schedule task inetget

[pcjunki]

I'm trying to schedule task an inetget download in the middle of the night, so I'm not hogging up my bandwidth.
I'm using a ini file to set the url and download location to the pc, ect ect

it runs fine compiled and not compiled

but when I schedule task it to run the compiled file, it does not work

below is my code

$url= IniRead("file_download.ini", "url", "link", "")
$location= IniRead("file_download.ini", "location", "location", "")
$filename= IniRead("file_download.ini", "filename", "filename", "")

InetGet($url, $location & $filename)

 and here is the file_download.ini

[URL]
link=https://www.autoitscript.com/forum/cdn/images/logo_autoit_210x72.svg

[location]
location=c:\users\public\desktop\

[filename]
filename=logo_autoit_210x72.svg

 

Edited October 15, 2015 by pcjunki

[AutoBert]

Are you sure you have a INet-connection when script runs?

[pcjunki]

yes, after I compile it, I can double click the exe file, and it works fine

[nitekram]

I would just use a simple msgbox and compile it and see if that works, as that way you can test to see if a simple script can be scheduled - that way you rule out it being an issue with script or issue with scheduling.

[pcjunki]

no issue with another script and scheduling.

 

[Jos]

Likely is your workdir not equal to the scriptdir when the exe is scheduled, so it can't find the INI.

Jos

[pcjunki]

that was it, I move my 2 files to the root of my disk, and edited the schedule
tada!

 

 

Edited October 15, 2015 by pcjunki

[Jos]

I probably wouldn't have moved the script but rather change the path to the ini into:

$url= IniRead(@scriptDir & "\file_download.ini", "url", "link", "")

Jos

Edited October 15, 2015 by Jos

[pcjunki]

I like that allot better, adding the @‌scriptdir, much better

[nitekram]

If I was you, I would take a look at all the macros, as there are some really nice ones out there.

"The pre-defined macros are generally used to provide easy access to system information like the location of the Windows directory or the name of the logged on user."

[pcjunki]

I know how to use macros, I just couldn't figure out why a compiled script would work when double clicking it, but would not work when schedule tasking it.

I got it to work with @‌scriptdir