Posts made by Tracy_Burton

All registered. Arriving on Tuesday May 7 in the afternoon and staying at the Holiday Inn Express.

@scottalanmiller said in MangoCon 2019 Hotels:

Probably AirBnB options, too.

If I was paying for it, I'd probably do AirBNB

I'll be staying at the Holiday Inn Express.

Anyone from this community going to Microsoft Ignite conference this year? I will be there...I arrive in Orlando on Sunday 9/21.

In preparation for some privilege management software, I went looking through my OUs and DNS to find out some issues were present. Under my main OU, I have one called Computers (as usual) then I also have an OU called Insight and under Insight I have another folder called Computers. I just assumed that since everything was done within the Insight OU, all the computers would go into that subfolder but that's not the case. I have computers listed in both Computer folders and there seems to be no rhyme or reason. In addition, I have bunches of old computers that I know are no longer in service listed in both. Removing them isn't an issue but I have 10 computers that are no longer in service however I can still ping them. Does anyone know how this could be possible? Is it somehow tied to a MAC address on a computer that has been re-imaged and named differently? What happens if I just delete them? What could be the ramifications of doing so? I'm kind of at a standstill until I can get the OUs straightened out.

@emad-r said in Need help with a batch file:

@tracy_burton

how do you solve it when it gets hung ? via task manager --> end process, if that is the case and this is working for you, then batch file will work.

However I would investigate (when I have free time) how ERP software gets feeded (mysql/basic files/what connector it uses) and see if I can try to further understand to help solve the issue.

Secondly, try replacing that Win 7 with 2008R2, and check if program runs more stably using that. I reckon there is still a way to trial 2008R2.

The new version of the ERP software runs on .net so once the upgrade is done, I don't anticipate this being an issue. It honestly is just really bad software and this is an "add-on" piece that no one in support even knows about. I've invested many many hours into trying to fix it and I'm done wasting my time. This will suffice for now.

@dafyre said in Need help with a batch file:

@tracy_burton Yepp!

So in that field I should be putting CD "C:\Program Files (x86)\Consona\Made2Manage Client\BCP",. correct? When I do, the task won't even run.

I also did it without the "CD" in front and nothing. I removed the quotes and it worked...Stupid crap!

@dafyre said in Need help with a batch file:

@tracy_burton said in Need help with a batch file:

@dafyre said in Need help with a batch file:

@tracy_burton said in Need help with a batch file:

I got the batch script and thought everything was fine but it's still not working. I think this is an issue with this specific program so I'm not sure anyone here can help but I'll explain whats happening.

When it launches, it has some associated preferences with it (the correct location to post to, etc). I can double click on the batch file and it runs perfectly as long as its located in the program folder where the exe file lives. When I setup the task scheduler, I pointed it directly to the correct Program Files folder but it doesn't launch with those associated preferences. I manually run it and its fine but the task scheduler is missing something.

You can also try and CD to the right directory at the start of the batch file.

I don't think this is the issue since it does run the batch script so it knows where to find it.

Right, but when it runs the batch script, unless you have set the Working Directory ("Start in" on the screen), it's just going to run the batch file form probbably C:\Windows\System32 or something like that.

I think I see where you're going. Are you talking about what I'm pointing to in this screenshot?

@dafyre said in Need help with a batch file:

@tracy_burton said in Need help with a batch file:

I got the batch script and thought everything was fine but it's still not working. I think this is an issue with this specific program so I'm not sure anyone here can help but I'll explain whats happening.

When it launches, it has some associated preferences with it (the correct location to post to, etc). I can double click on the batch file and it runs perfectly as long as its located in the program folder where the exe file lives. When I setup the task scheduler, I pointed it directly to the correct Program Files folder but it doesn't launch with those associated preferences. I manually run it and its fine but the task scheduler is missing something.

You can also try and CD to the right directory at the start of the batch file.
I don't think this is the issue since it does run the batch script so it knows where to find it.

@s-hackleman said in Need help with a batch file:

Sounds like permissions would be the first place I would look. Does task scheduler attempt to run the program as you, or as a service account?

I have it set to run as administrator so there should be no permission issues but I'll take a look.

I got the batch script and thought everything was fine but it's still not working. I think this is an issue with this specific program so I'm not sure anyone here can help but I'll explain whats happening.

When it launches, it has some associated preferences with it (the correct location to post to, etc). I can double click on the batch file and it runs perfectly as long as its located in the program folder where the exe file lives. When I setup the task scheduler, I pointed it directly to the correct Program Files folder but it doesn't launch with those associated preferences. I manually run it and its fine but the task scheduler is missing something.

@s-hackleman
This won't work as it needs to be running all the time. As transactions come into the collection server, they need to be posted to the ERP server immediately.

I think I got it figured out. I'll follow up tomorrow if it doesn't work as planned tomorrow morning.

@dafyre said in Need help with a batch file:

@tracy_burton said in Need help with a batch file:

I have a Win7 box running a program that sends all of our clock-in transactions to our ERP software. About 4 times a week, the program gets hung up and I get into work with a ticket waiting that there is nothing posted in the system for that day. I RDP into the box, close the program, restart it and everything posts through without issue. The ERP company has never been able to solve it and now they claim that its all because its running on VFP which is no longer supported by Microsoft and won't help.

I figure if I can schedule a batch file to run every morning to force the program to restart, it will keep itself taken care of. The problem is, I can't figure out how to write this thing. It should be simple...kill process, start process but I just can't get it to work. Can anyone point me in the right direction here?

taskkill /fi "imagename eq process.exe"

??

That kills it when I put the process name in there but I also need to then start the service.

I have a Win7 box running a program that sends all of our clock-in transactions to our ERP software. About 4 times a week, the program gets hung up and I get into work with a ticket waiting that there is nothing posted in the system for that day. I RDP into the box, close the program, restart it and everything posts through without issue. The ERP company has never been able to solve it and now they claim that its all because its running on VFP which is no longer supported by Microsoft and won't help.

I figure if I can schedule a batch file to run every morning to force the program to restart, it will keep itself taken care of. The problem is, I can't figure out how to write this thing. It should be simple...kill process, start process but I just can't get it to work. Can anyone point me in the right direction here?

@bigbear
It can't...it will fail miserably lol

@minion-queen
Is that for Grove or just a distributor that you guys use?

@scottalanmiller said in Vendors...Who are you using?:

@tracy_burton said in Vendors...Who are you using?:

@scottalanmiller

I kind of got the impression that Grove will be limited in what they can get. Maybe I misunderstood.

That's my understanding. But limited in vendors, not limited in scope, I think. LIke they can get mice, but maybe not the brand you want specifically.

I'll keep my eye out for when it gets rolling

@scottalanmiller

I kind of got the impression that Grove will be limited in what they can get. Maybe I misunderstood.

@scottalanmiller said in Vendors...Who are you using?:

What kind of stuff are you looking to buy? For straight servers, we buy through xByte.

Desktops, mice, keyboards, toner...pretty much everything. For servers, I will start using xByte but that isn't all too often.