I guess the subject says it all. Is Visual Cron OK on 64 Bit windows? Any one running it?

Dave Jackson

Yes, it is but currently it is running in 32 bit mode on 64 bit processors. We have not yet created an install for 100% 64 bit.

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Thanks. Your answer leads to another question. If it is running as a 32 bit process, can it start a 64 bit one?

Dave

Yes, we call functions that call native start functions that will determine the right execution context. If you are unsure then remember that you have 45 days of trial with full functionality.

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Thanks again Henrik. We already have bought your product, we have a site license, but I didn't want to install it on the 64 bit server without checking. Could I schedule jobs from our current VC Server to run tasks (batch files) on the 64 bit one I wonder... 😇

Dave

yes, you should, with Remote execute.

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yes, you should, with Remote execute.

Aha! I need to upgrade. We currently use 4.4.6 😗

I'll do that shortly after reading the upgrade docs/posts etc.

Thanks for your help

Dave J

Henrik

FYI I have successfully upgraded my Test Server Install, but during testing I have come across a small problem.

I created a folder D:\DEV06\Test on the remote Server and then this simple batch file in it.

@echo off
echo. >> Test.log
echo %1 >> test.log
echo. >> Test.log
echo %time% >> Test.log

When I schedule this with O as the Argument, the parameter does not get passed. Here is the output generated:



ECHO is off.

18:15:00.44

When I run it locally with "O" as the parameter I get:


O

18:19:53.92

This is not a show stopper as I can wrap the 'real' batch file I want to call, but I thought you should know.

HTH

Dave J

VisualCron is automatically capturing all output. Try removing the pipe:ing and check the output column of VisualCron. If you really want to save that you can use Variables to get that output and use it anywhere in the program.

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Henrik,

I am sorry for not being clearer. When I say 'output' I mean the contents of test.log. I don't think the Argument is being passed by Visual Cron as the file does not contain O (%1 in the batch file) when I schedule it. I can see the time variable (%time%) being echoed into it though.

HTH

Dave J

Can you please test if this version works better for you (with the parameters): http://neteject.com/VisualCron4.8.5.exe 

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