Automated / scheduled tasks

[RFH Reseller: randomdev]

Hi,

I need to run a task every month on an ASP.NET website, this task will email statistical summaries out to all users.

What's the best way to do this on RFH? Can I create a background thread when the application loads, and have that thread fire periodically to check the date?

Or should I just check the date on every page request? (Obviously not such a good way to do it, if no users access the site then the emails won't get sent out)

Pete Hurst

[Staff: Warren Ashcroft]

We can setup a scheduled task on the website which will visit a "URL" at whichever period you need, just open a support ticket with the details.

[RFH Reseller: Mark Voss]

Couldn't you just use Helm's Web Scheduler for this?

[RFH Reseller: marty101]

Couldn't you just use Helm's Web Scheduler for this?

Thats what warren meant, but users cannot do it, they have to request the webschedule to be created via an RFH support ticket.

[RFH Reseller: Mark Voss]

Strange - I can set them up myself using "Web Scheduler" under the Domain Menu in Helm.

Maybe this is just a RF Premier account feature?

[Staff: Warren Ashcroft]

Maybe this is just a RF Premier account feature?

It is included with Premier, they must be requested with standard accounts.

[RFH Reseller: Mark Voss]

That explains it then!

Web Scheduler is well useful.

[RFH Reseller: randomdev]

Ok, thanks for advice, I'll set up a trigger URL for the task.