Timer Question

[khanjan_a2k]

I am quite not good at using timers. What I wish to do is that I want create a program for turning of my computer for a certain period of time.

The scenario: I am downloading a huge file and I will not be home when it is finished downloading. So I want to create a program that will turn the computer off after 7 hours. Could someone help me?

[AIS4U]

Khanjan a2k:

I know that this is not the kind of "timer" you are talking about, but it works great.

I wanted to do the samething and was also going to write a simple program to do this. However, I solved my problem by buying a simple $15.00 electronic timer at my local hardware store. I just plug my computer into the timer and plug the timer into the wall outlet. It works great and is much easier to change the time setting than having to go into a program and change the code to adjust the time.

Just a suggestion.

Good Luck

[khanjan_a2k]

Yeah, but since I can just create a program myself, I just want to find out how to use the timer control so that I can turn my computer off.

[cssriraman]

Hi,

There is a dos command shutdown.exe will do that. Here is the commandline parameters:

Usage: shutdown [-i | -l | -s | -r | -a] [-f] [-m \\computername] [-t xx] [-c "comment"] [-d up:xx:yy]

	No args		Display this message (same as -?)
	-i			Display GUI interface, must be the first option
	-l			Log off (cannot be used with -m option)
	-s			Shutdown the computer
	-r			Shutdown and restart the computer
	-a			Abort a system shutdown
	-m \\computername	Remote computer to shutdown/restart/abort
	-t xx			Set timeout for shutdown to xx seconds
	-c "comment"		Shutdown comment (maximum of 127 characters)
	-f			Forces running applications to close without warning
	-d [u][p]:xx:yy		The reason code for the shutdown
				u is the user code
				p is a planned shutdown code
				xx is the major reason code (positive integer less than 256)
				yy is the minor reason code (positive integer less than 65536)

Use the shell functions to run this command from visual basic.

No need to use any timer control or any other third party softwares.

[iPrank]

To shutdown the computer at specified time, you can add a timer with 1 second interval. When current time matches the predefined time, turnoff the computer.
To get current time, use Now or Time. To check the time diference, use DateDiff function. To shutdown the computer, use ExitWindowsEx API. (You'll need to set appropriate permission in WinNTx systems.)

Alternately, to wakeup the computer at specified time, see my codebank submission. It may help.

[Al42]

To check the time diference, use DataDiff function.

DateDiff. I make that typo in the other direction all the time. I get date from a database.

Between us we're a pretty good typist.

[iPrank]

Sorry. I have NoteMe Syndrome.

[randem]

Why bother with all the hassles? Just enter a Scheduled event to run the shutdown command 7 hours (or whenever) you want. See DOS AT /?