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Steve,

I have two external programs

ExternalProgram=
RealtimeProgram=D:\Cumulus\realtime.exe
DailyProgram=D:\Cumulus\daily.bat
ExternalParams=
RealtimeParams=
DailyParams=

Neither the exe nor the bat are being called. No entries in the mxdiags.. nothing. Its just as though the entries were not there. Have restarted the program to no avail.
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Odd, I run a daily external - a batch file as well, it runs fine. That is on Win7.

DailyProgram=C:\CumulusMX\EndOfDayTasks.bat
DailyParams=
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Sorry, I've broken the realtime and daily program code in my fix for WU uploads stopping after changing internet settings. The remaining one should still work.
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steve wrote:Sorry, I've broken the realtime and daily program code in my fix for WU uploads stopping after changing internet settings. The remaining one should still work.
mcrossley wrote:Odd, I run a daily external - a batch file as well, it runs fine. That is on Win7.
Err...
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Adrian Hudson wrote:
mcrossley wrote:Odd, I run a daily external - a batch file as well, it runs fine. That is on Win7.
Err...
:-)
Ah, I only have a daily file, which of course runs at midnight, and I upgraded to b3009 this afternoon! So mine will break tonight :( Maybe I will switch back to C1 until Steve fixes this.
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mcrossley wrote:So mine will break tonight :( Maybe I will switch back to C1 until Steve fixes this.
Or you could wait up till midnight and run it manually :-)
Or put it in the task scheduler - but that's for wimps!
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Too many late nights lately, I was hoping for an early one tonight ;)
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realtime program firing is fixed in build 3010

will check daily program in the morning

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...and the daily external program is working too
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