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Re: Creating an alarm Procedure
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Re: Creating an alarm Procedure
Well this is a rather cheap method to do such a project, and it really is NOT a
programatic way of doing it... but it uses alot less system resources than a
timer app.... so with that being said....
Windows itself has a rather nice `scheduled task` app. if i was in your
position, i would write an application as follows
sub main()
select case command$
case "task1"
dowhateverfortask1
case "task2"
dowhateverfortask2
case "task3"
dowhateverfortask3
end select
end
end sub
then goto the scheduled task wizard, and set it to run your compiled exe, and
pass it the command line... such as
9am
execute "myalarms.exe beatwork"
11:59am
execute "myalarms.exe get some lunch"
5pm
execute "myalarms.exe getthehellhome"
Jean-Pierre Jamous <jpjamous@...> wrote:
Guys,
I am not sure how to construct this procedure. I have a database with a
field call alarm time, which holds the time an alarm should be fired. What`s
the best way to write the alarm?
I am thinking of writing a loop that keeps checking the time and based on if
statements, it would check the time more frequently as the time approaches.
However, I run into a problem using this method.
1. I might have more than one appointment scheduled on the same day with
alarms turned on for each one. How do I accommodate all appointments?
Obviously I cannot create a loop per appointment. Any ideas?
2. If I go by the idea mentioned above of using a loop and keep checking the
time, am I killing my computer`s resources? This is very new to me and I
have never experienced it anywhere. So any help is tremendously appreciated.
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