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    #1

    Script Schedule

    I am on a network with two computers, the database I created is active on both and I am sending a report every morning with script_schedule then restore to reset next day. This works fine, however it is sending multiple reports instead of just one when I have the other computer on, with the database active.

    On my main menu I have that the following in OnInit

    script_schedule("send_report","07:55",4)
    script_schedule("restore","08:05",5)

    I am sending the report using Alpha's e-mail client wIth a specific profile.
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    #2
    RE: Script Schedule

    Is there a relationship between the number of reports that are sent and the number of times the Main Menu form opens (on either machine) ?

    You might want to alter your scripts so that the first time the script is run on a given day an entry is recorded in a table on disk. The script could then check that table when the next copy of the app opens. If the current date is in the table, the script can end rather than sending another report.

    -- tom

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      #3
      RE: Script Schedule

      Michael

      Tom has zeroed in on the problem that you are having.

      Think of the script in terms of running everytime the main menu opens. It might be easy to think of it running at the database level and therefore run only once, but it's actually at the form level. So you could have it run multiple times on each machine, let alone once for each machine.

      I like Tom's solution because it allows for any machine to run the script and then once it's run, any other machine should be running it again.

      If you want to designate only one machine to run the script, then you'll have to add logic to check for the machine name or something that tells you what machine you're on. Sometimes that's a good option to have with a server so that the scripts don't interfere with a user doing data entry or other tasks.
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        #4
        RE: Script Schedule

        No, I don't believe there is any relationship. The main menu is left open on both machines. It runs in the morning prior to using the database.

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          #5
          RE: Script Schedule

          Ok. Time to give us the actual scripts and details on the table or set underlying your main menu form. You also might want to verify that you've attached the script to the OnInit event for the main menu form, and haven't accidentally attached it to OnActivate by mistake.

          --tom

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            #6
            RE: Script Schedule

            OnInit runs each time the main menu form opens from scratch. I the main menu form opens when the database first opens, OnInit will run each time the database opens, on any machine. If the user closes the app and opens it again (after lunch, for example) OnInit for the startup form runs again. If the user reboots after a crash and opens the database again the OnInit for the startup form runs again. This happens for each workstation on the network.

            --tom

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              #7
              RE: Script Schedule

              Tom, Thanks for your help with this. The script is in the OnInit. You were right, I only left one database open and this morning it only sent (1) report.

              script_schedule("send_report","07:55",4)
              script_schedule("restore","08:05",5)

              Script(send_report)
              body = ""%a%

              Attached is your daily activity report for Chromosomal Abnormalities and Treatment Outcomes.

              %a%

              email_send(",[email protected]","Daily Activity Report",body,"C:\Alpha_Data\asco\report_asco.pdf","","",.F.,"","","DLN",.F.,.T.)

              Script (Restore)
              script_schedule("send_report","07:55",4)
              script_schedule("restore","08:05",5)

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                #8
                RE: Script Schedule

                Thanks for your replies, I am not familiar with adding logic of this type to a script, however this sounds like the solution for sending daily automative reports on a network so only one report goes at a time. There seems to be a need for this. Could you tell me were I could find information with regard to this subject? Does alpha5help have any informaiton on this subject?

                Thanks,

                Mike

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                  #9
                  RE: Script Schedule

                  Michael,

                  It's really not that complicated. All you have to do is add
                  the following to the beginning of the script.
                  =============================================================

                  if api_getmachinename() "" "the_name_of_the_computer_that_runs_the_script" then
                  END
                  end if

                  =============================================================

                  That way, only the computer you designate will run the script.

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                    #10
                    RE: Script Schedule

                    Thank you Melvin

                    Mike Levesque

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