Resolved Using third party cron jobs like setcronjob.com

Hello,

In CSVI 6, the cron script is a real cron script, so it can only be called from the server itself. Why not use the cron option on your server?

As a workaround I can only think of perhaps creating your own script that gets triggered by setcronjob.com and in this script you call the cron.php file of CSVI.

My clients hosting company does not offer good cron options. Your idea of accessing cron.php looks like a good idea.

Hello,

My clients hosting company does not offer good cron options.

That is what I was afraid of. Good hosts seem to be scarce.

Let me know if the idea works out or not.

I have not found a solution to this problem. My client hosts on a Windows server. On My own server I would have had this sorted in 5 minutes. On the Windows server we don not have access to cron jobs only scheduled tasks. I have attached a screenshot of the Helm control panel in case that helps you understand my issue.

Is there a way to get a php file to call the cron file in the same way that a cron job would? I have not been able to find a way to do this.

Hello,

The cron job in *nix is the same as the scheduled tasks in Windows. The screenshot shows the issue, you can't specify any parameters there.

Is there a way to get a php file to call the cron file in the same way that a cron job would?

Easiest is using a batch file. In the batch file you would simply call php path/to/script arguments. Of course with the correct path to PHP.

You would call the batch file from the scheduled task.

Let me know if that helps.