Help Creating Logic - Perform Work based on a Start Date only once in a while loop

[vortexed]

I can't seem to get my head around this one. I feel like it's at the tip of my tongue but it won't come out.

I am basically trying to Write to an INI file accross the network on a daily basis. I want to put this logic in a While 1 .... Wend

loop that runs constantly and I am trying to avoid writing to this ini file multiple times in a day, I want to write to this ini file every day, but once a day. Hope this makes sense.

I only need help with a logic so that I only date this once a day. I do not need exact code nor syntax for writing to an ini file, it's all in the help document and thank god I can read.

Thank you for looking at this.

here is a sample

Local $var1 = "blah"

While 1

Sleep(Random(300000, 600000, 1));Gives me control over how often I am executing the code below....

...some code

...some code

WEnd

[BrewManNH]

Look at the time and date macros and use then in an If/Then statement to figure out the time and day to see if you should write to the file again.

[somdcomputerguy]

Ya, see if you've already written what you want to write. Measure twice, cut once..

[kylomas]

vortexed,

This

Sleep(Random(300000, 600000, 1));Gives me control over how often I am executing the code below....

runs the while loop every 5 to 10 minutes.

In your OP you say

multiple times in a day

but do not mention that the times should be random (as hinted to by the above code).

Also, does this

accross the network

mean network share?

Does the script only process the INI file or do you want to do other things in the script?

kylomas

Edited March 31, 2013 by kylomas

[vortexed]

Oh god, why didn't I think of that. Thank you guys, I was able to make it happen. I was way over-thinking it.

Func Manifest()
Local $DateCalculator = @MON & "." & @MDAY & "." & @YEAR
Local $Manifest = IniRead($GlobalINI, "MANIFEST", @ComputerName, "NOTSET")
;Local $DateCalculator = @MON & @Day & @YEAR
If $Manifest <> $DateCalculator Then
  IniWrite($GlobalINI, "MANIFEST", @ComputerName, $DateCalculator)
  ConsoleWrite($DateCalculator)
EndIf
EndFunc   ;==>Manifest