Schedule Tasks

 

Program Start or Open File

Enter the program you wish to start eg. "notepad.exe" or the file you wish to open eg. "c:\words.doc" .

The program will be automatically assigned a Program ID.

Program Terminate

Select the Program ID of the Program to terminate.

Program Maximise

Select the Program ID of the Program to maximise.

Program Minimise

Select the Program ID of the Program to minimise.

Program Show Normal/ Activate

Select the Program ID of the Program to activate.

Program Move

Select the Program ID of the Program to move.
Enter the amount to move horizontally in X eg. -100 or +200 .
Enter the amount to move vertically in Y eg. -100 or +200 .

Program Size

Select the Program ID of the Program to resize.
Enter the horizontal size in X eg. -100 or +200 .
Enter the vertical size in Y eg. -100 or +200 .

Window Maximise

Enter the exact name of the window to maximise.

Window Minimise

Enter the exact name of the window to minimise.

Window Show Normal/ Activate

Enter the exact name of the window to show normal/ activate.

Window Move

Enter the exact name of the window to move.
Enter the amount to move horizontally in X eg. -100 or +200 .
Enter the amount to move vertically in Y eg. -100 or +200 .
If this is a child window (created within another window) it will move relative to its
owner window.

Window Size

Enter the exact name of the window to size.
Enter the horizontal size in X eg. -100 or +200 .
Enter the vertical size in Y eg. -100 or +200 .

Explore

Start Windows Explorer.
Optionally the folder to start with can be defined eg. "c:\win98\system" .

Print a File

The file will be queued to print on the PCs default printer.

Delete File/s

Enter the exact name of the files to delete. eg "c:\text.txt".
Wild card characters eg "c:\*.txt" may be used.
Be very careful which files you schedule to delete. The scheduler will not request confirmation before deleting.

Wait for a File

Enter the exact name of the file to wait for eg "c:\text.txt".
Select which event you want the task list to wait for...
"Created", "Altered" or "Deleted".

Send Characters

Enter the character/s you wish to send to the remote PC window. By selecting "Special Keys" you can send "Alt"and "Control" combinations, function keys F1 to F12 and other keys such as Insert and Arrow keys.

Make sure that the program/ window which will receive the character/s is activated before they are sent.

Wait Days HH:MM:SS

Wait a fixed time of Days, Hours, Minutes and Seconds.

Wait Till Date/ Time

Wait until a calendar date and a time on that day.

Shutdown

Shutdown the remote PC. The command selections are the same as the main shutdown command.

Messagebeep

Select the number of times the PC will "Beep".

 

General Points

Files and programs can be named with the complete path eg. "c:\windows\notepad.exe " or just the name of the file or program eg. "notepad.exe" . If no path is given then the scheduler will attempt to use the predefined search paths.

When naming windows eg. for Maximise, Minimise, Move etc. please use the exact name that appears in the caption area of the window.

When modifying or deleting a Program Start or Open File please remove any other tasks listed for this program.

 

 

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