Subj : Event Won't Run
To   : digital man
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Thu Jan 13 2022 00:21:48

Rob,

I've tried numerous times to set up an external event for nightly
maintenance, but it will NOT run.

Here is what I have set up in SCFG under Timed Events:

Internal Code: PREEVENT
Startup Directory: C:\SBBS\BATCH
Command Line: NGTMAINT.BAT
Enabled: Yes
Execution Node: 1
Execution Months: Any
Execution Days Of Month: Any
Execution Days Of Week: All
Execution Time: 00:01
Requires Exclusive Execution: Yes
Force Users Offline For Event: Yes
Native Executable/Script: No
Use Shell Or New Context: No
Background Execution: No
Always Run After Init/Re-init: No
Error Log Level: Error

Every time I try to run it, it returns Error Level 255, and exits.
 
I can NOT always be up at 12 midnight to "manually down the nodes"
so the external event will run. If I can't get the event to run,
there's no point in me having ANY doorgames online, and I might
as well shut down the board after 31 years, and go offline forever. 
I can NOT have  users online while these run, or it will corrupt 
the doorgame data. The system downs the nodes just fine for the 
MSGMAINT at 5am local time, but it will NOT run an event with a 
batchfile or any other executable program at any other time.

Originally, it was message areas that were the big draw for BBS's.
Then, it became file areas, and now doorgames. The system is running
under Windows 10 32-bit, with version 3.19c (sbbs_dev and sbbs_run)
of Synchronet.
 
What am I overlooking??

Daryl
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