CRON Script

[gkaput]

NEED: SETUP AUTOMATIC PROCESS TO RUN MONTHLY REPORTS

I have used the CRON script in a UNIX environment, but I now need some knowledge on a comparable way to do this in Windows NT. Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!!!

 

[Dries Feys]

Windows batch running

Hello,

you can use the win98 / 2000 task-manager which starts up monthly the following command (which can be eventually included in a .bat batch file):

C:\DLC\bin\prowin32.exe -pf C:\PROGRESSAPPL\filename.pf
---------------
|==> Path to prowin32 (v9 : c:/program files/progress/bin)

in filename.pf you put the following :

-E
-d dmy
-lng "English"
-cpcase Basic
-cpcoll Basic
# -cpinternal (or -charset) - Specifies the code page for all internal
# data processing.
# ISO Standard Code Page
-cpinternal iso8859-1

# -cpstream (or -stream) - Specifies the code page for all stream files
# DOS Code Page
# -cpstream ibm850
# ISO Standard Code Page
-h 10

-db databasename -H server-hostname -S servicename -N TCP

-U username

-T c:\ProgressTmp
-p program-name.p
-------------------
|==> Program to start


In case you need further assisitance, feel free to contact me.

Regards,

 

[dancar]

cron on Windows

Simple enough. Windows NT has "Scheduled Tasks" typically accessed via "My Computer". Should do the trick. Normally installed with IE.
-dc

 

[ingie]

... or use the WinNT at command

( to check syntax use at -? in the NT command shell )

 

[dancar]

cron via windows

The "AT" command is a possibility but troublesome to use. Performance was unstable at times. The Task Scheduler helped, but it too uses the "at" command. There's always batch file programming.