Events - (Shift-F3)

It is possible to instruct ProBoard to perform some action at a set time and day (an “Event”). This action can be: exiting with a specific errorlevel (for a batch file) or executing a DOS command. This is useful for example, to pack the user file, or to pack the message base at a specified time each day.

You can define up to 30 events.

An event is described by the following fields: ──────────────────────────────────────────────

Enabled…………………. If this is set to 'No', the event will be

ignored.

Active Days……………… Determines on what days of the week this

event will run. To edit this field, press
<Enter> and toggle the 'Yes/No' fields
displayed next to each day.

Event Time………………. The time at which the event has to run on

the selected days (in 24h format).

Duration………………… How long this event has to stay active.

During the event, no users are allowed to
log in on ANY node.

Event type………………. 'Command' : A DOS-command will be executed

when the event is activated.
You can use any of the shell
options from menu type 7.
Remember to use the *Z option
to run a batch file.

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'Errlevel': When the event is activated,
ProBoard will exit with an
errorlevel, specified in the
next field.

Errorlevel………………. The errorlevel to use for this event if the

event type is set to 'Errorlevel'.

DOS-command……………… The DOS-command to execute for this event

if the event type is set to 'Command'.

Node number……………… An event will run on ONE node. You can

specify the node here.

When using a frontend-mailer, you only have to specify the time, days and duration, because the events have to be executed by the mailer.