Not sure how long this has been around, but I run command files to automate backups and exports from dvd profiler.

I used to run the following as a scheduled task:


OpenDatabase Default
BackupAll "E:\Apps\DVD Profiler\backup-auto.dpb" RenameExisting
Close



and this worked quite happily..

But since I leave DVd Profiler open more frequently, since I run the IOS version, the backup fails sometimes since dvd profiler is already open.

I have tried running the task with a 'close' as the first command..


Close
OpenDatabase Default
BackupAll "E:\Apps\DVD Profiler\backup-auto.dpb" RenameExisting
Close


and have also tried


BackupAll "E:\Apps\DVD Profiler\backup-auto.dpb" RenameExisting
Close


both always fail with an error telling me that dvd profiler is already open. I thought the 'close' would have closed the running program, and I thought without doing an open it would just run with whats open already?

I can close dvd profiler every evening before I go to bed but I did think one of the two options would work

Quoting Mithi:

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Quoting pauls42:

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I used to run the following as a scheduled task:

I think the startup-parameters are crucial here.
I guess your scheduled-task looks something like
"C:\Program Files\DVD Profiler\dvdpro.exe" /CommandFile=[FileName]
add /CloseExisting and everything should be fine, I think.

The "Close" at the start of the command-file is "too late" because by then the second DVD Profiler instance would already be running.

cya, Mithi

thanks for this, it looks like it will do the biz - I'll give it a try.

I hadn't thought of looking at startup parameters - I was just looking at the command file paaremeters..