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Newbie questions

Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2010 4:54 am
by huroncomputers
Hey, just started looking at Robotask and I think it looks pretty good!  I just want to know if it is possible to accomplish my goals and what type of issues I may come across in making the attemptThis is what I want Robotask to do:     1 Automatically install a series of programs              a: check to see if program exists              b: if it does exist, is it an older version that can be updated              c: install with given parameters            d: move on to the next program              e: generate a report at the end     2: Update things such as antivirus definitions from the internet      3: Run programs such as antivirus, antispyware programs in sequence: i.e. Run Adaware, clean up traces, then run Spybot, clean up traces, etcThank you for your timeAl 

Newbie questions

Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2010 4:45 am
by Oleg
1. Check - where? How do you want to check the existence of the program? I ask you, because there are not the common method.
If it is only the file in the particular folder - no problem.
I think that you should compose some list of the programs and process it within the loop.

2. Most antiviruses have native autoupdate module.

3. Also they must have native schedulers. But you can run command-line module of antivirus under RoboTask without problems.