I made a nice alternative for the BOINC manager.

For the local machine or for your remote computers.

http://www.efmer.eu/boinc/boinc_tasks/
Makers of TThrottle.

You're statically linking to the LGPL-licensed GUI RPC libraries from BOINC.

If you do that, you must provide either source code for your app, or the object files (.obj). I should be able to modify the BOINC code, and relink your app with my modified version of the BOINC code.

Your other option is dynamically linking instead (making a boincguirpc.dll or something like that). Then I could just put a modified version of the DLL in place without having to link anything.

In your license, you claim the BOINC libraries are GPL-licensed. That's incorrect (they're LGPL), but if it was actually GPL, you would be under a bigger problem (you wouldn't be able to link your closed-source program to that code at all).

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You're statically linking to the LGPL-licensed GUI RPC libraries from BOINC.

If you do that, you must provide either source code for your app, or the object files (.obj). I should be able to modify the BOINC code, and relink your app with my modified version of the BOINC code.

You will find it at the bottom of this download page.
http://www.efmer.eu/boinc/boinc_tasks/download.html

As nice as your TThrottle, Fred.

One thing that jumped on me. Hovering fields where the long names end in ... Can we have balloon pop ups plz.

There's 1 science that lists the wrong Application name. Maybe because of a Beta that was converted to a production application with the same version number. Both are listed in the client_state.xml and show in the projects folder. Not sure if that will self correct come time these jobs get their turn to crunch.

edit: Bug, though selecting a task and changing the status from Ready to Start to Suspended, the BT continues to list them as Ready To Start. In BM they show as correctly having been changed status to "Task Suspended by User".

I found something wrong in the application lookup so that should be corrected in the next version. That is because I try to resolve the application name in a

I added a request for an icon text to my wish list.

There's 1 science that lists the wrong Application name.

The new 0.21 Version (beta) should solve this.

Regrettably no, the Help Cure Muscular Dystrophy - Phase 2 6.14 as it shows in BOINC manager is listed in BT both for active and the contracted Ready to Start as 6.14 Beta Testing - Help Cure Muscular Dystrophy - Phase 2

Client is the alpha 6.10.13, 32 bit.

Ok I see what's the problem, I make a setting in case this happens.
I was already afraid that someone would give two different tasks the same version number.

Regrettably no, the Help Cure Muscular Dystrophy - Phase 2 6.14 as it shows in BOINC manager is listed in BT both for active and the contracted Ready to Start as 6.14 Beta Testing - Help Cure Muscular Dystrophy - Phase 2

Client is the alpha 6.10.13, 32 bit.

Ok I see what's the problem, I make a setting in case this happens.
I was already afraid that someone would give two different tasks the same version number.

They've done that at Einstein too.

considering the WCG application numbering logic and them running 9 projects in parallel, you'll see allot more of this. Quick check the Linux HCC and HPF2 sciences both go by version number 6.03

A new version 0.22

Great, you fixed this and also fixed the "ready to start" state. Results now show as suspend when they were.

There's a new bug, or at least not noticed this before. Remote client v. 6.2.28 exclusively running WCG's Help Fight Childhood Cancer version 6.10. Those running in this duo show the right version number, those ready to start show 0 as version.

The 0 is shown with filter on or off or both?

Sorry, should have said that since I checked it before writing in. Yes, both.

Ok I think I found something for the next version to correct.
But the make sure, the application name is correct, only the version number is 0.

Here's something I'm not so happy about v.v. all the versions, not just 0.22 or 0.23 beta. Though I've got a setting to not connect to project but for 15 minutes daily, just before 00:00 UTC, BT seems to push a 2 hourly connect to all projects, regardless if project is suspended, not allowed to fetch work or otherwise. If I exit BT it does not do so. Idea why?

