client%counter%.config ECHO ^<channels^> >> %progDir%\netConfigFiles\client%counter%.config ECHO ^<channel name="NetRenderService" ref="tcp" port="%port%"^/^> >> %progDir%\netConfigFiles\client%counter%.config ECHO ^<^/channels^> >> %progDir%\netConfigFiles\client%counter%.config ECHO ^<lifetime leaseTime="0" ^/^> >> %progDir%\netConfigFiles\client%counter%.config ECHO ^<^/application^> >> %progDir%\netConfigFiles\client%counter%.config ECHO ^<^/system.runtime.remoting^> >> %progDir%\netConfigFiles\client%counter%.config ECHO ^<^/configuration^> >> %progDir%\netConfigFiles\client%counter%.config GOTO configLoop :exitConfig ECHO Launching Nodes... SET /A counter=0 SET progLaunch=%progDir%\%progExe% :launchLoop IF %counter% EQU %numNodes% GOTO exitLaunch SET /A counter=%counter%+1 ECHO launching instance for node %counter%... %progLaunch% -nosave -config %progDir%\netConfigFiles\client%counter%.config GOTO launchLoop :exitLaunch ECHO Holding until you're ready to shut 'er down (ON KEY PRESS EVERYTHING DIES!!!) PAUSE ECHO Wiping everything out del /Q %progDir%\netConfigFiles rmdir /Q %progDir%\netConfigFiles ECHO We're done here... PAUSE"

5/18/2011 6:38:36 PM

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"shut 'er down"

5/18/2011 6:51:16 PM

^haha, I got all excited that it was answered already.

These documentation notes are for our editors. They enjoy little things like that

5/18/2011 6:55:50 PM

whoa whoa, you got smilies all up in that thing. no wonder it doesnt work.

also, what happens if you throw a start infront of proglaunch?

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" start %progLaunch% -nosave -config %progDir%\netConfigFiles\client% "

5/18/2011 10:22:50 PM

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"start infront of proglaunch"

that was my first thought

actually, my first thought was powershell > .bat

5/18/2011 10:29:07 PM

also, try swapping
SET /A counter=%counter%+1
to
SET /A counter+=1

5/18/2011 11:28:03 PM

Dangit, I am not at work any more but I bet start will fix it. That's what I get looking at this stupid script for like 3 hours. I kept trying to use bash commands and breaking it....

Will report back.

5/18/2011 11:52:26 PM

bah.... it appears start uses space as a delimiter. So I put it into it's own string and start on the string - and all I get is a blank command prompt

[Edited on May 19, 2011 at 10:10 AM. Reason : nope... start sees quotes as a window title. Stupid thing...]

5/19/2011 10:09:45 AM

After a few hours this morning the only way I could get it to work is to dynamically create some batch files and launch each of those.

If anyone cares, here's the working code:

