RoboTask forum

I would say something like this.  Not tested.  Use as a pattern and fine tune it.  I don't trust the file monitoring to always detect so I use a file loop that fires every 30 sec. <br>;*****************************<br>;* RoboTask Task file<br>;* Do not edit in text editor!<br>;**********************...

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction!http://support.microsoft.com/kb/181050

Hello,I am using the "Download files.." task and it runs a PHP script on a local WAMP server that retrieves data from a database.This query apparently takes more than 5 min. to run before returning data.  RT appears to timeout with these messages.9/17/2010 4:48:04 PM: http://localhost/ci/i...

Thank you for the information.Is there a built-in variable or way I can get this name (2347B8E3) while running a task?-David W.

Good idea!

I have used RoboFTP (unrelated product) with RoboTask to take care of more complicated FTP tasks such as PGP encryption and FTPS and SFTP, etc.It runs from command-line and is very easy to call from a RoboTask step.Hope this helps.

Ouch.I was creating a script, adding local variables, etc and in haste hit the Cancel button instead of the Ok button.  Lost quite a bit of work.  If the task has been changed and the Cancel button has been pressed, please add a confirmation message (Changes have been made!  Are you sure you want to...

Hi,Is there a way to get the name of the log file (C:\RoboTask\Logs\) that corresponds to the running task?  Maybe at least make it one of the 'error task' parameters that are set.Someway I need to get the original log entry that was made in the original task log where the error originally occurred....

Hello,Normally RT is running all the time on a machine that is normally always running and carrying out tasks.However, sometimes because of machine lockup, a reboot doesn't complete or a logout gets locked, etc, for whatever reason the machine does not get started again and RT does not run for sever...

wow!  thanks!Nice to know that my 240+ tasks and subtasks are in good hands!Cheers!-David