'Batching' Idea for Robot3

[stu]

Ken,

This is a far out request that might have a Windows OS work around but I am still a unix guy the way that I think.

In Robot3, I would like to see a 'job scheduler.'

Since many of the queries of which I am interested take some time to run, I am imagining a way to use the gui interface to create a batched query. The goal would be to create several dozen queries to run sequentially and unattended.

That way before I go to bed or go to work. I can create what I am interested in learning and walk away. Then when I return home or wake up I would have a list of reports.

I know -- I know -- I could dump everything to MS-Access or MySQL and then write my own queries and batch them. Since I am tech-rusty, was never really good at sql, and love your robot interface, I am just hoping for some intermediate solution.

As I said, it is a far out request for R3,
stu

[BEEGEE]

I would be interested in a capability to automatically run a sequential que of spot plays overnight. It would be a great timesaver for checking all of my spot plays on a regular basis. There are so many HTR members that do amazing things this may be an application to consider. I don't pretend to be a programmer but I think it would be an auxillary routine that runs outside of HTR2 in a pgm like ATRPro. With a little work on the headings for spot play identification the current summary data could be saved as .TXT files. I have an old "greyhound" program that allows me to process numerous files to build a database overnight. It's really great to wake up in the mlrning with all of that tedious work done.
With or without that capability -- HRT Rules !!!

[km]

Appreciate the feedback guys, those ideas are impractical for the Robot but are not a problem for a good db app programmer. We have the best export data in the world for that purpose and it is not limited in scope like the Robot.

Never going to take the Robot to the next level of difficulty because its primary appeal is simplicity and ease of use right out of the box.