I like C syntax languages. Javascript, C#, Java, CFScript and so on.
Personal taste I guess. I wouldn't say it looks like javascript in the least though. -----Original Message----- From: Zaphod Beeblebrox [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 2:57 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Scheduling iTunes hmmm....I've always considered it more javascript-esque than anything else. Not a lot of useless stuff in there like all the generated vb code that you can't touch for fear of your app no longer working. now, vbscript, that's another animal, but considering it seems based on javascript...well...here we go in a circle. What would you consider to be a "not ugly" language. On 5/29/07, Loathe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ruby is pretty damned ugly. Looks like VB. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Zaphod Beeblebrox [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 1:30 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Scheduling iTunes > > just in case you're interested. I wrote a ruby script to start itunes > download the podcasts and close. I got my inspiration (read code > plagiarism) from a couple of different sites doing it in a couple > different languages. > > > > require 'win32ole' > > TIMEOUT = 120 #run for a total of 120 minutes before forcing a shutdown. > BUSYPATH = ENV['homedrive'] + ENV['homepath'] + '\\My Documents\\My > Music\\iTunes\\iTunes Music\\Downloads\\Podcasts' > > iTunes = WIN32OLE.new('iTunes.Application') > > begin > puts 'iTunes Started' > timeout = Time.now + (TIMEOUT * 60) > > puts 'forcing update of podcast feeds' > iTunes.UpdatePodcastFeeds > > sleep(30) > > while Time.now < timeout && File.exists?(BUSYPATH) > puts 'still downloading stuff' > sleep(60) > end > > puts 'forcing a shutdown do to timeout' unless Time.now < timeout > > puts 'quitting iTunes' > sleep(30) > > iTunes.quit > iTunes = nil > > end unless iTunes.nil? > > > On 5/29/07, Marlon Moyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I guess iTunes doesn't like to listen to the scheduler. iTunes will > > open on command, but it won't close. Damnable software! > > > > On 5/29/07, Nick McClure <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > In the task scheduler you can tell it to end the task after a certain > amount > > > of time if it is still running > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Zaphod Beeblebrox [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 9:19 AM > > > > To: CF-Community > > > > Subject: Scheduling iTunes > > > > > > > > I use iTunes to do all of my music management and podcast downloading. > > > > It irritates me that I cannot schedule iTunes to download only in off > > > > peak times since my internet connection basically sucks. I'd like to > > > > set up something where I can start iTunes around 2am and have it run > > > > for a couple of hours downloading the latest podcasts and then > > > > automatically close. I figure I can use the built in windows > > > > scheduler to do the start up, but I don't think it'll be useful for > > > > the closing. Any suggestions? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create Web Applications With ColdFusion MX7 & Flex 2. Build powerful, scalable RIAs. Free Trial http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJS Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:235766 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
