Export plugin on Macintosh not honoring LrTasks.startAsyncTask ?


hi -- need again!

 

i'm writing export plugin own application. 

 

on windows, works expected -- can start export , go doing other tasks in lightroom while application own thing.

 

but on macintosh, lightroom hangs rotating "busy" icon until application quits.

 

i baffled behavior because think i've wrapped i'm doing in calls lrtasks.startasynctask.

 

apparently i'm missing how asynchronous tasks work in lightroom, or @ least in lightroom on macintosh.

 

do have suggestions how can mac version keep lightroom responsive while exported-to application thing?

 

thanks!

 

--rik

 

for further information...

 

mac os x 10.9, lightroom 4.2

 

here current structure of exporttoma.lua file

 

local mylogger        = lrlogger("mylogger")

 

mylogger:enable("logfile")

 

exporttoma = {}

 

exporttoma.outputtolog = function(param)

  mylogger:trace(param)

end

 

lrtasks.startasynctask( function()

    mylogger:trace("entering outer lrtasks.startasynctask function")

    ...

    lrtasks.startasynctask( function()

        mylogger:trace("entering inner lrtasks.startasynctask function")

        local activecatalog = lrapplication.activecatalog()

        local frameset     = activecatalog.targetphotos

        local exportsession = lrexportsession( {

            exportsettings = {

                lr_exportserviceprovider       = "net.mydomain.maloader",

                lr_exportserviceprovidertitle  = "my application",

                lr_format                      = "tiff",

                lr_tiff_compressionmethod      = "compressionmethod_none",

                lr_export_bitdepth             = 16,

                lr_export_colorspace           = "srgb",

                lr_minimizeembeddedmetadata    = false

                },

            photostoexport = frameset,

            } )

        mylogger:trace("before doexportoncurrenttask()")

        exportsession:doexportoncurrenttask()       

        mylogger:trace("after doexportoncurrenttask()")

        mylogger:trace("exiting inner lrtasks.startasynctask function")

    end )

    mylogger:trace("exiting outer lrtasks.startasynctask function")

end )

 

when run on windows, log file contains sequence of messages this:

 

12/30/2013 10:36:48 trace    entering outer lrtasks.startasynctask function
12/30/2013 10:36:48 trace    exiting outer lrtasks.startasynctask function
12/30/2013 10:36:48 trace    entering inner lrtasks.startasynctask function
12/30/2013 10:36:48 trace    before doexportoncurrenttask()
12/30/2013 10:36:49 trace    after doexportoncurrenttask()
12/30/2013 10:36:49 trace    exiting inner lrtasks.startasynctask function
   <meanwhile application continues run while lightroom stays responsive>

 

but when run on macintosh, happens:

 

2013-12-30 19:01:50 +0000, trace    entering outer lrtasks.startasynctask function
2013-12-30 19:01:50 +0000, trace    exiting outer lrtasks.startasynctask function
2013-12-30 19:01:50 +0000, trace    entering inner lrtasks.startasynctask function
2013-12-30 19:01:50 +0000, trace    before doexportoncurrenttask()
  <indefinitely long pause while application runs>
2013-12-30 19:02:44 +0000, trace    after doexportoncurrenttask()
2013-12-30 19:02:44 +0000, trace    exiting inner lrtasks.startasynctask function

 

ideas?

well, async task working, export-on-current-task seems strange. mean, windows version should take longer (1 second multi-photo export - really?), , mac version shouldn't cause spinning beach ball. so, i'm guessing have bug in export settings happens manifest differently on different platforms - be? (for example, no export destination has been specified).

 

here's can try:

 

instead of

 

exportsession:doexportoncurrenttask()

 

do this:

 

for i, rendition in exportsession:renditions() do

     local status, pathormessage = rendition:waitforrender()

     if status then

          outputtolog( "exported "..pathormessage )

    else

        outputtolog( "unable export - "..pathormessage )

    end

end



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