Re: [U2] Windows Task Scheduler
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/
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/
RE: [U2] Windows Task Scheduler
We run batch files from the Scheduler which use uvsh.exe to call catalogged UV programs or Paragraphs. Eric Armstrong Lobel Financial -Original Message- From: Mike Roosa [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2008 11:41 AM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: [U2] Windows Task Scheduler 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? Thanks, Mike Roosa --- 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/
RE: [U2] Windows Task Scheduler
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/
RE: [U2] Windows Task Scheduler
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/
