While implementing an idea of web-based execution of Contributor Macros (see previous post), I’ve encountered the problem of some kind of progress-bar drawing in asp page. When user hit’s asp page calling a Contributor Macro (which can take 15 min), he ought to see some action, telling him that “work is still going”. Mine idea [...]
Since Analyst and Contrib macros are typically packed into .bat files, remote bat execution is a common task. If you don’t want user to access server via terminal session of some sort, but user still needs to start some administrative task (data transfer, reconciliation or such) remote execution comes into play. There are 3 basic [...]
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