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Message   papabill    Steve Winn   Scheduled tasks   March 1, 2012
 11:24 AM  

Re: Scheduled tasks

> So for your example of running vpost, I would setup a windows scheduler event
> to run once a day that would create a file (e.g. vpost.flg). Then in VADV32
> setup a new file trigger event that looks for vpost.flg. Set the command to r
> vpost.exe and the parameters needed for vpost. Set it to run minimized so it
> isn't popping up on your screen and set it to delete the trigger file.
>
> When VADV32 finds vpost.flg, it will run the command + parameters in a
> minimized window and it will delete the trigger file so it isn't repeated unt
> the trigger is created again.
>

Are there any actual examples of how to do this? I really cannot figure it out.

Thanks


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