I am sure you could run Expect or Cron in Cygwin. But perhaps you don't
need to. In Windows XP Media Center Edition, at the command prompt, I
have
the AT command. Here is the brief help info for AT, obtained by doing
At -? >at-info.txt
The AT command schedules commands and programs to run on a computer at
a specified time and date. The Schedule service must be running to use
the AT command.
AT [\\computername] [ [id] [/DELETE] | /DELETE [/YES]]
AT [\\computername] time [/INTERACTIVE]
[ /EVERY:date[,...] | /NEXT:date[,...]] "command"
\\computername Specifies a remote computer. Commands are scheduled on
the local computer if this parameter is omitted.
id Is an identification number assigned to a scheduled
command.
/delete Cancels a scheduled command. If id is omitted, all the
scheduled commands on the computer are canceled.
/yes Used with cancel all jobs command when no further
confirmation is desired.
time Specifies the time when command is to run.
/interactive Allows the job to interact with the desktop of the user
who is logged on at the time the job runs.
/every:date[,...] Runs the command on each specified day(s) of the week
or
month. If date is omitted, the current day of the month
is assumed.
/next:date[,...] Runs the specified command on the next occurrence of
the
day (for example, next Thursday). If date is omitted,
the
current day of the month is assumed.
"command" Is the Windows NT command, or batch program to be run.
Lloyd Rasmussen, Kensington, Maryland
Home: http://lras.home.sprynet.com
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From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:programmingblind-
bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of DaShiell, Jude T. CIV NAVAIR 1490, 1,
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Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 7:08 AM
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Subject: RE: More about VB6
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Okay, a real good alternative for that would be expect though that may
not yet have been ported to windows. The bookshare.org site has a book
called exploring expect by Don Libes those with an account can download
and learn from.
From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sharon
Hooley
Sent: Friday, April 24, 2009 20:28
To: Programming Blind List
Subject: More about VB6
Hi again!
Okay, I'm interested in working with VB6. So, since Visual Studios is
an IDE, do I have to have that in order to work with VB6 on a Windows XP
Pro system?
Actually, the type of programming I'd like to learn involves
communication, like generating conversation or making a madlib game.
Then maybe down the road I might want to develop more complex
simulation/adventure type games.
Sharon
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