How to make a task run at a certain time

[russell]

How do i make a script stay ideal till a certain system time? I tried using task schdualer but it needs an admin password and i dont want to set one becuase if the script fails it rebbot the pc back to the desktop automaticly and starts agin

[norax]

How do i make a script stay ideal till a certain system time? I tried using task schdualer but it needs an admin password and i dont want to set one becuase if the script fails it rebbot the pc back to the desktop automaticly and starts agin

well its memory consuming to make a loop check the time but it would work

$StartTime = "13:30"

While 1
    if @HOUR & ":" & @MIN = $StartTime Then
        ;script code here
    Else
        Sleep(25000)
    EndIf
WEnd

[russell]

wow, thanks! if this consumes alot or memory, is there another way?

[wakillon]

wow, thanks! if this consumes alot or memory, is there another way?

Try it first and look at your task manager if it is the case !

[Hellooopsforgotsendcommand]

wow, thanks! if this consumes alot or memory, is there another way?

Tested it and it uses less than 3.6 mb on my system (xp sp2)

[wakillon]

Tested it and it uses less than 3.6 mb on my system (xp sp2)

So it's fine !

[somdcomputerguy]

It seems to me that a 25 second sleep is way too much. What if it's 24 seconds before the task should be executed? After a 25 second sleep, the task won't be run by this script until the next day.. I'll post a modified version of the earlier posted code.

$StartTime = "13:30"
While 1
    If @HOUR & ":" & @MIN = $StartTime Then
     ;script code here
    EndIf
    Sleep(100)
    EndIf
WEnd

[Mison]

Alternatively, you can use Sleep() to pause your script until the time is right. Less memory consuming, but a bit complicated.

#include<Date.au3>

$currDate = _NowCalc() ; current date and time
;~ $newDate = "2010/09/18 12:05:00" ; new date and time
;~ $newDate = _NowCalcDate()&" 12:04:00" ; today's date + desired time
$newDate = _DateAdd("s", "15", _NowCalc()) ; newDate is set to be 15 seconds from now.

$diff = _DateDiff("s",$currDate,$newDate) ; Calculates the difference in seconds between $currDate and $newDate.

Sleep($diff*1000)

MsgBox(0,"","Activated on - "&_nowCalc())

[russell]

Alternatively, you can use Sleep() to pause your script until the time is right. Less memory consuming, but a bit complicated.

#include<Date.au3>

$currDate = _NowCalc() ; current date and time
;~ $newDate = "2010/09/18 12:05:00" ; new date and time
;~ $newDate = _NowCalcDate()&" 12:04:00" ; today's date + desired time
$newDate = _DateAdd("s", "15", _NowCalc()) ; newDate is set to be 15 seconds from now.

$diff = _DateDiff("s",$currDate,$newDate) ; Calculates the difference in seconds between $currDate and $newDate.

Sleep($diff*1000)

MsgBox(0,"","Activated on - "&_nowCalc())

Wow talk about above and beyond. Thanks!

[Mison]

Wow talk about above and beyond. Thanks!

It is my pleasure.