Feature request: Scheduled folding

[alanazar]

(excuse me if i'm posting in wrong section)

Would it be possible to include scheduling of folding so that it only runs during certain days & timings. ie Mon-Fri 7pm-9am, Sat & Sun all day. etc...

I checked the active tickets for enhancements already but didn't find anything.

[P5-133XL]

Use the scheduler that is built into Windows/Linux to start and stop it.

[iceman1992]

I was about to ask the same thing

@P5-133XL : but if i use the scheduler, won't it be force-quitting the client? I don't want the WU to get corrupted..

[7im]

You could always run it as a service, and use the sched tasks to start and stop the service.

[bollix47]

You could always pause the client just prior to the time the scheduler is set to stop using a .vbs file:

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Set cloner = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
cloner.run"cmd"
WScript.Sleep 500

cloner.SendKeys"telnet localhost 36330"
cloner.SendKeys("{Enter}")
WScript.Sleep 500

cloner.SendKeys"pause"
cloner.SendKeys("{Enter}")
WScript.Sleep 500

cloner.SendKeys"exit"
cloner.SendKeys("{Enter}")
WScript.Sleep 300

cloner.SendKeys"exit"
cloner.SendKeys("{Enter}")

[7im]

This works for pausing your client while your gaming too.

[alanazar]

Thanks a lot guys! I'll go ahead with P5s & 7im reco. I was also worried about what iceman wrote.
I'll go ahead and do that then, but is it possible to get it anyways as a feature request for the less advanced folks?

Also bollix47, thanks for taking the time to write, but i'm not that advanced for vbs

Thanks again!

[7im]

It's unlikely to be added as a feature when the operating system will do it for you.

[Joe_H]

As mentioned, unlikely to be added as a feature. But there are a couple enhancement request tickets of low priority open still, https://fah-web.stanford.edu/projects/F ... ticket/639, and https://fah-web.stanford.edu/projects/F ... ticket/300 looking for similar features to what you asked for. Whether they will ever be implemented is another matter.

[Rolo]

The aforementioned script wouldn't finish properly for some reason, leaving its window open; here is one that does and it runs minimised:

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Set oShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
oShell.Run "telnet localhost 36330",2
WScript.Sleep 500

oShell.SendKeys "pause 0~"
WScript.Sleep 500

oShell.SendKeys "quit~"
WScript.Sleep 500

oShell.SendKeys "~"
WScript.Sleep 500

oShell.SendKeys "exit~"


To resume folding:

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Set oShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
oShell.run "telnet localhost 36330",2
WScript.Sleep 500

oShell.SendKeys "unpause 0~"
WScript.Sleep 500

oShell.SendKeys "^]"
WScript.Sleep 500

oShell.SendKeys "quit~"


- If you don't want it minimised, remove the ,2 in the second line
- Save as a .VBS file to automate with Task Scheduler, run from a batch file, or bind to a macro key (i.e. Logitech G-keys)