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Sched - An automated program launcher - (C) Raphaël Vanney, 1995
1- Disclaimer
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If you are not ready to assume all the risk there is to running Sched,
including but not limited to : losing all your data, blowing up your
computer, destroying the whole universe, etc... please delete all the
files you got in Sched distribution archive, then the archive itself.
This being said, the purpose of Sched is not to hurt anything.
2- Why Sched ?
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Well, I've been needing a automated program launcher for a long, long
time. I've seen a lot in the shareware world, but none were free, so
here we are.
The purposes of Sched are :
- launch programs at specified times,
- have a low impact on system load.
And this is exactly what Sched implements.
3- How to use Sched ?
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After you have copied Sched files where you want them to reside, you
should configure Sched.
Sched does not come with a configuration program ; you must edit the
program itself to tailor it to your needs. This is a pretty simple
process which is documented in the program itself. You may use any text
editor to modify the Sched.Cmd file.
This being done, you might want to add Sched to your startup folder.
I suggest you set up a program object as follows :
Path/File name : *
Parameters : /c start /c /b /Win /Min <path>\Sched.Cmd
Work directory : <path>
where <path> is the complete path to the directory where you copied
Sched.
This might not look like the straightest way to do it, but it has two
advantages :
- lets Sched display its icon on the desktop,
- does not need to be updated each time you edit Sched.Cmd.
Et voilà.
4- Notes
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* Since Sched spends most of its time in a Sleep() function, the impact
on CPU load is neglectable. The memory footprint of Sched is quite low
as well.
* Sched uses an .INI file to store the last date each event was run.
This prevents Sched to run an event more than once a day if you start
it several times (which shouldn't be necessary during normal
operation). If, however, you wish this to happen, you may delete the
Sched.Ini file.
* Comments should be directed to :
InterNet : rvanney@ibm.net
FidoNet ; 2:320/215.9
I encourage anyone who enhances Sched to send me their enhancements so that
I may include them in a next release.
I also encoourage anyone who has ideas of additions that could be made
to Sched to contact me.