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Setting up a Schedule
The AutoSchedule program handles
the interface for setting up schedules and selecting preferences for AutoPilot.
By selecting an item in AutoPilot's Preferences
tab, AutoSchedule will be opened and set to the item you selected.
You can also start AutoSchedule from the Applications
tab or from several tab item Open menu options.
The following instructions
will guide you in setting up a schedule. Once you understand the
components (Calendar, Time, Repeat Every, and the
checkbox items) and how they work together, you will be ready to
schedule all of the features provided by the scheduling addons under the
Preferences
tab in AutoPilot.
NOTICE: Sorry, the keyboard
is not supported in this version.
Schedule Setup Instructions
NOTE:
The following instructions pertain to setting up a Reminder. However,
the details are the same for any schedule.
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First, be certain AutoPilot
is running.
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Move the mouse to the Preferences
tab. Click (or double click) the Reminders
item. This will open AutoSchedule and display the Schedule tab.
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Setup the schedule. Each
component of the schedule is described below.
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When you're done, click the
Save Now button to be certain your schedule has been saved.

Description
Enter a description. This
can be anything you like, however it must be unique accross all
schedules. Choose a name or phrase you will recognize, you may wish
to make changes later or run it manually. NOTE: use alpha-numeric,
dash (-), underline(_), and space only. Other characters may be entered,
however we can not guarantee they will not cause problems.
Calendar
You will only need to setup
the Calendar if one or more of the following applies.
You want to limit the schedule
for:
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a specific year
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a specific month
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a specific day
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one or more specific weekdays
To specify the year,
click on Year and click the up/down arrows to select the desired
year.
To specify the month,
click on Month and click the up/down arrows to select the desired
month.
To specify the day,
click on numeric value of the desired day.
To specify one or more weekdays,
click on S,M,T,W,Th,F,Sa buttons for the days you desire.
It is perfectly okay to combine
these options. However, if you choose one or more weekdays, do not
select a specific numeric day.
Examples:
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Select Year (2000), Month
(May), and Day 18. The schedule will be ran on May,
18th, 2000 only.
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Select M, W, and
F.
The schedule will be ran on every Monday, Wednesday and Friday of every
year and every month.
Time
You will only need to setup
the Time if you want to run the schedule at a specific time. To set
the time, click on H, M or AP. Then use the
up/down arrows to select the desired time and am or pm.
Examples:
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Select Year (2000), Month
(May), Day 18 and a time of 2:30 pm. The schedule
will be ran on May, 18th, 2000 at 2:30 pm only.
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Select M, W, F
and a time of 2:30 pm. The schedule will be ran on every Monday,
Wednesday and Friday of every year and every month at 2:30 pm.
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Select a time of 2:30 pm.
The schedule will be ran every day at 2:30 pm.
Repeat
Every
You will only need to setup
Repeat Every if one or more of the following applies.
You want to run the schedule:
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every so many hours (up to 23)
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every so many minutes (up to
59)
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every so many seconds (up to
59)
Examples:
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Select a Repeat Every of 10
minutes. The schedule will be ran every 10 minutes of every day.
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Select M, W, F
and a Repeat Every of 10 minutes. The schedule will be ran on every
Monday, Wednesday and Friday, and repeat every 10 minutes.
Checkbox
Options
Support Quick Access
- checking this box adds this schedule to the Quick
Access tab in AutoPilot. From there you can manually run
this schedule whenever you choose. NOTE: the schedule will also run
according to the schedule you provided, if any.
Process on Request Only
- checking this box automatically checks the Support Quick Access
box. This allows you to have a schedule that you only run manually.
There is no corresponding schedule. This can be very handy.
Notify if Past Due
- checking this box insures that the schedule will be ran, if the schedule
is not ran because AutoPilot was not running at the scheduled time, the
next time AutoPilot is started.
Disable Schedule -
checking this box will disable the schedule. Which means it will
no longer be processed. This is handy if you need to temporarily
stop processing a schedule, but you don't want to delete it.
Misc.
Save Now - click this
button to be certain your schedule has been saved.
Delete - click this
button to delete the current schedule.
Revert - click this
button to undo all changes made since the last save.
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