Time activated

[LarryLogic]

How can I have a script run automatically at a specific time of day?

Larry

[andygaunt]

Larry -

To make a script run at a preset time and/or date you will need either an events plugin such as oazium events from www.wmotion.com or scriptit from www.cnsplug-ins.com or troiactivator from www.troi.com.

Alternatively you may be able to use a processing agent. For more information on this you can check out http://wmotion.com/support.html and also http://www.filemakermagazine.com/Article491.html

HTH

[LarryLogic]

Would I have a problem using Pause/resume script() and set it to activate after a commonly used script. This seems to work for a Promo layout I use. If another script is used it seems to stop the Pause/resume script. Could I set it for eight hours and assume it would work overnight. Its for backing up data using export so it won't hurt if it happens more often.

Larry

[Fitch]

What platform are you on? It's easy to do this sort of thing with a "cron" utility.

[DonH]

You can use a DOS Batch file with the scheduler to do backups on Windows. Even I figured out how to do that.