>In article <4krthn$f1q at vivanews.vivanet.com>, vonbuskr at vivanet.com (R.
>VonBuskirk) wrote:
>>> Im trying to find a software program that will:
>>>> 1. start a program at a specific time
>> 2. Run the program for a specific time
>> 3. Close the program
>>>> Does anyone have any Ideas???
>>>In article <buehler+-1704961501550001 at 7100powerpc.mgen.pitt.edu>,
>buehler+ at pitt.edu (Eugen C. Buehler) wrote:
> Well if you're smart enough to be using a Macintosh, it should take
>about five minutes to write an Applescript that would do what you want.
>Here's what it would look like:
>> ... script snipped ...
>>If you're using Windows 95 (aka Mac 88) or any of those other, lesser
>platforms, you're on your on.
Not so true. If you run Warp then a turbo pascal prog written thus:
repeat
time:=gettime
if time=runtime then exec(program)
time:=gettime
if time>endtime then done:=true
until done
with Warp setting of the idle sensitivity means this prog only uses minimum
resources (just like Apples). I'm sure a REXX prog (from Warp) would do it
very (much more) elegantly too.
Getting back to the original request, I have written program that runs
other programs at set times in Windoze and Dos, if you would like the code,
email me.
cheers, Alex.
