Subj : Event Won't Run
To   : Daryl Stout
From : Digital Man
Date : Wed Jan 12 2022 23:43:13

  Re: Event Won't Run
  By: Daryl Stout to digital man on Thu Jan 13 2022 12:21 am

 > 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??

My first guess is that you have "Native Executable/Script" set to "No". But I would still expect the Events thread to report that it's trying to run the event at the specified time/interval, even if it didn't successfully run. But you didn't share any log output or any other details.
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                                            digital man (rob)

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