Here a piece of log whilst I had my eyes thoroughly shut and seen on all clients, local and remote at the same time intervals:

13/10/2009 04:55:36	ABC@home	update requested by user
13/10/2009 04:55:36	proteins@home	update requested by user
13/10/2009 04:55:36	rosetta@home	update requested by user
13/10/2009 04:55:36	boincsimap	update requested by user
13/10/2009 04:55:36	superlinkattechnion	update requested by user
13/10/2009 04:55:36	climateprediction.net	update requested by user
13/10/2009 04:55:36	Docking@Home	update requested by user
13/10/2009 04:55:36	QMC@HOME	update requested by user
13/10/2009 04:55:36	malariacontrol.net	update requested by user
13/10/2009 04:55:36	PrimeGrid	update requested by user
13/10/2009 04:55:36	World Community Grid	update requested by user
....
13/10/2009 05:00:36		Suspending network activity - time of day

The BT preference screen do not indicate anything of a scheduled contact nature.

thanks

There is a 2 hourly update for the WU regulator. It does a project update, reporting in work.
But only when you set the Wanted WU to something else than blank or > 0
And only when the number of WU you have are higher then the set value. (flushing)
There should be an entry in the log.
Setting days and wu to blank or 0 should shutdown this feature. (default setting)

Sorry, see no log entry, nor a field which can be set to blank or zero. Is that in cc_config.xml or global_prefs/global_prefs_override.xml where that field is stored?

I think he means in BoincTasks.

1) The "additional buffer" field I see in 0.22 and 0.23 as greyed out.

2_ Maybe another bug. I've noticed a few times that the BM preference interface is showing the website device prefs for the daily scheduled connects as they were originally and not the local overrides. I've put them back again. The fact that all clients, local and remote are doing this in perfect sync suggests BT is forcing this.

3) Feature request: Could you also add a filter to summarize the "uploading"

Thanks for this great tool, promising to become a wonderful replacement of BOINCView.

edit: re note Richard in next post, silly me, now see that field where when first starting to use BT must have entered some values. Set to zero. Thanks.

1) Is disabled when you set the WU values, is done automatically.
2) What settings are you losing?
3) I added that one as well as downloading.

Hi Fred,

This overwriting of Local Prefs seems to affect more fields. 3 times now I've changed the Additional Buffer field from 1.00 to 0.50 and again this morning it was back to 1.00. The website profile is set to 3.0. I've confirmed in BM that the 0.50 was saved properly and the BT preferences also showing 0.50 for that client (localhost).

cheers

edit: Is it my computer or is it BT not remembering the window and frame size? Seems to reset each time the appl. is exited and started.

Check the BoincTasks Log Help->Show log if there is any entry, saying it is changing it to 1.
But at the moment I'm adding all the missing items and I'll test that as well.

The last point is in the wish/todo list, with a lot of other items....

Weird, but maybe something is pulled over from another client that does have the local pref set to 1.00

14 oktober 2009 - 11:46:38 Regulator, set work buffer ---- Host: 192.168.xx.xx,that, WU now: 8, WU needed: -1, Set days: 1
14 oktober 2009 - 11:46:38 Regulator, set work buffer ---- Host: localhost,this, WU now: 23, WU needed: -1, Set days: 1

ATM from my last manual change, the 0.50 on the local host has held.

Looks like you have an entry in the days work column, this value overwrites the work buffer setting.... everytime you start BoincTasks. Clear the value in the column.

Could not figure that one out. When you open the Computers view, then Computers Combined and close the Computers view, there's no way to open latter until closing all windows. Could that behavior be changed that if Computers is his, that window is reopened?

thanks

Nice one, I always use the icon (1e) that works all the time.
I will make a note to include the menu Computer->show in the combined view.

A new version with a lot of request/fixes.

http://www.efmer.eu/boinc/boinc_tasks/download_beta.html

V 0.26 is out as Beta with a lot of new features.

V 0.27 with a long list of improvements.
http://www.efmer.eu/boinc/boinc_tasks/download_beta.html

The new version 0.28 is ready for download: http://www.efmer.eu/boinc/boinc_tasks/download.html
BoincTasks is also the way to show tasks on your “single” computer.
Is has some nice features like warnings on certain events, efficiency values for your GPU.
Combining a lot of tasks into one line and still show them.
A history of completed WU’s




And for those with more than one computer an easy way to follow them all or just a single machine.