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<p>The FILE.BAT batch file would look like the following:</p> | <p>The FILE.BAT batch file would look like the following:</p> | ||
<pre class="codesample"> <path | <pre class="codesample"> <path>SCHDIST.EXE -Dxx -I1 -Lc:\logs\schdist.txt | ||
<path | <path>EXTERNAL.EXE -Dxx -A -Lc:\logs\external.txt %1 | ||
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<p>NOTE: Refer to [[../101752|101752]] "PC Ext: Dispatch Cannot Spawn Batch File<br /> | <p>NOTE: Refer to [[../101752|101752]] "PC Ext: Dispatch Cannot Spawn Batch File<br /> | ||
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NOTE: In this setup, the -TU time in the Dispatch command line is passed to the External command line. This parameter essentially becomes the -BR (break relative) time that exits out of External and passes control back to Dispatch.</p></li> | NOTE: In this setup, the -TU time in the Dispatch command line is passed to the External command line. This parameter essentially becomes the -BR (break relative) time that exits out of External and passes control back to Dispatch.</p></li> | ||
<li><p>If you want the batch file to control the time for exiting out of the idle process, use the following command line:</p> | <li><p>If you want the batch file to control the time for exiting out of the idle process, use the following command line:</p> | ||
<pre class="codesample"> DISPATCH -Dxx -I"<batchfile | <pre class="codesample"> DISPATCH -Dxx -I"<batchfile>.bat" -L<path\filename> | ||
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<p>For example:</p> | <p>For example:</p> | ||
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<p>The FILE.BAT batch file would look like the following:</p> | <p>The FILE.BAT batch file would look like the following:</p> | ||
<pre class="codesample"> <path | <pre class="codesample"> <path>SCHDIST.EXE -Dxx -I1 -Lc:\logs\schdist.txt | ||
<path | <path>EXTERNAL.EXE -Dxx -A -Lc:\logs\external.txt -BRdd:hh: | ||
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<p>Notes<br /> | <p>Notes<br /> | ||
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In this setup, the -BR (break relative) time determines when External exits and passes control back to Dispatch.<br /> | In this setup, the -BR (break relative) time determines when External exits and passes control back to Dispatch.<br /> | ||
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You must remove the -A parameter in the External command line if you are using a modem. You should only use <path | You must remove the -A parameter in the External command line if you are using a modem. You should only use <path> placeholder if the SCHDIST.EXE and EXTERNAL.EXE files are not in the current directory. It is best if you copy the following files to a directory on the dedicated machine that will run this process (MS-DOS only):</p> | ||
<pre class="fixed_text"> DISPATCH.EXE NSDA.EXE REQMAIN.EXE | <pre class="fixed_text"> DISPATCH.EXE NSDA.EXE REQMAIN.EXE | ||
SRVMAIN.EXE REBUILD.EXE IMPORT.EXE | SRVMAIN.EXE REBUILD.EXE IMPORT.EXE |
Revision as of 10:03, 20 July 2020
Article ID: 101403
Article Last Modified on 8/16/2005
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Schedule+ 1.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Schedule+ 1.0a
This article was previously published under Q101403
SUMMARY
Versions 1.0 and 1.0a of Microsoft Schedule+ for Windows use the Schedule Distribution (Schdist) program (SCHDIST.EXE) to distribute a user's free and busy times to other postoffices. You can run the Schdist program as an idle process in the Dispatch program (DISPATCH.EXE).
The Dispatch program carries out directory synchronization (Dir-Sync) requests on the network. The Dispatch program polls the postoffices to determine when a Dir-Sync event is scheduled to take place. When Dispatch is running, the External Mail program (EXTERNAL.EXE) must also be running.
Schdist takes advantage of Dispatch polling the postoffices, and runs as an idle process. Schdist runs while External is not active.
MORE INFORMATION
The following examples show commands and batch files for using SCHDIST.EXE and EXTERNAL.EXE as idle processes in DISPATCH.EXE for two different scenarios:
If you want Dispatch to contain the IdleProcessMinPeriod (-TL) and IdleProcessMaxPeriod (-TU) parameters, use the following command line
DISPATCH -Dmp -I"file.bat" -TL30 -TU60 -Lc:\logs\mail.log
where -Dxx specifies the direct drives, -I specifies the idle program, and -L specifies the log file path and filename. To have Schdist running as an idle process, include SCHDIST.EXE in a batch file. For example:
DISPATCH -Dmp -I"file.bat" -TL30 -TU60 -Lc:\logs\mail.log
The FILE.BAT batch file would look like the following:
<path>SCHDIST.EXE -Dxx -I1 -Lc:\logs\schdist.txt <path>EXTERNAL.EXE -Dxx -A -Lc:\logs\external.txt %1
NOTE: Refer to 101752 "PC Ext: Dispatch Cannot Spawn Batch File
Without COMMAND.COM" for information if you are having problems running this batch file against Microsoft Mail for PC Networks postoffices with MS-DOS 5.0.
NOTE: In this setup, the -TU time in the Dispatch command line is passed to the External command line. This parameter essentially becomes the -BR (break relative) time that exits out of External and passes control back to Dispatch.If you want the batch file to control the time for exiting out of the idle process, use the following command line:
DISPATCH -Dxx -I"<batchfile>.bat" -L<path\filename>
For example:
DISPATCH -Dmn -I"file.bat" -Lc:\logs\mail.log
The FILE.BAT batch file would look like the following:
<path>SCHDIST.EXE -Dxx -I1 -Lc:\logs\schdist.txt <path>EXTERNAL.EXE -Dxx -A -Lc:\logs\external.txt -BRdd:hh:
Notes
In this setup, the -BR (break relative) time determines when External exits and passes control back to Dispatch.
You must remove the -A parameter in the External command line if you are using a modem. You should only use <path> placeholder if the SCHDIST.EXE and EXTERNAL.EXE files are not in the current directory. It is best if you copy the following files to a directory on the dedicated machine that will run this process (MS-DOS only):DISPATCH.EXE NSDA.EXE REQMAIN.EXE SRVMAIN.EXE REBUILD.EXE IMPORT.EXE EXTERNAL.EXE ASYNC.OVL EXTERNAL.HLP EXTERNAL.ERR X25EICON.OVL X25ATLAN.OVL SCHDIST.EXE
REFERENCES
For more information on SCHDIST.EXE, see pages 12-15 of the Microsoft Schedule+ for Windows "Administrator's Guide."
For more information on DISPATCH.EXE, see pages 14-16 of the Microsoft Schedule+ for Windows "Administrator's Guide," and pages 287-307 of the Microsoft Mail version 3.2 "Administrator's Guide" or pages 257-265 of the Microsoft Mail version 3.0 or 3.0b "Administrator's Guide."
For more information on EXTERNAL.EXE, see pages 13-17 of the Microsoft Schedule+ for Windows "Administrator's Guide," and pages 227-285 of the Microsoft Mail version 3.2 "Administrator's Guide" or pages 199-245 of the Microsoft Mail version 3.0 or 3.0b "Administrator's Guide."
Additional query words: schedule plus 1.00 sched scheduler
Keywords: KB101403