Take a look at... http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=23781
Quartz is java based open source scheduling it has good ddocumentation , i never used it though. So when you have a working example or two please post it back to the list :-), i would be intersted in using it for my future tasks. Regards Raj -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2002 5:20 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: How to implement a schedule in my application Hi All, I want to implement a schedular in my application. Basically I want to be able to specifiy events in the application and have it perform predetermined tasks (such as e-mail a user). I can do all of that, but I am not sure how to handle the... is it time to do something? I can make a cron job and go at the database from outside every five minutes or something... Is that the best way? Other things like database archiving, status reports, etc... -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

