Re: Automatically running an application every day

The problem with scheduled tasks, is that sometimes it simply doesn't do
the
job. No error messages, nothing!

If the URL you mentioned, is down, what is it supposed to do?

And besides, if it run the URL, it pops up in IE, and if don't remember to
close it, it won't run the next day because IE is already up with current
info in it and doesn't refresh. I've tried IE extensions and such to make
it auto-refresh. There's gotta be a headache-free way of doing this.

Sounds like you want something command-line driven or script-driven.
If it is interactive, it suffers from problems like this.

Just a suggestion:
You might want to investigate 4NT. You can fire up scripts and it has the
capability of collecting files from HTTP:, HTTPS:, FTP:, FTPS:. You can
download it for free to try out. See www.jpsoft.com
At work I constructed an automated 2 different 4NT script to download newer
and changed files from a FTP server. If the files are the same, they are not
collected. The non-programmers here all say they work like a charm. 4NT also
has mailing list/newsgroups where there are experienced helpful users. 4NT
and 4DOS its predecessor have been around since 1991. If you are familiar
with Microsoft's batch file langauge, it is the same but incredibly enhanced
with for loops, breaks, switches etc.

Stephen Howe


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