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"@ECHO OFF cls ::Script to create Vegas 8.0 Render Nodes :lease open the firewall in advance! :done by program permissions or port 53704+(n-1) where n is number of nodes) :: ::What this script does ::Creates a directory to hold config files ::Creates the necessary number of config files (by parameter or # of processors) ::Each config has it's own sequential port number ::Spawns necessary number of nodes ::Spawns task manager, reports back IP address ::Waits for you to render ::On close -> wipes out all render instances, wipes svr instances, ::wipes config files, wipes directory :efine location of Vegas ::----------CHANGE THESE VARIABLES---------- SET progDir=C:\Program Files\Sony\Vegas Pro 8.0 ECHO Base Program Directory.............%progDirQuotes% SET basePort=53704 ECHO Base Port..........53704 SET progExe=VegSrv80.exe ::----------END CHANGE VARIABLES---------- SET progDirQuotes="%progDir%" :efine number of nodes IF [%1] EQU [] (SET numNodes=%NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS%) ELSE (SET numNodes=%1) ECHO Firing up %numNodes% nodes... ::Lets drag out that IP address IPCONFIG > c:\iphelper.txt FIND "IP Address" c:\iphelper.txt DEL c:\iphelper.txt ::Create directory to hold all the configs MKDIR %progDirQuotes%\netConfigFiles ::Create configs SET /A counter=0 :configLoop IF %counter% EQU %numNodes% GOTO exitConfig SET /A counter=%counter%+1 SET /A port=%basePort%+%counter% -1 ECHO making config for node %counter%... ECHO ^<configuration^> > %progDirQuotes%\netConfigFiles\client%counter%.config ECHO ^<system.runtime.remoting^> >> %progDirQuotes%\netConfigFiles\client%counter%.config ECHO ^<application^> >> %progDirQuotes%\netConfigFiles\client%counter%.config ECHO ^<service^> >> %progDirQuotes%\netConfigFiles\client%counter%.config ECHO ^<wellknown >> %progDirQuotes%\netConfigFiles\client%counter%.config ECHO mode="Singleton" >> %progDirQuotes%\netConfigFiles\client%counter%.config ECHO type="Sony.Vegas.NetRender.NetRenderService,Sony.Vegas.NetRender" >> %progDirQuotes%\netConfigFiles\client%counter%.config ECHO objectUri="NetRenderService.rem" >> %progDirQuotes%\netConfigFiles\client%counter%.config ECHO ^/^> >> %progDirQuotes%\netConfigFiles\client%counter%.config ECHO ^<^/service^> >> %progDirQuotes%\netConfigFiles\client%counter%.config ECHO ^<channels^> >> %progDirQuotes%\netConfigFiles\client%counter%.config ECHO ^<channel name="NetRenderService" ref="tcp" port="%port%"^/^> >> %progDirQuotes%\netConfigFiles\client%counter%.config ECHO ^<^/channels^> >> %progDirQuotes%\netConfigFiles\client%counter%.config ECHO ^<lifetime leaseTime="0" ^/^> >> %progDirQuotes%\netConfigFiles\client%counter%.config ECHO ^<^/application^> >> %progDirQuotes%\netConfigFiles\client%counter%.config ECHO ^<^/system.runtime.remoting^> >> %progDirQuotes%\netConfigFiles\client%counter%.config ECHO ^<^/configuration^> >> %progDirQuotes%\netConfigFiles\client%counter%.config GOTO configLoop :exitConfig ECHO Launching Nodes... SET /A counter=0 SET progLaunch=%progDir%\%progExe% :launchLoop IF %counter% EQU %numNodes% GOTO exitLaunch SET /A counter=%counter%+1 ECHO launching instance for node %counter%... ECHO "%progLaunch%" -nosave -config "%progDir%\netConfigFiles\client%counter%.config" > launch%counter%.bat START /MIN "node%counter%" launch%counter%.bat GOTO launchLoop :exitLaunch ECHO Holding until you're ready to shut 'er down (ON KEY PRESS EVERYTHING DIES!!!) PAUSE ECHO Are you sure? This will kill all processes and end the party PAUSE ECHO Wiping everything out ::kill tasks ECHO Killing Nodes... SET /A counter=0 :killLoop IF %counter% EQU %numNodes% GOTO exitKill SET /A counter=%counter%+1 ECHO killing instance for node %counter%... TASKKILL /f /t /fi "WINDOWTITLE EQ node%counter% - launch%counter%.bat" DEL /Q launch%counter%.bat GOTO killLoop :exitKill ::wipe config files del /Q %progDirQuotes%\netConfigFiles ::wipe directory rmdir /Q %progDirQuotes%\netConfigFiles ECHO We're done here, exiting... PAUSE"

5/19/2011 11:09:00 AM

Using the code button (#) should avoid random .

@ECHO OFF
cls
::Script to create Vegas 8.0 Render Nodes
:lease open the firewall in advance!
:done by program permissions or port 53704+(n-1) where n is number of nodes)
::
::What this script does
::Creates a directory to hold config files
::Creates the necessary number of config files (by parameter or # of processors)
::Each config has it's own sequential port number
::Spawns necessary number of nodes
::Spawns task manager, reports back IP address
::Waits for you to render
::On close -> wipes out all render instances, wipes svr instances, 
::wipes config files, wipes directory

5/19/2011 5:09:20 PM

^what?

5/19/2011 5:50:21 PM

use the italic tags [i][/i] to avoid random emoticons, like :P instead of

5/19/2011 11:20:12 PM

^that would be a colossal misappropriation of my free time.

5/20/2011 10:07:47 AM