Re^3: Win32::Taskscheduler failed to install on win7

can only schedule ... batch files ... not Perl files

So wrap the perl file in a batch file. Is it too complicated? How about two lines (and one's a comment! :)

rem yourapp.bat
\path\to\your\perl.exe \path\to\yourapp.pl %*
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Re^4: Win32::Taskscheduler failed to install on win7 by mkhan (Sexton) on Jul 27, 2011 at 09:44 UTC
Wow, some good suggestions there. Pardon my ignorance as I'm relatively new to this stuff. I notice that when the scheduler kickstarts my .pl file, It immediately ends with "End of Program". Surprisingly, even if I do this: `C:\>perl C:\Perl64\bin\tap.pl End of program` [download] i.e. try to run by giving the absolute path from C:\ on my cmd prompt, it shows the same thing "End of Program". If I go to the directory containing tap.pl, however, i.e. (C:\Perl64\bin) and THEN run just tap.pl, it runs properly. Could someone clarify what's going on? Why does the script not run when I enter the Entire path? It doesn't run even if I do a "perl C:\Perl64\bin\tap.pl"	[reply] [d/l]
Re^5: Win32::Taskscheduler failed to install on win7 by Corion (Patriarch) on Jul 27, 2011 at 09:46 UTC
Most likely, your program ("`tap.pl`") depends on getting launched with the current directory being `C:\Perl64\bin`. You could try to debug this by launching it with the full path from the directory: `cd C:\Perl64\bin perl -w C:\Perl64\bin\tap.pl` [download] If the program expects to be launched from that directory, either change it or launch it from that direcctory.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^6: Win32::Taskscheduler failed to install on win7 by mkhan (Sexton) on Jul 27, 2011 at 10:16 UTC
After some trial and error, it turns out guys were right. There is no strict need of a .bat or .exe file. The problem was as mentioned in my last post. Windows couldn't run them from any other directory than C:\Perl64\bin . What I did was a simple workaround. I first make my scheduler to change directory to C:\Perl64\bin and in the same command I run tap.pl. Oh and I'm using "at" command btw. $status = `at 3:09 cmd /c cd C:\\Perl64\\bin&tap.pl`; [download] It works. Further discussion/suggestions are welcome.	[reply] [d/l]


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