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[tonne]

The question of adding cron scheduling parallel with timers in AutoHotkey has been asked a couple of times (http://www.autohotke...opic.php?t=1123).

This library makes it possible to start multiple cron based timers in your script: Download cron library.

To use it place cron.ahk in your standard or user library (%A_ProgramFiles%\AutoHotkey\Lib or %A_MyDocuments%\AutoHotkey\Lib) and create a new cron timer:

; cron_insert(minutes, hours, days, months, daysofweek, target [, workingdir])
cron_insert("0,15,30,45","*","*","*","*","notepad.exe")      
;    Each entry can be a commaseparated list of values or * for all
;    The example above imply that notepad.exe is being started each 15 minutes, 
;    every hour, every day and every month.
;    For the daysofweek parameter 0 is sunday, * isn't expanded to every weekday

Still need some polishing and testing ;-)

[majkinetor]

Hej, thx for this, I tried different "crones" but ahk crone would definitely be my choice. The latest dissapointment was NNCron

I noticed

cron_next       = 0
cron_nextid     = 
cron_records    =
cron_target     = 
cron_workingdir = 
cron_table      =

Can you tell me when is this executed, if I add include at the end ?

[tonne]

I don't think it matters (maybe a left-over from my initial script where the functions wasn't moved in to a library) and they could probably be commented out with no harm.
Sort of placeholder for the global variables used in the various functions.

[Chris]

Nice work, especially the concise and clear documentation!

I've added this to my growling list of candidates for the stdlib in case it gets missed by the volunteers who will work on the stdlib.

Thanks for sharing it.

[tonne]

The promised GUI interface are now ready for testing, see http://www.autohotke...pic.php?t=22825.

[tonne]

Thank you for the feedback - I have uploaded a new version with a fix in the expand function (used internally to expand say day 1-5 to 1,2,3,4,5).

Quote:
Also, where is the timer value for the traytip? Maybe I'd like it better if it went away in 1-2 seconds... I tried messing with the "10" at the end of line 2, and also the 5000 in line 4, but no beans.

The 10 are only an approximation as explained in the help file. It could be replaced by a timer as (not tested):

TrayTip,Cron job started,%cron_tooltip%,2 ; the timer doesn't matter
SetTimer,cron_HideTrayTip,-2000
...
cron_HideTrayTip:
TrayTip
Return

The cron_StopTimer is executed each 5 seconds and keeps an eye on the started processes to show a traytip with stopped jobs.
Never tested long running jobs and starting other jobs before the first finish...

[tonne]

My error - I uploaded to the wrong folder.

The link in the main post is valid.

[tonne]

The old version (0.1) is no longer on autohotkey.net - try restarting your browser or clear the cache.

[tonne]

You are right! I have fixed it and uploaded a version 0.5.1 (in the right location).

This seemed right when I wrote it:

; check if day is allowed or weekday is allowed
      ok = 0
      if day in %days%
        ok = 1
      if wday in %dayofweek%
        ok = 1

But the logic didn't hold. The fixed version is:

; check if day is allowed or weekday is allowed
      ok = 1
      if day not in %days%
        ok = 0
      if wday not in %dayofweek%
        ok = 0

Thanks again for reporting.

[nnesori]

Great!! tonne.
Thanks for the sharing.

But, your code has a tiny problem.

e.g (A certain script not use "return"command )

;--cronTest.ahk
#persistent
cron_insert("30","*","*","*","*","notepad.exe")

When I run the cronTest.ahk,
The notepad be launched unconditionally at first.
So, I suggest that "return" add at top of the Cron.ahk (Auto-execute Section)
.