Scheduler
- New Trigger type of Service Timer which uses the Sharperlight Service to trigger tasks at the specified interval instead of using Windows Task Scheduler. By default, these tasks are run in process, instead of out of process which would require more memory. Service Timers can be created to run Daily at a specified time or repeated at an interval. There various options to limit the task to time ranges, days of the week and also how concurrency is handled.
- New Resources feature where files and other resources required by the task can be imported into the task. For example, JavaScript or SQL files can but imported into Resources so that when the task is deployed to another site the task will still run correctly as it uses the task Resources. Resources can auto sync with the file system so that SQL and JavaScript files can be edited externally to the task. When the task is saved it auto syncs with the files in the file system if they exist and imports any updated files. Resources also has the ability to deploy/export files to the file system when run in a new environment. This is useful if some files need to be in the file system when the task is deployed.
- Additional extensions to the JavaScript library to improve SQL and Web Content support
Web Channel
- The Scheduler report under the admin menu on the main index page now has options to enable/disable, start, stop, clear tasks and change the interval time etc. With these basic features it’s possible do basic management of tasks from the web page instead of using the Scheduler client application
- New JavaScript help under the developer’s menu on the main index page. Similar to the way Expressions help works, the JavaScript library extensions can be explored and depending on the library, the example changed and executed.