Time Functions in Autoit3

[MajSlayer420]

Hello I wanted to know if anyone knew how to make a timer to call a function at a certian time?

Say I enter 11:00(military time please) into a input, how can I get my program to detect when this time has arrived then call a function?

Thanks

MajSlayer420

[lod3n]

It would be better to use Windows Scheduled Tasks, and have it call a script that does the shutdown at a certain time. Otherwise, your script has to run continuously until the time arrives. Unless you have special circumstances that necessitate having a script run constantly, that's the way to go.

Now, as to scripting the startup of the computer... that's been discussed before:

http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=31067

[MajSlayer420]

Yes I do plan on running the script 24/7, I found some code that I figure might work if I implement it into my main loop.

#include <Date.au3>

While 1

If _NowTime(4) = "21:31" Then ; added the 4 parameter, to exclude the seconds(i dont think if you wake one second later makes any difference )

MsgBox(0,"wake","up")

EndIf

Sleep(100)

WEnd

Will this work?

Thanks for the reply

MajSlayer420

[lod3n]

No, because your sleep is too short. It will call the function many times during 21:31. Make your sleep= Sleep(60*1000) so it waits a full minute before testing the time again.