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More info?)
OK, just got home and tried something on my XP Home computer which is
connected to a peer to peer network. I did find out that the batch file
will wait until the Windows program ends before running the next line (I
tried it with Word and a backup batch file I had already created)
..
Start Notepad
Create a batch file with the original Windows program's path and executable
on the first line
The copy or xcopy command on the second and subsequent lines to copy the
files needed to copy.
On the last line type EXIT. (while not really necessary it ensures that
the command window closes)
Save the batch file as the program's name with a bat extension to the
desktop. You may have to tweak the properties of the command window to
ensure the program opens the way you want it to.
The example I tried is:
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\WINWORD.EXE"
"C:\Backup daily.bat"
EXIT
The quote marks need to be around the paths if there are any spaces in the
program name.
The contents of the daily.bat file referenced in the above example is:
(used to make daily backup of a few files changed each day)
@ECHO OFF
XCOPY "C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\MYNAME\FAVORITES\*.*" V:\FAVORITES /E /I
/G /H /R /C /Y /D:4-10-05
XCOPY "C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\MYNAME\DESKTOP\*.* V:\DESKTOP /E /I /G /H
/R /C /Y /D:4-10-05
XCOPY C:\DOWNLOAD\*.* U:\DOWNLOAD /E /I /G /H /R /C /Y /D:4-10-05
XCOPY D:\GRAPHICS\*.* U:\GRAPHICS /E /I /G /H /R /C /Y /D:4-10-05
XCOPY "D:\SONY PICTURES DOWNLOAD\*.*" U:\GRAPHICS /E /I /G /H /R /C /Y
/D:4-10-05
EXIT
"Don J" <dej4400@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:m4edndOEFJL1Y8bfRVn-vw@comcast.com...
> The program is Windows based. The files are not created by the
> program, only modified by it. Presumably the only things that change from
> the outside is the time and date. Is there anyway of using the time/date
> as the trigger?
>
> The program is intended to be called by the user, so Windows can be
> immediately exited after the program is exited. I am using Windows XP
> Home. Apparently XP Professional has ways of performing the transfer at
> the time of exiting Windows. Do you know if XP Home can perform the
> transfer as a result of Windows closing?
>
>
> "LVTravel" <none@nothere.com> wrote in message
> news:115miehr87ikref@corp.supernews.com...
>> You can do the same in the batch file that calls the original program.
>>
>> 1. If the original program is DOS based, the batch file will wait until
>> the program exits before running the next line in the file which would be
>> either a copy or xcopy command to copy the file/s.
>>
>> 2. If the original program is a Windows based program you will
>> probably have to put in a wait loop until a condition exists before
>> copying the file/s. (I don't know if the batch file will wait
>> automatically for a Windows program to finish prior to executing the next
>> line in the command string since I have never tested this process.) The
>> condition can be the existence of the files. From the command
>> interpreter
>> prompt c:/> type IF /? and see how to set up a loop (IF EXIST loop). You
>> will also need to put a label in front of the IF statement.
>>
>> 3. You can also create a batch file to automatically copy the files and
>> put it in the scheduled tasks queue at a specific time (say 1 hour after
>> the anticipated time of the end of the original program.
>>
>>
>> "Don J" <dej4400@comcast.net> wrote in message
>> news:M9OdncWkocr1hsbfRVn-ug@comcast.com...
>>>I am using a batch file to call a program that runs a very long time.
>>>When the program finishes I want to copy the results (some files) of the
>>>program to another folder. How do I do it so that I don't try to make
>>>the
>>>transfer before the files are generated. I am using XP Home.
>>>
>>> Don J
>>>
>>> -----------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>>
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