Scheduler

What is Scheduler

Common Scheduler tasks and Automation menu

Macros

What is scheduler

It's implemented with tasks which may be created in Scheduler. Each task has two attributes : "What to do" and "When to start". Optionally one or more downloads may be associated with task.

"What to do" attribute can take following values:

• Start download
• Pause download
• Run program
• Run antivirus
• Run script
• Dial to the internet
• Hang up
• Exit ReGet Deluxe
• Shutdown computer
• Change traffic priority

"When to start" attribute has field "Schedule task", which can take following values:

• Once
• Daily
• Weekly
• Monthly
• Continuously
• When ReGet Deluxe starts
• When dial-up connection is established
• When there are no active downloads
• When download is completed
• If nothing is received

Common scheduler tasks and Automation menu.

• Check files by antivirus Select this option, then select your antivirus name from drop-down list in order to check each downloaded file by antivirus.
• Shutdown if no active downloads. If you want you computer to be shut down when there are no active downloads, select this option and then select appropriate shutdown mode from drop-down list.
• Hangup if no active downloads. If you want to hang up dial-up connection when there are no active downloads, use this menu option.
• Run some program when download is completed To run a program when download is completed, create a new task in Scheduler, specfying "What to do" = "Run program" and "When to start" = "When download is completed". Specify program name in "Program name" field (e.g. "notepad.exe"), program path in "Program path" field (e.g. "C:\Windows"), and program arguments in "Arguments" fields. You can use some macros here, they are described here

Macros

• Scheduler macros When you create a new task in Scheduler, where action = "Run program" or "Run antivirus" and "When to start"="When download is completed", you can use following macros in "Arguments" field:
  
  

  Macros	Meaning
  [File]	full file name (with path)
  [FileName]	only file name with extension
  [FileTitle]	file name without extension
  [FileExt]	extension
  [FilePath]	path to file

  
  
  for example, file C:\My Downloads\test.zip was downloaded. and for it:
  
  

  Macros	Value
  [File]	C:\My Downloads\test.zip
  [FileName]	test.zip
  [FileTitle]	test
  [FileExt]	zip
  [FilePath]	C:\My Downloads\

• Download macros You can use these macros in URL, Save to folder, and Save As download properties. For example you can set Save to folder property to C:\!in\[host]\[path] to sort download into directories.
  
  

  Macros	Meaning
  [Host]	host name from URL (for example www.microsoft.com)
  [Host`]	host name where all "." are replaced with "`" (for example www`microsoft`com)
  [Host_]	host name where all "." are replaced with "_" (for example www_microsoft_com)
  [Path]	Path from URL
  [Path`]	Path where all "/" are replaced with "`"
  [Path_]	Path where all "/" are replaced with "_"
  [Protocol]	protocol name (ftp,http)
  [Ext]	filename extension in URL
  [WeekDayS]	Abbreviated weekday name
  [FullWeekDayS]	Full weekday name
  [MonthS]	Abbreviated month
  [FullMonthS]	Full month name
  [Day]	Day of month as decimal number (1 - 31)
  [Hour]	Hour in 24-hour format (0 - 23)
  [Hour12]	Hour in 12-hour format (1 - 12)
  [DayOfYear]	Day of year as decimal number (1 - 366)
  [Month]	Month as decimal number (1 - 12)
  [Minute]	Minute as decimal number (0 - 59)
  [AmPm]	Current locale's A.M./P.M. indicator for 12-hour clock
  [Second]	Second as decimal number (00 - 59)
  [Week]	Week of year as decimal number, with Sunday as first day of week (0 - 51)
  [Weekday]	Weekday as decimal number (0 - 6; Sunday is 0)
  [WeekOfYear]	Week of year as decimal number, with Monday as first day of week (0 - 51)
  [Year]	Year without century, as decimal number (00 - 99)
  [Year4]	Year with century, as decimal number
  [TZ]	Time-zone name or abbreviation; no characters if time zone is unknown