Timed Execution of a Script (second time lucky?)

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sez gregory.lypny at videotron.ca:
>I'm playing with Revolution as a CGI engine with the scripts in stacks.
>
>  I'm wondering if there's a way to have Revolution executive a script
>at specified intervals, for example, every Tuesday night at ten 
>o'clock.
>
>Any thoughts?
   Sure. The basic idea is pretty simple:

on openStack # or whatever other trigger you like
  ...
  send ("TimedScript" && 86400) to me in 3600 seconds
  ...
end openStack

on TimedScript TheInterval
  DoAllKindsaStuffHere
  send ("TimedScript" && TheInterval) to me in TheInterval seconds
end TimedScript

   Of course, this kinda assumes that your machine will NEVER crash or go 
offline. Not what you'd call a realistic assumption. Therefore, a better idea 
would be to figure out when you want "TimedScript" to run the first time, and how 
often it should run thereafter (you're likely to find the dateItems time/date 
format helpful here); write that information to a text file on disc; and 
every time the program is run, it reads that text file & uses that information.

   In short: The key is "send TheMessage to me in XXX seconds". The rest -- 
figuring out what value to use for XXX -- is up to you.
  Hope this helps...