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Message tasks

Message (Command)

Message task displays text message on the screen. The "Message" property contains text of the message, which is displayed on the screen.

Messages to remote computers

JIT Scheduler can send text messages to remote computers across network. This feature is supported under MS Windows® NT/2000/XP. The desired network computers can be specified in the "Computers" property. It is possible to specify several computer names divided by comma. The local computer can be specified as " . " - (dot character). Specify " * " (star character) to send message to all computers in the domain. When the "Computers" property is empty, the task is executed on the local computer.

Note, sending messages across network is supported under MS Windows® NT 4/2000/XP, network and Messenger services must be started.

Note, the local computer can be specified in two ways : as " . " or by it's network name. These two specifications are not equal. Dot is handled by local functions, so it is much faster and reliable. When network name is specified, the message is sent using network services. Sometimes these services can be disabled by Administrator or can be inaccessible.