On Wed, 19 Sep 2007 09:38:28 -0400, Renata
wrote:

What's the task?
I think it's a great idea and would be interested in getting a copy
myself, so any info to that end that you'd be willing to share would
be appreciated.

Thanx
Renata

Well, it's nothing that I wrote, though I suspect a script/macro could
be written to do the job. I use Quicken for all my financial records.
One of the built in features is a "One Step Update" which can be
configured to go online and update not only the program itself, but
also any accounts which have been enabled for online access. That
update operation can be set to run at scheduled times.

I have a couple of complaints with the program. First, if the update
fails for any reason, it leaves a copy of Quicken running without a
user interface. The only way I've found to shut the "background" task
down and allow a "foreground" copy with a GUI to run, other than to
restart the computer, is to kill the process using Task Manager. The
other complaint is that the scheduled task doesn't run as a service
which means the user has to be logged on to the machine in order for
the task to run. Neither one is a 'deal killer' for me, but I do find
it a little aggravating.



Tom Veatch
Wichita, KS
USA