Automated dialing

[TerribleTerry]

Is there a way to get XP/Pro to, at a specified time, dial up an phone number (which happens to be an ISP access point), get connected, run a process and then disconnect? The process I'm uses Ant with an XML buildfile, but I can't find any Ant task that can cause XP to dial up the connection. I thought of setting up XP so that it dials a number when it needs a connection. This appears to work (most of the time) for Outlook Express and IE, but not for an Ant task (because it's in a DOS window?)

 

[bcastner]

Schedule two tasks:

. Connect to the internet at address xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
. Two minutes later launch your DOS task.

 

[TerribleTerry]

Hi bcastner,

Thanks for the input. However,

1) what task do you schedule to make the connection? (As I mentioned, running an Ant task doesn't seem to do it. Maybe there's a Windows program that can be run - perhaps launching IE with a parameter? - tho I'm not sure how to do that.)

2) how do you disconnect the dial-up connection when you're done? (maybe send some message - somehow - to the modem from my code?)

Appreciate any clarifications you might care to provide.

 

[bcastner]

1. Schedule the URL as the task target line.

2. Use the 'disonnect after idle' feature of your connection properties sheet to set a suitable idle timeout and disconnection.