AutoTask 2000 - Cypress Technologies
Current Version: 3.77
Last Updated...: 03/02/09

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CONTENT
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* OVERVIEW
* INSTALLATION NOTES
* VERSION HISTORY

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OVERVIEW
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Auto Task 2000 is a scheduling service for Windows 
95/98/ME/NT40/2000/XP. It is designed to automatically run programs 
at specified times without the need for user interaction. With 
AutoTask’s feature rich functionality, it supports a variety of 
automation needs. Listed below are some of the features support:

* Ability to define multiple commands per each task.
* Run tasks at specified frequency, like daily, weekly, monthly. 
* Run tasks repeatedly at specified intervals such as every xx 
  minutes and xx hours.
* Run tasks under the system account or user accounts(NT/2000/XP), 
  thereby controlling the resources to which the program will have 
  access.
* Determines whether the tasks should be allowed to interact 
  with any logged-on user(NT/2000/XP).
* Run tasks regardless of whether any user is logged on.
* Run tasks based on whether or not a defined condition is met, 
such as file exist, file has changed or application running.
* Sends user defined keys to applications to emulate operation that 
  would normally be done by a user interacting with the program. 
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INSTALLATION NOTES
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Most likely the first time you install AutoTask, the installation 
program will ask you whether or not to replace DLLs that are 
currently in use. You must answer yes and reboot your PC before the 
program will work correctly.

Windows 95/98 users require that DCOM95/DCOM98 be installed. If you 
have not yet installed this Microsoft program, do so before 
installing AutoTask. You can download these file from the following 
URLs: 
http://www.cypressnet.com/download/dcom95.exe
http://www.cypressnet.com/download/dcom98.exe
Note! 98 users will also need IE5.1 or greater installed.

If installing on Windows NT/2000/XP the installation program will
automatically setup AutoTask as a service. 

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NOTE TO VERSION 2.xx USERS (UPGRADING)
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As this version has many design changes we recommend highly that you
backup your data files. The installation is setup to automatically 
backup the files for you. Simply answer "YES" to the backup dialog
boxes. If you do not backup your tasks files and decide to return to
a previous version you will have to recreate the tasks files 
manually. 

NOTE! If you answer "YES" to backups and install to the same directory
you will be able to return to the previous version simply by 
uninstalling.

We have taken great care to automatically convert previous tasks and
dat files to the new version. However we recommend you review the 
tasks for correct parameters after the installation is complete. 

Where both scheduled and conditions triggers were being used in the 
previous version you will find two task. The original with the 
scheduled trigger and a new task with the name 
"Trigger for - <originalname>. The command in this trigger tasks will
be to call the original task command list. 

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VERSION HISTORY
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--VERSION 3.77
* Minor changes to application resources and documentation. 

--VERSION 3.75
* Fixed problem where the registered user was not showing up in the 
  help about box. 
* Fixed problem where the admin application would not exit properly
  under certain conditions. This only happened after adding a new
  task and then exiting the program.

--VERSION 3.74
* Fixed problem with network security issues on Windows 2003

--VERSION 3.73
* Fixed problem with the Explorer Bar flickering when changing task 
  selection. 
* Added code to the list view sort header. To remind user that by 
  changing the sort order the order in which task are checked is also
  changed.  
* Fixed problem where Display Message command would not bring dialog 
  to foreground. 

--VERSION 3.71
* Fixed the problem where the "Check For Update" menu option was 
  missing from the At2admin program.
* Fixed an issue where using the "Run Now" menu option did not use 
  the "Suspend Scheduling" option when activated. 
* Create a new "Default Task" file for the installation program. 
* Fixed the issue where the system menu icon in the At2Admin was not 
  showing correctly.

--VERSION 3.70
* This update contains some minor internal changes for improving 
  performance.

--VERSION 3.67
* Fixed a problem with one of the components not registering correctly
  on Windows 98 machines
* Fixed a problem with FileExist where an error was being thrown when
  the file was checked by the service program.

--VERSION 3.65
* Added wildcard support to FileExistAndNotLocked
* Modify the task menu items so that the enable/disable text is shown
  based on current status... 
* Fixed a problem with a memory leak when using user on network 
  resource to run a task. 

--VERSION 3.62
* Change the help file over from winhelp to htmlhelp
* Fixed a problem where commands were randomly disappearing from the
  task file after execution. 

--VERSION 3.60
* Fixed some minor performance issues. 

--VERSION 3.54
* Fixed a problem where the administrator program would not completely
exit when closed. The problem would only happen if a task was edited.
* Fixed a problem where if you edited the last command in a list and 
clicked OK the command would jump up one spot in the list.
* Removed ctrl keys from the right click menu of the main task list
window.

--VERSION 3.51
* Fix a problem with the registry import/export function that saves 
the admin parameters. If application path contain spaces (i.e. 
c:\program files\at2000\) then the program would error because the 
import file could not be found.

--VERSION 3.50
* New interface for the Admin main window. The new interface is 
  designed to make navigation easier. 
* Fix a problem with how the admin window information is saved when 
  the program is shutdown.
* Also now compatible with Windows 2003

--VERSION 3.12
* Fixed a problem where account information once entered was not being
saved correctly under all circumstances.

--VERSION 3.11
* Fixed a bug where command lines would become empty once the admin
program was shutdown.
* Fix a bug where command lines would disappear at random.

--VERSION 3.10
* Added new scheduler command “ResetTaskTrigger”. This command will 
allow users to force the condition trigger of another task to the 
false position. Making the trigger ready to evaluate the condition.

* Fixed a problem with the “delayed startup” command line option.

* Fixed the “RunOnStartup” flag which was not being read correctly 
when the AutoTask engine is started.

* Fixed a problem where the log file view option would not correctly 
read the file path and name.

* Fixed a problem with interval range. 

--VERSION 3.00
* Internal design change required for all modifications. Also will 
allow us to add new triggers and commands more easily.

* Added global network accounts so that if a change needs to be made
like having to change your network password, you will be able to 
change the password once in a central location rather than in each 
tasks. 

* Split the scheduled and condition triggers from the same tasks to
individual tasks. Allows for more flexibility in deciding when to 
run a task.

* Added Scheduler commands that will now allow you to run, enable and
disable other tasks. Now you can have a single command list that can
be called by multiple triggers. 

