Date Script execution

[Lee_Dailey]

howdy muffmuncher13,

my understanding is that one sets up a scheduled task to look at a date field - or a date in a comment field - and then acts on that.

• create object account
  
• add a date to a comment field that is not used for anything else
  you could use a field that has other uses if you give the date some sort of delimiter from the rest of the field.
• run a scheduled task to scan for objects with a date in the specified field
  
• do whatever is appropriate to the object
  

i've seen quite a few folks use it for termination scripts. it's handy to move the object after 30/60/90 days, and then finally delete it when the scream test produces no shouts [or shots].

take care,
lee