Auto Launching AREV from Windows NT (AREV Specific) [Revelation On-Line Wiki]

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At 17 NOV 1999 07:24:16PM Frank S. Adamo wrote:

AREV Specific

My client has ARev 3.0 operating on a Windows NT server. We have Arev on the Server open for background indexing. Since tape backups only seem to backup closed files, I have set up a routine within Arev to auto logoff from the workstations at 11:00 pm. Then we start the backup at 12:00 midnight. Everything is fine, except we need to have the indexing AREV at the NT server on after the backup.

I would like to be able to auto logoff of the indexing AREV at 11:00 pm (which I can do), backup, and then auto logon the indexing AREV after the backup is finished.

It seems that there are programs available to set up macros to launch programs at a particular time, but invariably, I can't seem to locate them now. Does anyone have a suggestion on a reliable way to auto launch AREV at a preset time?

At 17 NOV 1999 08:08PM Warren wrote:

Install/activate scheduler servive on NT Server and schedule a bat/cmd file to start ARev at a given time.

At 18 NOV 1999 01:58PM Frank S. Adamo wrote:

Thanks. I realized that W98 has a task scheduler, but couldn't find a similar program on NT. Thanks again

At 18 NOV 1999 04:25PM Steve Smith wrote:

Here is a simple option which I posted some time ago (1995) on Compuserve…TESTHOUR.COM returns the hour of day (0-23) as a DOS

errorlevel. This batch file can be extended to suit your requirements/ times for running AREV.

echo off

cls

testhour

:top

if errorlevel 1 if not errorlevel 2 goto 1am

if errorlevel 2 if not errorlevel 3 goto 2am

if errorlevel 3 if not errorlevel 4 goto 3am

if errorlevel 4 if not errorlevel 5 goto 4am

if errorlevel 5 if not errorlevel 6 goto 5am

if errorlevel 6 if not errorlevel 7 goto 6am

if errorlevel 7 if not errorlevel 8 goto 7am

if errorlevel 8 if not errorlevel 9 goto 8am

if errorlevel 9 if not errorlevel 10 goto 9am

if errorlevel 10 if not errorlevel 11 goto 10am

rem etc. etc.

goto top

:1am

echo 1am

goto end

:2am

echo 2am

goto end

:3am

echo 3am

goto end

:4am

echo 4am

goto end

:5am

echo 5am

goto end

:6am

echo 6am

goto end

:7am

echo 7am

goto end

:8am

echo 8am

goto end

:9am

echo 9am

goto end

:10am

echo 10am

goto end

rem etc etc…

:end

At TCL:

EVAL OSWRITE \5152B42CCD218AC5B44C5A59CD21\ TO "TESTHOUR.COM"

Steve

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