This chapter describes how to schedule processes in EC Gateway.
The Scheduler application provides functionality to run unattended jobs. It also allows automatic rescheduling, remote access, conditional triggers, and Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE) commands. You can use Scheduler to launch processes or applications such as communications modules, file uploads, and file downloads.
This Scheduler capability is important for electronic commerce because most of the transactions are complex interactions that are conducted automatically in off-hours communications sessions.
The Scheduler consists of two executables:
autotask.exe – scheduling system
scheduler.exe – user interface
