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Bytales

Post subject: Executing commands in a given time interval

Posted: September 22nd, 2008, 2:42 pm

Joined: September 6th, 2008, 3:11 pm
Posts: 84

How can i execute a certain command if the time is say, between 14:35 and 14:55 ?

If time is betwen 14:35 and 14:55 (taken from windows or from other place, i don't know) ... >
Click there.

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Guest

Post subject: Re: Executing commands in a given time interval

Posted: September 22nd, 2008, 3:11 pm

Bytales wrote:

How can i execute a certain command if the time is say, between 14:35 and 14:55 ?

If time is betwen 14:35 and 14:55 (taken from windows or from other place, i don't know) ... >
Click there.

Something like this (untested)

Code:

alreadyRan = 0
startTime = 1435 
endTime = 1455 
if (A_Now > A_Year A_Mon A_MDay startTime) && (A_Now < A_Year A_Mon A_MDay stopTime) && !alreadyRan {
  alreadyRan = 1
  ; Run command
}

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Bytales

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Posted: September 22nd, 2008, 4:29 pm

Joined: September 6th, 2008, 3:11 pm
Posts: 84

Code:

alreadyRan = 0

, what is this ?
and what is this

I don't understand that If at all, i do understand that the "run command" is between {}

but what are those:

Code:

(A_Now > A_Year A_Mon A_MDay startTime) && (A_Now < A_Year A_Mon A_MDay stopTime) && !alreadyRan

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Guest

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Posted: September 23rd, 2008, 12:38 pm

Bytales wrote:

but what are those:

Code:

(A_Now > A_Year A_Mon A_MDay startTime) && (A_Now < A_Year A_Mon A_MDay stopTime) && !alreadyRan

"A_xxx" are AHK built-in variables. They are listed in the help file on this page

Here is the basic idea:

Code:

; get time window start/end in standard format
startTime = 1435   ; your window start time HHSS
endTime = 1455      ; your window end time HHSS
sTime := A_Year A_Mon A_MDay startTime 00   ; set start time in YYYYMMDD24HHMMSS format
eTime := A_Year A_Mon A_MDay endTime 00      ; set end time in YYYYMMDD24HHMMSS format
;
; your code here
loop, {                              ; loop until we are in time window
  nTime := A_Now                     ; get current time in YYYYMMDD24HHMMSS format
  if (nTime > sTime) && (nTime < eTime) {
    break
  }
  sleep, 0.250                        ; check current time every .25 seconds
}
; Run, YOUR_COMMAND

This is only one way to do this. Depending on your application you may want to use SetTimer to periodically check the current time, but it all depends on the exact need,

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Albireo

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Posted: September 23rd, 2008, 2:28 pm

Joined: February 1st, 2006, 4:37 pm
Posts: 365

Maybe You can use:

Code:

SetTimer, Label [, Period|On|Off, Priority]

(86400000ms/24-hour period)

(But I think the previous example is better)

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