Task scheduler

[Viktor Ygdorff]

Ok this might be a stupid question. I want to use the Windows Task Scheduler
(or any other program/application whatever that does the job) to open
Microsoft Excel at a certain time every day. Now this is possible but does
someone has to be logged on to the computer in order for it to work. I want
to do certain things during nigh time when no one is using the computer
(download some prices). Is this possible at all? Any help is very much
appreciated! Thank you all!

 

[Karl E. Peterson]

Ok this might be a stupid question. I want to use the Windows Task
Scheduler (or any other program/application whatever that does the
job) to open Microsoft Excel at a certain time every day. Now this is
possible but does someone has to be logged on to the computer in
order for it to work. I want to do certain things during nigh time
when no one is using the computer (download some prices). Is this
possible at all? Any help is very much appreciated! Thank you all!

Sure oughta be, assuming you have turned macro security down to nil. Why
not try a simple test? Stick some code that leaves droppings (writes to a
file, the registry, whatever) in Workbook_Open, and add the XLS as a new
task. See what happens. You'll just have to give it proper credentials to
"run as" whoever might have permission.