Bill, The instructions you sent worked as well. Thanks for the help. On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 12:33 PM, Bill Haskett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> Mike: > > How well did the instructions I sent you work? > > Bill > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Roosa > Sent: Friday, October 03, 2008 8:48 AM > To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > Subject: Re: [U2] Windows Task Scheduler > > Well, I got an error with option #1, but option #2 worked fine. I'll just > go with that way for now. Thanks. > > On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 12:56 AM, Tony G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi Mike. Three methods come to mind. > > > > 1) start /b c:\ibm\uv\bin\uv.exe "PHANTOM MY.PROGRAM" > > > > 2) Some people may prefer a script, so here is how to do it like > > that. Create a text file called uvphantom.vbs with the contents > > below. You can do this from BASIC and customize as required. ;) > > You can also do this with just two lines but I broke it into > > four, to avoid email wrapping here. > > > > '''''''' > > Set objShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell") > > uvexec = "c:\ibm\uv\bin\uv.exe " > > command = """PHANTOM MY.PROGRAM""" > > output = " > phantom_output.txt" > > objShell.Run "cmd /c " & uvexec & command & output, 0, False > > '''''''' > > > > The /c in the last line means close the a window as soon as the > > command finishes, assuming a window gets a chance to open. > > The 0 means hide the output (you can also use 7). > > The False means don't wait for the command to finish, just spawn > > the task and move on. > > > > Now with task scheduler, execute: > > wscript c:\path\to\uvphantom.vbs > > > > Since I know you work with C#, you can also use > > System.Diagnostics.Process if you want to do more rigourous > > handling of output, maybe completely wrap the process. > > > > HTH > > T > > > > > From: Mike Roosa > > > I am using the Windows Task Scheduler to run a job in > > > Universe. Everything is working great except that I > > > can't figure out how to keep the console window from > > > opening when the uv.exe command is executed. The > > > command I'm using to run my program is > > > c:\ibm\uv\bin\uv.exe "PHANTOM MY.PROGRAM". Is there a > > > switch or something to indicate that the console > > > window should not open? > > ------- > > u2-users mailing list > > u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ > ------- > u2-users mailing list > u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ > ------- > u2-users mailing list > u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ ------- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
