Setup: Scheduler

Select Set-Up | Scheduler from the menu to view the Scheduler window.  This window can be used to schedule messages to pop-up on the screen at specified times.  Place a check mark in the box at the far left of each row to enable a row.  Remove the check mark to disable the row.  Enter a time in the 'Time' column to specify when the message should be displayed (ex. 09:30, 15:10, etc.).  If a time entry is entered with only the minutes (and not the hour), then the scheduler will trigger every hour.  For example, an entry of ' :05 ' will trigger the scheduler every hour at 5 minutes past the hour (24 hours a day).

Type a message into the 'Message Text' box.  The message will be displayed to the screen at the specified time.  This feature can be used to remind traders to do something at certain times during the day, or as an alert that a market is about to close.

The scheduler can also be used to run ESPL program scripts, display Workspaces, and RUN external programs at a specified time.  Enter the following keywords WORKSPACE=Name or SCRIPT=Name in the 'Message Text' box to specify the Workspace or ESPL program script to run (where 'Name' equals the name of the Workspace or ESPL script file).  For example, entering SCRIPT=CHARTNOW 3 will load the CHARTNOW.SPT ESPL file at the specified scheduler time, and will run the ESPL program with an ESPL variable value of 3.  If a Workspace is currently in use, it will save automatically before the new Workspace is loaded by the scheduler. 

Enter the keyword RUN=ProgramName to run an external program.  Ensign Windows will run the specified program.  Example RUN = C:\CALC.EXE will run a program named CALC.EXE.  This allows you to run any program on your computer at a specified time.

Select Help | ESPL Contents from the menu to view  more information  on running ESPL programs with the scheduler.  Documentation on using Workspaces can be read in the  Workspaces  topic.