Running a specific macro @ a specific time (7:00 PM)

[stisev]

Hi all,
I searched the forum, but coudn't find an answer.
What I want to is a little more complicated than it looks.

There is a bug in my favorite (free) antivirus Antivir which forces me to turn to EventGhost for a solution and run a program on my own.

Basically, I need to run a file "D:\Applications\Avira\AntiVir PersonalEdition Premium\preupd.exe" every day or so to update my antivirus.

I wanted to use "Main.OnInit" then Wait 12 hours (in seconds), but Wait:.... doesn't let you do more than 999 seconds.

[topix]

With the Timer plugin you can generate an event with a timer which starts at a given time. Is this what you are looking for?

[stisev]

Yes, the timer would work.

I tried to get it to work, but I tried and it didn't work. Can someone tell me if I'm doing something wrong?

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<EventGhost Version="1449">
    <Folder Name="Antivirus Update">
        <Macro Name="Antivir Update">
            <Event Name="Main.OnInit" />
            <Action>
                Timer.TimerAction(u'Antivir Update', 0, 0, 10.0, u'Antivir', False, False, 2, u'06:35:00')
            </Action>
            <Action>
                System.Execute(u'D:\\Applications\\Avira\\AntiVir PersonalEdition Premium\\preupd.exe', u'/DM="2"', 3, True, 1, u'')
            </Action>
        </Macro>
    </Folder>
</EventGhost>

[topix]

You have to execute the timer once, not unlimited.
Put this in your EG-Autostart-Folder:

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<EventGhost Version="1449">
    <Action>
        Timer.TimerAction(u'Antivir Update', 0, 1, 0.01, u'Antivir', False, False, 2, u'06:35:01')
    </Action>
</EventGhost>

and this somewhere in your configuration-tree:

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<EventGhost Version="1449">
    <Macro Name="Antivir Update">
        <Event Name="Timer.Antivir" />
        <Action>
            Timer.TimerAction(u'Antivir Update', 4, 1, 1.0, u'', False, True, 1, u'00:00:00')
        </Action>
        <Action>
            System.Execute(u'D:\\Applications\\Avira\\AntiVir PersonalEdition Premium\\preupd.exe', u'/DM="2"', 3, True, 1, u'')
        </Action>
        <Action>
            Timer.TimerAction(u'Antivir Update', 1, 1, 1.0, u'', False, True, 1, u'00:00:00')
        </Action>
    </Macro>
</EventGhost>

[stisev]

It worked perfectly. Thanks! Now antivir's update scheduler runs @ 8 PM exactly. This is an even better solution to running antivir's schedule.exe 24/7!