Windows Task Scheduler

[hedata]

Hello everyone,

Hopefully I have the correct sub-forum. I'm attempting to create a Windows Task to open FileMaker Pro 12 Advanced and log into the administrator account. This is to run some scripts on a nightly basis.

I'm struggling to work out how I would get the task to enter the administrator username and password into FileMaker Pro and log itself in. Basic I know, but could anyone offer me some advice or guidance? Should I be using the command prompt for this? I'm running Windows 7 Professional.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Stuart

[Wim Decorte]

Is the file hosted? If not then you are out of luck.

If the file is hosted on FMS then you could use a server-side script schedule to do this which would be safe enough.

[hedata]

Unfortunately I'm running a script saves a PDF as a report and then sends it to an email address. This is incompatible with FMS and hence I was wondering whether a Windows Task Schedule would work instead (open FileMaker Pro 12 Advanced, choose the correct database, login, run the startup script and close in 10-15 minutes time.)

Any ideas what I could do? A batch file perhaps?

[IdealData]

You need a filemaker "opener" (just a regular FM file) file which is setup with automatic login using the admin account, and possibly a start script to target the hosted file correctly.

Use Windows Task scheduler to run the "opener" file.

[hedata]

Very interesting idea, thank you for your help! I'll definitely try that - I can see it working well.