Run AutoIt v3 Script automatically everyday without Windows needing to reboot

[Mattachew]

Hi all,

I've currently got a script which runs every morning but I manually need to start the script.

This sits on a server, the server only gets rebooted once every 2 weeks.

My question is how would I automatically run the script every day since I can't run it on startup as the server stays on 24/7 ?

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When running the script it goes and finds an .exe file opens it and enters in a username and password.

The image attached is of the AutoIt v3 Script which I need to get automated.

[alienclone]

can you use the Windows Task Scheduler? or maybe...

do a search

[Mattachew]

Hi @alienclone I've tried through Windows Task Scheduler but get the following error:

Task Scheduler failed to start "\<SCRIPT NAME>" task for user "<ACCOUNT USERNAME>". Additional Data: Error Value: 2147750687.

[careca]

you could have script running also 24/7 and only do the task after x ammount of time.

 

[alienclone]

well, a simple way would be to do like @careca said.

put the entire script inside a While...WEnd and tell it to Do NowTime until $specificTime

i always put a sleep in with my Do just to make sure it doesnt bog down the cpu

just be aware that if you make your sleep longer than whatever time measuring unit you choose, it wont match every day

e.g. if you tell it to check for an exact time (1:47) then your sleep cant be longer than a minute or you miss the chance of the time matching because it could skip over your desired time before checking, so if you want longer sleeps, then you would check current time and see if, say, just the hour matches. etc.

[LukeLe]

@alienclone IMO, whenever you finished the daily task, just calculate how much time the script has to wait until the next run, and sleep for the whole of that calculated time

[alienclone]

2 hours ago, LukeLe said:

@alienclone IMO, whenever you finished the daily task, just calculate how much time the script has to wait until the next run, and sleep for the whole of that calculated time

thats a good idea, as long as they dont need the script to run at a precise time. reading the function description for Sleep() just now, which ive never read before, makes it sound as if it cannot be counted on for accuracy. but my god, i would have never imagined you could run a sleep for UP TO 24 DAYS, that just sounds like craziness to me.

[Dwalfware]

If I recall from many years ago if you compile it there is a way to restart the compiled script, then just add the time.

 

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or

 

Make a helper script, what monitors you script is running and restarts it at time

 

 

[LukeLe]

@alienclone  The accuracy as mentioned in the doc as maybe slightly longer. So how precisely do you want to achieve?

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Note that other running processes often affect the timing accuracy and so pauses are likely to last for slightly longer than requested.

 

Edited February 23, 2019 by LukeLe

[careca]

I was under the impression that something like timer_init and timer_diff were very accurate, so maybe they can be put to use.

[Bert]

simpler way - just use the time functions to look for a specific time. once it is that time, then kick off the function.

[Juvigy]

The error code 2147750687 means "task already running". Task Scheduler is the best thing to use for this...