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.

'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.