Script Timer Bundled Scripts
A number of scripts designed to be scheduled with Script Timer are included with the program.

These include Track Timer, a script for controlling and scheduling Apple's iTunes application, and several small related scripts for controlling iTunes. Track Timer is discussed on a separate page.

Also included are a few sample scripts that you might want to schedule with the program, or that illustrate its features. Because Script Timer takes care of all the scheduling for you, these scripts are very short and simple. There are scripts to show you how to:
• use a stand alone script (with parameters)
• record the time accumulated between two or more events
• script the Finder
• control a third party program
• return data for inclusion in the Script Timer log file
• use dynamic scheduling (the ability of Script Timer to schedule a second script on the fly depending on data sent to it by another scheduled script)
• use Script Timer to schedule perl scripts
• use Script Timer to schedule shell scripts, and
• use Script Timer to schedule an Automator workflow without running Automator
These sample scripts are provided for purposes of illustration only. Although they should work as expected on most systems, they are not guaranteed to function correctly on all systems.

In addition to the scripts such as Track Timer that come bundled with Script Timer, upon registering you will receive at least eight more scripts designed to be run by Script Timer as a thank you for registering.

Reminder
This very simple script can be used to give yourself a reminder of things you need to do during the day. If scheduled with Script Timer, it beeps and displays a dialog on your computer screen with a customized message at the scheduled time.

SayIt
This is a variant on the Reminder script. Instead of displaying a dialog, it speaks the message that you pass to it.

chronometer
This script can be used to determine the time between two events and to accumulate time elapsed from a series of events. For example, schedule this script to run at idle start and idle end and you can determine for how long you were idle, or at log in and log out to determine how long you were logged in. You can create multiple timers as well. Elapsed time and total elapsed time for a given timer are returned to the Script Timer log file every time this script is run by Script Timer.

EmptyTrash
This script can be used to schedule the Finder to empty the Trash for you. If there is anything in the Trash when this script is run, a dialog will appear on the screen asking you if you would like to empty it, and displaying the number of items and the amount of disk space they take up. The default answer is "Yes", so if you hit the Return key, the Trash will be emptied. If you do not respond in 30 seconds, the Trash will also be emptied by default. This is so that the script will not hang if no one is at the machine when it runs.

Get Web Page
Use this script to download a given web page on a schedule using Safari. (Many web pages that display changing data are set up to refresh themselves from the web server on a periodic basis. However, using Script Timer gives you control over when you want to first get the page in the day. Also, your browser does not need to be running for the script to work, the script will start it if it is not running.) You simply pass the URL of the desired web page to this script as a parameter.
If you are not using Safari, check the AppleScript Dictionary for the browser that you are using. It should contain similar commands.

Running Procs
This script is designed to illustrate the return of data from a script to the scheduling engine for writing to the Script Timer log file. Whenever it is run it will cause a list of the currently running Macintosh (i.e. non-unix) processes to be placed in the log file. An "unwanted names" list is provided to allow you to exclude the names of some processes from your return data. Use this script to get a snapshot of what was running while you were away from your computer. By using Script Timer's own log file, there is no need to have the script deal with files on its own.

Dynamic Scheduler
This bare bones script illustrates the syntax needed in an AppleScript script to return a new action record to the Script Timer scheduling engine to allow it to schedule a new action. Dynamic scheduling allows an AppleScript script to decide on a future action - what it is and when to schedule it - during execution of the script.

perl test file.pl
This skeleton perl script shows how to pass parameters to a perl script.

shelltest1.sh
This skeleton shell script shows how to pass parameters to a shell script.

test.workflow
This skeleton Automator workflow shows how to schedule a workflow and pass file paths to it. (File paths are passed as a comma separated list in the Script Timer "Parameters" field.)


Registration Reward Scripts

You will receive a URL and password to access these scripts upon registering Script Timer.

App Monitor - can be used to monitor a given application and restart it if it should crash

change data file - used to automatically change the program's current data file
This allows you to change sets of actions to schedule automatically. For example, you might have different sets of actions for different months or seasons.

Check_Mail - can be used to automatically check for new mail with Apple's 'Mail' program. Particularly handy for those who connect to the Internet on a dialup connection as it automatically connects, checks for new mail, and disconnects.

Download_Script - uses the popular Internet engine Interarchy to download files from the Internet
This is particularly handy for scheduling downloads of software updates and other larger files while you are away from your computer.

NOTE: Recent versions of Interarchy have a scheduling function built in, but the program must be running to use it.

file backup script - can be used to do a scheduled back up of a single file
This is handy for backing up a constantly changing file, such as the Internet Explorer 'Favorites' file, which has been known to be spontaneously overwritten by the default Favorites file by Internet Explorer.

reconnect airport - can be used to automatically rejoin a wireless Airport network after sleep
(In theory this should be taken care of by the system, but in some cases the system does not do the reconnect.)

SnoozeAlarm - provides a "snooze alarm" function
This script reminds you that its scheduled run time has passed, then allows you to tell it to remind you again in any number of minutes if you don't want to heed it at that time. You can easily add additional statements to the script to make it more that a simple snooze alarm.

Truncate Timer Log - can be used to automatically trim Script Timer's log file to contain only the most recent entries

Thanks to Paul Berkowitz for providing the script that Truncate Timer Log is based on.

Additional scripts may be supplied to registered users at a future date.

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