Windows programming question???

[iao]

I don't know if this is the proper forum to ask this question. If not, I apologize. I am somewhat new to the programming world. I have been using ColdFusion, Javascript, and SQL for about the past year.

Here is my question: I have a application installed that monitors the activity on my website. Each week, my ISP creates a new log file which I use for the monitoring. I manually copy and load this new log file onto my machine, and plug this into the application.

What I would like to do is to create some kind of program (batch program???) that will automatically do this process for me each week. I have no idea where to begin, or if this is even possible. I have no experience writing batch programs (don't really even know what they are).

If anyone has any ideas on where I might want to start this process, could you please let me know and start me in the right direction?

Thanks!

 

[ngagne]

Why not use the Windows Task Scheduler to run your prog at the desired interval? Nate Gagne
nathan.gagne@verizon.net

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[iao]

Hi ngagne

Thanks for your response! Ok, I must be dumb, but either I didn't fully understand your answer or I didn't make myself clear enough in my post.

I don't have a program to run. I need to create a program. That was what I wanted to know how to do in Windows (if there is a way).

For example: the new log file created is usually called log0. I rename this to log_11.14.01 (where 11.14.01 is the current date) and then copy this file into my log directory which is accessed by the internet-monitoring application. What I want to know is if there is a way to create some kind of script or program which will do all this for me. I am just trying to figure out where I would start.

I hope I am making sense. If you have any ideas, please let me know.

 

[RobPa]

Why don't you try using the windows scripting host (WSH)?

Why not start here:

http://www.sunny-beach.net/manual/385.htm

Then you could use the windows task scheduler to run you WSH script.

Rob.