>>I have a couple of VFP EXEs that need to run unattended overnight. I need them to start at a specified time. I have tried getting the EXEs to run using NTs scheduler with the AT command and I have tried using Norton's Scheduler. Neither method will run the VFP EXEs successfully. How can this be done?
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> I can almost guarantee this is because something is set-up wrong in the schedulers, not something specific to VFP. In fact, dealing with NT's schedulers was so frustrating (because of this and other limitations) I ended up buying a third party scheduler (NT-Crond, now CronSYS from ifdef software: http://www.ifdef.com)
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> When you're using the built-in scheduler you need to make sure you've set the app up to interact with the desktop. Actually, under NT 4.0 I've had better luck putting any calls to other programs (ie. your VFP app) in a .CMD file (batch file), then having the command scheduler call that.
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> When you're trying to set it up, make sure you keep checking the Event log. It will usually give you a vague reason why it's failing.
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> Is this NT 3.51 or NT 4.0? If you still can't make it work after trying the above, let me know. I'll see if I can grab one of our "AT" entries for you to work from.

I am running NT 4.0 with SP 4. I have tried putting the command to start the EXE in a BAT file, then calling the BAT file from the Scheduler. That did not help. What is the difference between a BAT file and a CMD file?