Timer Script to Start Every Day or M-F at a Specific Time

Keywords: timewait timejulianday

WinBatch now has the function TimeWait which can watch the system time and then proceed when that time is reached.

TimeWait("0000:00:00:07:30:00")

In the old days, WinBatch did not have a timer. WinBatch emulated such by closely watching the system time and zeroing in on the desired time param1 is the variable that contains the desired time in this format: hh:mm. ten thirty o'clock PM is 22:30. Note that timer string formats in Windows are set in the International section of the Windows Control Panel (folder).

A Timer Script to Start M-F at a Specific Time:

;Assuming you want to run a job M-F at 11 pm
;First wait for 11 pm
while 1
   ttt="0000:00:00:23:00:00"
   TimeWait(ttt)
   ;now see if it is m-f
   a=TimeYmdHms()
   b=TimeJulianDay(a) 
   c=(b+5) mod 7
   if (c==0) || (c==6) then continue  ; if the day if Sunday or Saturday, then transfer control back to while loop for re-eval
   run("yourjob.exe","")
   TimeDelay(60)
endwhile

Start at 2 am Every Morning:

Basically say run a script at two in the morning every day....

        IntControl(12,9,0,0,0)    ;refuse to terminate WB; allow Windows termination quietly
        While 1 ; do forever
           TimeWait("0000:00:00:02:00:00")
           Message("Yoohoo","It's two in the morning")
           TimeDelay(10)
        endwhile

(older) Timer Script to Start at a Specific Time:

Hour=ItemExtract(1,param1,":")
Minute=ItemExtract(2,param1,":")
LaunchTemp=Hour*60+Minute

Now=GetExactTime()
NowHour=ItemExtract(1,Now,":")
NowMinute=ItemExtract(2,Now,":")
NowTemp=NowHour*60+NowMinute

if NowTemp>LaunchTemp then bLater=@TRUE

                      else bLater=@FALSE

; setup complete.  Now we wait

:CheckTime

Now=GetExactTime()
NowHour=ItemExtract(1,Now,":")
NowMinute=ItemExtract(2,Now,":")
NowTemp=NowHour*60+NowMinute

if NowTemp==LaunchTemp then return
if (NowTemp>LaunchTemp && !bLater) then return

; compute how long to wait

WaitTime=LaunchTemp-NowTemp
if WaitTime<0 then delay(1800)

	      then goto checktime

bLater=@FALSE		   

if WaitTime>60 then delay(1800)

	       then goto checktime

if WaitTime>10 then delay(120)

	       then goto checktime

if WaitTime>1 then delay(30)

	      then goto checktime
		   
return

Article ID:   W13891

Filename:   Timer to Start Every Day or M-F at a Specific Hour.txt

File Created: 2001:01:09:11:19:30

Last Updated: 2001:01:09:11:19:30

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Timer Script to Start Every Day or M-F at a Specific Time

A Timer Script to Start M-F at a Specific Time:

Start at 2 am Every Morning:

(older) Timer Script to Start at a Specific Time: