2005-03-10, 08:37 PM
I'm someone w/ a "why in the #### is it doing that" GB problem that most do not have. Â In looking for something to help out, I can recommend Automate. Â I had a copy left over from some kiosks my company was contracted to build.
This is for the ppl who need programs/system/services/etc to shut down, retstart, excecute cmds, et al. Â It has some real friendly, and yet advanced and flexible, functions you can do in manual or wizard form.
For example, I need to restart gbpvr.exe once a day (to clear live tv files...the glitch). Â I told Automate to, at 3:50am,
- press esc 2x, pausing for 25ms in between presses (to back out of live tv, if I left it on)
- close it
- wait 15sec
- restart recording service (for the #### of it)
- wait 15sec
- start it again
- make sure it has focus
Additionally, I can have it perform a behavior on error, or ignore it (eg, if it can't focus, keep going)
There are programs for free like pskill and visualcron I could combine to do much of this along w/ some bat files, but if you want a real handy and powerful tool, Automate works real well.
This is for the ppl who need programs/system/services/etc to shut down, retstart, excecute cmds, et al. Â It has some real friendly, and yet advanced and flexible, functions you can do in manual or wizard form.
For example, I need to restart gbpvr.exe once a day (to clear live tv files...the glitch). Â I told Automate to, at 3:50am,
- press esc 2x, pausing for 25ms in between presses (to back out of live tv, if I left it on)
- close it
- wait 15sec
- restart recording service (for the #### of it)
- wait 15sec
- start it again
- make sure it has focus
Additionally, I can have it perform a behavior on error, or ignore it (eg, if it can't focus, keep going)
There are programs for free like pskill and visualcron I could combine to do much of this along w/ some bat files, but if you want a real handy and powerful tool, Automate works real well.