Dave Kelsey
Tue, 18 Jul 2000 14:45:26 -0700
Previously in this list I believe I mentioned an alternative to NT's AT command scheduler - Schedule Assistant. After using it for a while I discovered that it is no longer in development so I went looking for a replacement. I found it - Poltergeist at http://www.Spectre.com. Poltergeist goes beyond standard scheduling programs with the ability to manipulate windows via their title bar name, shutting down programs identified by the title bar and even shutting down your machine. If you need a Windows scheduling solution, visit the web site and see what else it can do. There is a registration process that enables all features, but the software is completely FREE to use. While Poltergeist is an excellent FREE and supported scheduler for NT/98/etc, I did find a quirk with it. It will not properly execute a batch file if the path contains a space in the name (like D:\News Clipper or C:\Program Files\News Clipper). I have fixed this problem by specifying short pathnames to the batch file within Poltergeist, and including the short pathname within the batch file as shown below. In Poltergeist: Program Name - newsclipper.bat Path Name - d:\newscl~1\ In the Batch File: d:\newscl~1\newsclipper.exe -ar -i i:\apache\www\bri\newsclipper\newsclipper.txt -o i:\apache\www\bri\newsclipper\index.html d:\newscl~1\newsclipper.exe -ar -i d:\newscl~1\example_stocks.txt -o i:\apache\www\bri\newsclipper\examples\stocks.htm d:\newscl~1\newsclipper.exe -ar -i d:\newscl~1\example_weather.txt -o i:\apache\www\bri\newsclipper\examples\weather.htm d:\newscl~1\newsclipper.exe -ar -i d:\newscl~1\example_hotsites.txt -o i:\apache\www\bri\newsclipper\examples\hotsites.htm d:\newscl~1\newsclipper.exe -ar -i d:\newscl~1\example_news.txt -o i:\apache\www\bri\newsclipper\examples\news.htm d:\newscl~1\newsclipper.exe -ar -i d:\newscl~1\example_sports.txt -o i:\apache\www\bri\newsclipper\examples\sports.htm Without this over-emphasis to the path name, Poltergeist cannot find the executable. ___________________________________ David Kelsey Web/Net Engineer Binary Research International Inc. 5215 North Ironwood Road, Suite 200 Glendale, WI 53217, USA ___________________________________ Phone: (414)961-7077 Fax: (414)961-1716 USA Tollfree: 1-877-BINARY-1 or 1-877-246-2791 1-888-GHOST-98 or 1-888-446-7898 ___________________________________ http://www.BinaryResearch.net - If you would like to unsubscribe from this mailing list send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body "unsubscribe newsclipperlist YOUR_EMAIL_ADDRESS" (without the quotes) or use the form provided at http://www.NewsClipper.com/TechSup.htm#MailingList.