what is a good choice for an automated taskrunner, that supports a wide variety of triggers like certain file/folder creation/modification, program open, etc?
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Task Scheduler alternative
Task Scheduler alternative
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Re: Task Scheduler alternative
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Re: Task Scheduler alternative
I long time use the fine program - xStarter
http://www.xstarter.com/
http://www.xstarter.com/
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okay, since I don't want to sell my house, I guess xstarter is a, mh, good choice.
But I found another program meanwhile: http://www.automationworkshop.org/
Right now I just need to run a command whenever a folder changes, but you know, extra triggers can't hurt, as long as they're not attached to a weapon pointed at you.
But I found another program meanwhile: http://www.automationworkshop.org/
Right now I just need to run a command whenever a folder changes, but you know, extra triggers can't hurt, as long as they're not attached to a weapon pointed at you.
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Re: Task Scheduler alternative
Finally I found what I wanted to share:
http://www.datamystic.com/filewatcher
(AFAICR they have other software that may interest you)
Once I placed an order for it but transaction went wrong, so I have no hands on experience. Support told me it could monitor a folder and automatically move contents to sequentially auto-numbered folders if a certain amount of items is reached. They even provided a script for the task.
http://www.datamystic.com/filewatcher
(AFAICR they have other software that may interest you)
Once I placed an order for it but transaction went wrong, so I have no hands on experience. Support told me it could monitor a folder and automatically move contents to sequentially auto-numbered folders if a certain amount of items is reached. They even provided a script for the task.
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Re: Task Scheduler alternative
Are there any portable alternatives. One I know of is FreeByte Task Scheduler - but not impressed by it
http://www.freebyte.com/fbtaskscheduler/
http://www.freebyte.com/fbtaskscheduler/
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Well...
- xStarter Tasks are portable once you compile them (and make them independent from the main software - the software itself isn't portable sadly).
- Filewatcher does offer a portable license, so that should do, but it's a little bit more specific and expensive than xStarter.
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Need a portable softy so xstarter is out.
FileWatcher can only schedule tasks based on files if I am not wrong
Smooth Program Scheduler - http://www.xemico.com/scheduler/ is kind of semi portable. It keeps everything in appdata - a wrapper script should suffice, but hunt still continues
FileWatcher can only schedule tasks based on files if I am not wrong
Smooth Program Scheduler - http://www.xemico.com/scheduler/ is kind of semi portable. It keeps everything in appdata - a wrapper script should suffice, but hunt still continues
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I'm going to look into these... Thanks...
The one bad thing I've found when using task-scheduler is when I export and try to import to a different computer, I need to edit the XML to alter the author computer because all of that information is filled out so on import you'll need to change the domain / user-id anyway instead of being able to use %UserName% or other EnvVars as place-holders....
AND, you HAVE to Import AND Export all tasks individually which is a major bust...
The one bad thing I've found when using task-scheduler is when I export and try to import to a different computer, I need to edit the XML to alter the author computer because all of that information is filled out so on import you'll need to change the domain / user-id anyway instead of being able to use %UserName% or other EnvVars as place-holders....
AND, you HAVE to Import AND Export all tasks individually which is a major bust...