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| - | The *Periodic trigger* lets you execute a macro periodically while you are logged in. | + | ====== Periodic Trigger ====== |
| - | You can configure the period in seconds, minutes or hours. | + | The *Periodic trigger* lets you execute a macro at specified intervals while you are logged in. |
| - | You can limit the time the macro triggers to within a certain portion of the day, or on particular days of the week. | + | |
| + | {{:trigger:km-periodic-trigger.png?nolink|}} | ||
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| + | The //Period// of the trigger can be set as follows: | ||
| + | * Interval of seconds, minutes or hours. | ||
| + | * Limit to a certain portion of the day, or on particular days of the week. | ||
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| + | :!: **Caution:** Generally it is recommended to //not// use very frequent intervals (like //seconds//), except as a last resort. For one thing, a macro triggering will cancel any “once” or conflict palette choices or the like, and so frequent timed trigger macros will likely cause problems with that. | ||
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| + | Note that periods that cross midnight will stop at midnight. Use two triggers if you want to trigger continuously before and after midnight. | ||
| You could use a trigger like this to run periodic maintenance or track changes. | You could use a trigger like this to run periodic maintenance or track changes. | ||
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| === Triggers === | === Triggers === | ||
| - | * [[Periodic| Periodic]] trigger | + | * [[Cron]] trigger |
| - | * [[trigger:Time|Time]] trigger | + | * [[Time of Day]] trigger |
| + | * [[Idle]] trigger | ||
| * [[/Triggers|All Triggers]] | * [[/Triggers|All Triggers]] | ||
trigger/Periodic.txt · Last modified: 2023/04/03 02:34 by peternlewis
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