On Thursday, Sept 30 1999, Jeff Reynolds wrote:
> Does anyone have any software or hardware suggestions for restarting
> windows machines once a day? I have a metacard app that runs at an
> aquarium and windows doesnt like to stay on day after day. Like to just
> have a restart once a day in the middle of the night to save staff from
> having to do it. If any of you get to the Monterey Bay Aquarium, check
> out the DeepLink presentation in the auditorium, its controlled by a
> Metacard application!
It occurs to me that you might be able to do this using DDE - the Windows
equivalent of AppleEvents. The External Collection on our web site includes
support for DDE on Windows. I'm not sure what the command would be though,
but it might be worth a shot trying to find out if it can be done like this.
Regards,
Kevin
> thanks,
>
> jeff
>
>
> Jeffrey H. Reynolds, Ph.D.
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