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Re: [ECS] weather reports made easy (hopefully)... Thomas Hutchins-TA Thu, 24 Feb 2000 08:33:09 -0500

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Thanks Don,

I'll try that tonight

Tom


                                                                 
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From: donstephens@101freeway.com (Don Stephens) on 02/23/2000 10:59 PM

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Tom:
Loose the 'start/w' and use 'call' weather.bat 45245, and see if that helps.
Don
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Hutchins" <hutchins_ta@fuse.net>
To: <ecs-list@netbloc.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2000 6:25 PM
Subject: Re: [ECS] weather reports made easy (hopefully)...


> OK here's a good one.
> I've set up Scott's script by following his suggestion to modify
lmemail.bat
> by replacing the line calling postie w/ a line 'start/w weather.bat 45245'
> and have named this file getweath.bat. Now it works great when I run it
from
> windows, however, I've set up a text item called 'getweather' and text is
> 'c:\progra~1\ecs\getweath.bat'.
> When I set this item to execute I get the error message "Cannot find the
> file 'C:\Program Files\ECS\Command1.com'".
> I don't get this message when I double click on the file getweath.bat from
> program mgr.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Tom
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Scott Reston" <ih8gates@concentric.net>
> To: <ecs-list@netbloc.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2000 8:45 AM
> Subject: Re: [ECS] weather reports made easy (hopefully)...
>
>
> > On Wed, 23 Feb 2000 08:31:10 -0500, Thomas Hutchins-TA wrote:
> >
> > >Yes I mean I'm still connected to the internet. I'm not home to test
the
> START
> > >/W RASDIAL /DISCONNECT, however, I do use the TVL_dl event to get
> TV-listings
> > >and it disconnects from the internet when done and I believe that uses
> the START
> > >/W RASDIAL /DISCONNECT doesn't it?
> >
> > if that's not working, i'm not sure what the problem is... do you see
the
> RASDIAL line show up in the window after my script runs? you might need to
> put a
> > "START /W" before weather.bat... let it run in it's own session, but
have
> your 'getweather.bat' wait for it to finish...
> >
> > >My ISP disconnects me after 20 minutes of inactivity, but 5 minutes
would
> be
> > >better. How did you go about that?
> >
> > hmm.. those settings are hidden all over the place. i think you might
find
> it by going into "internet properties" (in your control panel) and go to
the
> connection
> > tab. choose your dial-up connection in the list, then press the
"settings"
> button... it's in the same place that you can set how many redial attempts
> you want.
> >
> >
> >
> > scott reston
> > ih8gates@concentric.net
> > http://www.indelible-blue.com/meetib/scott/
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>

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