The scheduler continues to be a fantastic component. I've used it every workday
for years off my USB flash drive. But, as with most things, it could use a
tiny bit of sprucing up to make speedier and more powerful than it already is.
Here's hoping that at some point you can add and or all of these Bruce <g>.
1. Really desperately need some more time intervals for the repeating
scheduled items. If possible, 1½ hours (90mins) and 3 hours would be great.
I've needed those intervals before but had to make due with what was available
and, or in extreme cases, go with something else for the odd repeating
reminder. Not good, but what can we do ... <g>
2. It would be really, really nice to test the script outside the scheduling
window itself, right in the scheduling main window. We've always had to double
click the entry before being able to test it whereas adding a nice TEST button
underneath the rows of buttons on the right would make life easier.
3. This last is a biggie, and I haven't mentioned it before but since I'm
already doing this, might as well ...
a. Add an extra column in the scheduling window that serves as a title for
each scheduling entry, and
b. Add sorting capabilities to that title bar so we could sort by column.
And lastly, again, all just wishes, but at some point it would be really great
if PowerPro understood relative paths more easily. Right now, to have PPro
execute something in the PowerPro folder, or a subfolder, it takes this long
line of code:
do(pprofolder++"/REMINDERS/TxtFile(s)-Diary v2.2, entries for (w-delay).au3")
Not only a pain but since this line is always very long, always gets split.
If on the USB flash drive, but not in the PPro folder, the lines look like this:
do(disk++?":\BACKUPS\bkpsOFFICEfiles\00-BACK UP MSIE Favorites (automated)-
0WORK.au3")
It would be so nice just to have PPro treat whatever entry we browse to in a
relative path way to begin with.
If anyone uses PStart, it's a fabulous launching application that is especially
good for making a start-like menu that resides in the tray. What makes it
unique is that after you browse to something and after clicking to add it, it
automatically change the path to a relative one. Here's an example I just
did. I clicked through to select a graphic on my USB flash drive (ufd) and
PStart entered it like this:
..\..\..\GRAPHICS\Crocus- spring.jpg
The above means that no matter what computer I'm on, PStart will open that file
no matter what drive letter the host computer assigns to the ufd.
If this functionality were added to the PPro scheduler, it would make PPro a
portable app, not just a standalone-capable one.
Anyway, thank you for your consideration. For all I know some of these are
easy, while others may be really too hard to do. But hoping that you'll
consider them, Bruce so that the scheduler becomes even more that what is is.
Cheers, :oD
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