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<p>SCRIPT TIMER 2.3 RELEASED BY APPS & MORE SOFTWARE DESIGN</p>
<p>Script and application scheduler adds sleep and wake time scheduling and<br />
other enhancements</p>
<p>Apps & More Software Design, Inc. is pleased to announce the release of<br />
Version 2.3 of Script Timer, a script and application scheduling product<br />
for Mac OS X, Version 10.2 and later.</p>
<p>Script Timer lets you schedule the execution of AppleScript, perl, and<br />
shell scripts, and can also be used to schedule the execution of Automator<br />
workflows (OS X 10.4 and up only) or applications. It can perform these<br />
actions at specific times of the day, week, month, or year, at regular<br />
intervals ranging from one minute to any number of weeks, when the computer<br />
enters or leaves an idle state, and just before the computer goes to sleep<br />
or just after it wakes up. Using a feature called Dynamic Scheduling, you<br />
can also arrange for an AppleScript script to schedule on the fly any other<br />
script, application, or workflow at a time of its choice.</p>
<p>Script Timer 2.3 consists of three separate modules, an editor (Script<br />
Timer itself) that you use to create and manipulate scheduling data files,<br />
a background scheduling engine that reads the data files and does the<br />
actual scheduling work, and a small background tool that monitors for sleep<br />
and wake notifications from the operating system. The scheduling engine<br />
runs in the user domain, which allows it to be easily controlled by a<br />
Start/Stop button in a data file window, and provides for greater security.<br />
A log file records each action, including error messages and optional<br />
messages returned from a script, allowing for easy troubleshooting and<br />
script results recording. The application comes with more than half a dozen<br />
sample scripts that illustrate its use, including examples of Finder and<br />
third party application scripting, and the use of parameterized scripts.<br />
Also included is Track Timer, a script that provides an interface between<br />
Script Timer and iTunes for automatic music play.</p>
<p>Version 2.3 includes several new features and corrects some minor bugs.</p>
<p>Chief among the new features are:</p>
<p>- the ability to schedule actions to take place just before the computer<br />
goes to sleep and just after it wakes up</p>
<p>- the persistence of changed properties from one run to the next for<br />
AppleScript compiled scripts, and</p>
<p>- the ability to control which application becomes active following the<br />
completion of a scheduled action</p>
<p>Pricing and Availability</p>
<p>Script Timer 2.3 is trialware, with unregistered copies being fully<br />
functional for 30 days after first use. The application is available for<br />
immediate download at most major shareware sites, or at<br />
(<a href="http://www.appsandmore.com" title="http://www.appsandmore.com">http://www.appsandmore.com</a>). (Just click on the Script Timer button.)</p>
<p>Registration fees for Script Timer 2.3 are US$12 for a single copy, US$300<br />
for a site license, and $US120 for an academic site license. Version 2.3 is<br />
a free upgrade to registered users of version 2.0 or later. Registered<br />
users of an earlier version of Script Timer (1.x) are entitled to a free<br />
upgrade if they have registered at any time on or before July 28, 2004.<br />
Registered users are eligible for free email support and receive at least<br />
five additional useful scripts upon registration.</p>
<p>Versions for users of Macintosh OS 7.5 through 10.1 (10.0 excepted) are<br />
still available and can be obtained at the Apps & More web site.</p>
<p>About Apps & More Software Design, Inc.</p>
<p>Apps & More Software Design, Inc. was created in 1998 to provide Macintosh<br />
custom software and consulting for science and engineering. Products<br />
developed by Apps & More that are of interest to the general Macintosh<br />
community are made available as trialware or freeware.</p>
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