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<DIV><SPAN class=190043612-09052003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Kath,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=190043612-09052003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=190043612-09052003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>
WINAT is not shareware, but comes with the Windows NT resource kit. I use
it at one clients site and have never had a problem with it. I simply call
a batch file that executes Access and the MDB. Has worked fine for
years. An example of the batch file I use is below.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Jim Dettman<BR>President,<BR>Online Computer Services of WNY,
Inc.<BR>(315) 699-3443<BR><A
href="mailto:jimdettman@earthlink.net">jimdettman@earthlink.net</A>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>REM Calls extract program for a full
regen and process<BR>REM (Extract, Generate, and Send)<BR>REM Date is not
passed. Relies on server date to calulate Monday date.<BR>"C:\Program
Files\Microsoft Office\Office\MSACCESS.EXE" "C:\ESCS2\ESCXTR.MDB" /CMD * * *
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
accessd-bounces@databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces@databaseadvisors.com]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Software
Design & Solutions Pty Ltd.<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, May 08, 2003 11:08
PM<BR><B>To:</B> AccessD@databaseadvisors.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> [AccessD]
Scheduling an mdb to run using AT<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Have any of you had much experience
with scheduling applications to run (ie. mdb files) using the AT
command?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I am trying to get a job to run
overnight for a client using the following syntax:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=918301102-09052003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>at 14:26
/interactive /Every:M,T,W,Th,F cmd /c
</FONT></SPAN>D:\Prices\Priceload.bat</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>where the files Priceload.bat
contains the following:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>
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</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#ff0000 size=2>@ECHO OFF<BR>REM Daily Price File
Load<BR>TITLE GBST PRICE LOAD</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#ff0000></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#ff0000 size=2>M:<BR>cd \Price<BR>echo ENTER PRICE
FOLDER<BR>ntsleep 2 > nul</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#ff0000></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><FONT color=#ff0000>Call
Price.mdb<BR></FONT>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I then get the message
'M:\Price\Price.mdb file not found'.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Because it is real PITN to keep
mucking around with this syntax in DOS, I am also having a play with some
shareware(?) the client had called WINAT. It seems good, but when I use it at
my client site to edit the paremeters of the AT command, extra characters
appear at the end of the command, so I am not sure whether the command will
work or not. Characters are things like pipes and @symbols. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>So my question for anyone using AT
is: do you have any tips to share? What is the most reliable way you have
found to schedule an mdb to run?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>TIA</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Kath</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Kath Pelletti<BR>Software Design
& Solutions Pty Ltd.<BR>Ph: 9505-6714<BR>Fax: 9505-6430<BR><A
href="mailto:SDSSoftware@Optusnet.com.au">SDSSoftware@Optusnet.com.au</A></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>