Launching a Macro Using OnEvent

[ADP_MAN]

Hi All,

I have only launched a macroscheduler macro from clicking on a job inside a program. In this instance I would like MS to watch a folder, then run a job when a file is detected. A few questions:

How can I have MS "on" all the time? In other words, if the machine I want this job on has been restarted, will I need to turn the macro back" on" somewhere for it to start watching the folder again, or is it always "on" once created?

What command would I use to get the macro to run. I assume I would use "OnEvent>FILE_EXISTS". Is that right? If anyone has a sample script or would like to provide some input, I would appreciate the help.

Thanks!
Dom

[Marcus Tettmar]

Macro Scheduler is usually set to run on startup. If not you can put a shortcut in your Startup folder. You can then use a Trigger (See the Triggers tab under Macro Properties) to respond to a new file in a folder and run your macro.

However, if you are wanting to compile a macro to a .exe then, yes, this .exe would need to be started before it can do anything. So you could do similarly and set the .exe to run on startup via a Startup shortcut.

And then you could have a loop within that macro which uses e.g. GetFileList and when the file count increases it does something. Make it loop back afterwards so that it is continuously running and checking.

[ADP_MAN]

Thanks for the help! I have it up and running.

Dom