It is sometimes required that a website page needs to be executed everyday/every minute, so as to run the background services of a website or check everyday which users have not yet paid and email them etc.
Create a task in task scheduler and create a vbs file that will execute the asp.net page:
VBS script:
dim URL, oArgs
Set oArgs = WScript.Arguments
if oArgs.Count = 0 then
msgbox("Error: Must supply URL")
wscript.quit 1
end if
URL = oArgs(0)
on error resume next
Set objXML = CreateObject("MSXML2.ServerXMLHTTP")
if err then
msgbox("Error: " & err.description)
wscript.quit 1
end if
' Call the remote machine the request
objXML.open "GET", URL, False
objXML.send()
' return the response
'msgbox objXML.responSetext
' clean up
Set objXML = Nothing
'cscript
Configure task scheduler as follows:
Action: Start a program
Program/script: C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe
Add Arguments (optional):/C C:\inetpub\wwwroot\AlertCron.vbs C:/WebApplications/Websites/testsite/Cron.aspx
*where AlertCron.vbs is the name and location of the vbs file created above.
*where C:/WebApplications/Websites/testsite/Cron.aspx is the physical location of the file that needs to be run periodically.
*note the space between the highlighted text.
Set the trigger (in task scheduler) and you are ready to go.
