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Just a quick note to say thanks to Marty, Deana and all the contributors to this great product and amazing BBS. We had an issue today with one of our web servers crashing and no way of know it without hitting it with a browser. Within 5 minutes of picking up the problem I had a script running and hitting the server every 30 seconds that reported any failures.

Twenty minutes later the issue was isolated and solved. Because we could see the events leading up to the issue we could do something about it.

There aren't too many products that you can take the sample code from the help files, make a few minor adjustments and have it performing a mission critical task within 5 minutes.

I am shouting your praises to anyone that listens... it's fun going head to head with delphi, java and perl developers.

I may not be the best coder or present the perfect code but I beat them to the punch almost everytime, delivering what is necessary before they can and then I have time to wait for them to come up with excuses while my script is doing the job.

Well done and thanks for a great product.

bb

I am adding to the praise.

I have a number of jobs that have to be run every day. Some involve logging on to web pages and getting files. Others involve using vendor interfaces to update information. Others involve running jobs with Microsoft Access and Microsoft Excel and performing actions on the resulting files. As my company and my responsibilities grew, these took up more of my time.

I learned how to use Winbatch (+ Compiler) to automate these tasks, and have freed up the time. When a critical job is done, I have Winbatch call Netsend to notify me of the completion. With other jobs, I have Winbatch email me evidence that the job did what is was suppossed to do.

Not having to run and baby sit these jobs saves me about 90 minutes a day.

The program and the support are a great!

Mark

Depending on the job at hand, I use WinBatch and Perl for over half of the code I write. With its splendid support of regular expressions and blinding fast file I/O, Perl can cut through reams of text and return just the needle that I want found. For just about anything else, I use WinBatch. I even have a couple of WinBatch desk accessories that I use regularly.

Check out P6PickWindow, at http://www.p6c.com/FREEBIES/P6PickWindow.html and P6StrLen, at http://www.p6c.com/FREEBIES/P6StrLen.html.

Both programs are available as freeware.

Like David, I used to use Perl extensively. The "Chainsaw of text manipulation" I call it. Wrote a LOT of code in it over the years.

But, on reflection, I realize that since the introduction of Regular Expressions and Associative Arrays to winbatch, I have not written any new Perl!

(Check Detlev's site for multiple UDF implementations of these features.)

Clearly, Perl would still execute much faster in text processing. But it seems that, for me, the scales tipped over to the point where Perl is not worth the hassle.

Just one opinion,
Kirby Moyers

Different tools for different jobs.

My initial praise of WIL was not a slight on the other languages mentioned and I have the utmost respect for the developers I have had the pleasure of working with.

I am glad a few Perl exponents have come forward to draw me in that direction. As a software tester I am always looking for new tools and toys to use to help me do my job better and more efficiently. I have used a little bit of Perl (that I have inherited), vbscript, VBA, java, ruby and delphi. And there will be others down the track that I need for a specific task I am sure.

What I love about this BBS and the WIL community though is the range of skills and knowledge that can be tapped. I am sure if I posted a question about a non WIL issue (maybe even a non IT issue) it would be answered.

So, keep giving me (and others) the tips and advice for tools/languages/sites etc that help to make my life easier. Afterall, that's how I found WIL. 

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