Run Program Scheduler

[fi3l2]

hey all, i am a definate noob to scripting here. I found this after I was messing with an Andy bot for diablo II and wanted to try my own tweaks.

Below is my attempt to run any file (another .au3 script, or anything else) at a certain time that is specifed. the reason I did it this way is because from what I was seeing, the Run() command doesn't work with other scripts.... which is why I got into autoit in the first place

basically to do things when I am not here :-D

lemme know what you guys thing and post some major improvements to it if you wish (plz!)

Thanks :-D

;Runs Anything at a certain time

#include <Date.au3>

$program = FileOpenDialog("Choose file...","My Computer","All")

$time = InputBox("Time", "What time would you like it to run?" & @CRLF & "hh:mm:ss AM/PM", _NowTime(), "")

$count = 0

while $time > 0 
  if $time = _NowTime() Then
    Send("#r")
    WinWaitActive("Run")
    Send($program & "{Enter}")
    $count = $count + 1
    Sleep(1000)
  EndIf
Wend

One problem I have seen, the script does not end after the program runs, the autoit is still in a tray icon for the script, anyone shed some light as to what is keeping this script alive after the while loop is done?

[buzz44]

nice first script =), to make it end simply add an "exit" in the if statement

while $time > 0
  if $time = _NowTime() Then
    Send("#r")
    WinWaitActive("Run")
    Send($program & "{Enter}")
    $count = $count + 1
    Sleep(1000)
    Exitloop
  EndIf
Wend

btw

$program = FileOpenDialog("Choose file...","My Computer","All")

didnt work for me, i changed it to

$program = FileOpenDialog("Choose file...","My Computer","All(*.*)")

Edited March 18, 2005 by burrup

[steveR]

Plus put the Sleep() statement outside the if\endif condition, it will make your CPU happier

while $time > 0
  if $time = _NowTime() Then
    Send("#r")
    WinWaitActive("Run")
    Send($program & "{Enter}")
    $count = $count + 1
    Exitloop
  EndIf
Sleep(1000)
Wend

Edited March 18, 2005 by steveR

[fi3l2]

ty ty

runs great now

awesome

thanks again

gotta get back to learning even more off the forums

latez

[Ejoc]

What about having it sleep the time difference of now and when it needs to go off.

ie:

1) Get the time you want it to go off

2) sleep(1000*(difference in seconds between then and now))

3) execute your code

this will save you some cpu

[buzz44]

agreed