jeff@drexel.UUCP (Jeff White) (09/14/88)
On one of our PC's, we have a program which gets manually started every morning, which calls up a company, downloads some stock information, and then quits. The downloaded file is then printed out. (I should mention is a custom program, not part of a scriptfile from a communications program. We would like to set up the PC so that the program starts automatically each weekday (weekends can be ignored if it simplifies things) at a specific time (say, 6:00am). The program name just has to be typed, ie. 'bailey'; no other parameters have to be specified. Is there a public domain program that will allow this (the computer does have a real time clock, BTW)? I'm not that familiar with IBM Basic, but I imagine I could probably write a simple program, read the time, and if it greater than or equal to the designated time (ie. 6:00:30 instead of just 6:00), execute the program from within the Basic routine and then exit (and probably print or leave a completion message somewhere. However, a program that ran in the background, occasionally checking the time, might be a bit nicer. I would be interested in any recommendations you might have. Jeff White Drexel University - ECE Dept. rutgers!bpa!drexel!jeff
cpp90221@dcscg1.UUCP (Duane L. Rezac) (09/14/88)
From article <709@drexel.UUCP>, by jeff@drexel.UUCP (Jeff White):
{ We would like to set up the PC so that the program starts automatically
{ each weekday (weekends can be ignored if it simplifies things) at a specific
{ time (say, 6:00am). The program name just has to be typed, ie. 'bailey';
{ no other parameters have to be specified.
{ Is there a public domain program that will allow this (the computer does
{ have a real time clock, BTW)? Jeff White
{ Drexel University - ECE Dept.
{ rutgers!bpa!drexel!jeff
This is not shareware, but AUTOMENU Version 4.0 will allow timed execution.
AUTOMENU is a menu program that is user configurable, allowing custom menus,
password protection, and timed execution. You should be able to find a copy
on a BBS somewhere.
(no , this is not an add, I'm just a satisfied user)
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+-----------------------+---------------------------------------------------+rlb@xanth.cs.odu.edu (Robert Lee Bailey) (09/16/88)
In article <709@drexel.UUCP> jeff@drexel.UUCP (Jeff White) writes: > > On one of our PC's, we have a program which gets manually started every >morning, which calls up a company, downloads some stock information, and >then quits. The downloaded file is then printed out. (I should mention is >a custom program, not part of a scriptfile from a communications program. >We would like to set up the PC so that the program starts automatically >each weekday (weekends can be ignored if it simplifies things) at a specific >time (say, 6:00am). The program name just has to be typed, ie. 'bailey'; >no other parameters have to be specified. > Is there a public domain program that will allow this (the computer does >have a real time clock, BTW)? I'm not that familiar with IBM Basic, but I >imagine I could probably write a simple program, read the time, and if it >greater than or equal to the designated time (ie. 6:00:30 instead of just >6:00), execute the program from within the Basic routine and then exit (and >probably print or leave a completion message somewhere. However, a program >that ran in the background, occasionally checking the time, might be a bit >nicer. I would be interested in any recommendations you might have. You might try AUTOMENU which is a shareware menu program. It has a facility which allows for automatic execution of any program at some specified time. The syntax is very similar to using a standard .BAT file, so anything that you can do in a .BAT file can be done using AUTOMENU to allow execution at the specified time. I'm not sure that it will activate if another program is already running, but, I believe that it will execute as soon as you exit the other program (that is assuming that the specified time has been passed). Bob Bailey