Cron available in Xojo Cloud ?

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Hi good people,

I have a need to run a web application in Xojo Cloud.
I also need to run a separate application (most likely a console app) in the Xojo Cloud, which should be run hourly.
Does Xojo Cloud offer cron jobs ? If so where are they found ? I don’t see /etc/cron.allow anywhere in the Xojo Cloud.
If cron is not available, I guess I can run a timer in the App object of the web application.

Regards,
Tony Barry

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Can’t that timer launch the console app?

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[quote=291884:@Tony Barry]Hi good people,

I have a need to run a web application in Xojo Cloud.
I also need to run a separate application (most likely a console app) in the Xojo Cloud, which should be run hourly.
Does Xojo Cloud offer cron jobs ? If so where are they found ? I don’t see /etc/cron.allow anywhere in the Xojo Cloud.
If cron is not available, I guess I can run a timer in the App object of the web application.

Regards,
Tony Barry[/quote]
You should file a feature request for this.

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Hi Kem,

Yes. I think so anyway. I understand that the Xojo Cloud environment does not use App Nap :slight_smile: which caused me considerable headache in the desktop environment. Timers should just work.

Hi Greg,

I will file the feature request. Thank you for the idea.

Regards,
Tony Barry

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Report here the feedback number when you create your feature request. I will subscribe it

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The feedback request has been generated. Item 45503.

<https://xojo.com/issue/45503>

Thank you to Greg and Kem for the thoughts, and Antonio for the subscribe.

Regards,
Tony Barry