Oh well, never mind. Got it working now. Thanks for all your help.
Giles Roadnight http://giles.roadnight.name -----Original Message----- From: spike.org.uk [mailto:spike@;spike.org.uk] Sent: 30 October 2002 10:22 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [ cf-dev ] Cfexecute As far as I know, the schedule service only goes down to the nearest minute. It makes some sort of sense that this should be the case, because you don't want it to be consuming processor cycles constantly checking if there are any jobs to be started every second. Spike Stephen Milligan Team Macromedia - ColdFusion Co-author 'Reality Macromedia ColdFusion MX: Intranets and Content Management' http://spikefu.blogspot.com > -----Original Message----- > From: Giles Roadnight > [mailto:giles.roadnight@;goldcockerelbooks.co.uk] > Sent: 30 October 2002 11:19 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [ cf-dev ] Cfexecute > > > Yeah thanks for that, I have it working now. Is there any way > I can tell it to the second when to start. I have got 10:17 > to work but I can't get 10:17.10 or 10:17:10 or 10:17 10 to work. > > Thanks > > > Giles Roadnight > http://giles.roadnight.name > > > -----Original Message----- > From: spike.org.uk [mailto:spike@;spike.org.uk] > Sent: 30 October 2002 10:09 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [ cf-dev ] Cfexecute > > It lives in the winnt\system32\ directory - at.exe > > type at /? at the command line and you should see some help > info for it. > > You have to have the scheduling service running for it to > work, but apart from that it's pretty straightforward. > > If you want to have notepad pop up you would type something like this: > > at 10:15 /interactive "notepad.exe" > > That's assuming that notepad is in a directory on your path. > > You can also specify the full path: > > at 10:15 /interactive "c:\winnt\notepad.exe" > > If you want to call it from cfexecute, you need to pass the > arguments to the command as an array: > > <cfset args = arrayNew(1)> > <cfset args[1] = timeformat(dateadd('n',1,now()),"HH:MM")> > <cfset args[2] = "/interactive"> > <cfset args[3] = "notepad.exe"> > <cfexecute name="c:\winnt\system32\at.exe" arguments="#args#" > timeout="3" /> > > That should make Notepad popup on the screen of the server > where it is executed less than a minute after the file is browsed. > > Spike > > Stephen Milligan > Team Macromedia - ColdFusion > Co-author 'Reality Macromedia ColdFusion MX: Intranets and > Content Management' http://spikefu.blogspot.com > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Giles Roadnight > > [mailto:giles.roadnight@;goldcockerelbooks.co.uk] > > Sent: 30 October 2002 11:03 > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: [ cf-dev ] Cfexecute > > > > > > I tried it with a batch file with the same results. > > > > Spike, can you tell me more about the at command, I can't > > find any documentation on it. > > > > Thanks > > > > > > Giles Roadnight > > http://giles.roadnight.name > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: spike.org.uk [mailto:spike@;spike.org.uk] > > Sent: 30 October 2002 09:50 > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: [ cf-dev ] Cfexecute > > > > You can get cfexecute to run things that aren't command line > > programs, but then again, that's because most programs > > support command line execution anyhow: > > > > e.g. iexplore.exe "http://www.macromedia.com"; > > > > The problem you will run into is that the CF Server is > > logging on to the operating system with a different user > > session than the one you are using to work with the desktop, > > so the results of the <cfexecute> call will not appear on the > > desktop. You can get around this by calling the 'at' command > > with <cfexecute> and getting it to execute the program you > > want to see on the desktop. > > > > Spike > > > > Stephen Milligan > > Team Macromedia - ColdFusion > > Co-author 'Reality Macromedia ColdFusion MX: Intranets and > > Content Management' http://spikefu.blogspot.com > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Giles Roadnight > > > [mailto:giles.roadnight@;goldcockerelbooks.co.uk] > > > Sent: 30 October 2002 10:30 > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: [ cf-dev ] Cfexecute > > > > > > > > > Hi > > > > > > Is cfexecute only used to run command line programs? I > want to use > > > it to start a program on the server (well desktop - not > production > > > server) and leave it running. This is a windows program so I want > > > the window to appear and stay there. > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > > > > Giles Roadnight > > > http://giles.roadnight.name > > > > > > > > > -- > > > ** Archive: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%> 40lists.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ > > > > > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > For human help, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > ** Archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%> 40lists.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ > > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] For human help, e-mail: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > -- > > ** Archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%> 40lists.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ > > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] For human help, e-mail: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > -- > ** Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40lists.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] For human help, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -- > ** Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40lists.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] For human help, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- ** Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40lists.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For human help, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ** Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40lists.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For human help, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
