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vB AJAX Cron · **Released**: 08-11-2006

This is such a small but useful mod that I decided to give it away free. This mod will replace your sheduled task image code at the bottom of your pages and run your sheduled tasks via an AJAX call.

AJAX is asyncronous and offers true background running of sheduled tasks. This does not change anything with the actual tasks or the scripts that run them. It merely replaces the method that initiates the running of those scripts.

There are no template edits of any kind. Simply upload the files to your forumhome directory and import the product xml file.

This should work in any vb or custom script in any directory.
Full support will only be given at vbmodder.com

I will support it here as time permits.

Enjoy

Don't forget to click install if you use it.

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Do not use this with vb 3.5x! There is a difference in the cron table.
The 3.5x version can be found here

Code:

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Code Monkey · #62 08-23-2006, 02:19 AM

Anyone had any issues with this?

sickboy6ths · #63 08-24-2006, 08:38 AM

Somehow... my cron stopped working since a while...
I have tried everything, even tried using the default style with no template additions, but no luck...

Now, after installing your mod, my cron is working properly again. So big thanks..
altough I of coarse would've loved to figure out why the default cron image didnt work anymore :S

Code Monkey · #64 08-24-2006, 01:22 PM

I'm wondering if you had the same problem as Revan. I'm glad this fixed it for you. It is a better way to call the cron anyway.

Alcatraz · #65 08-26-2006, 05:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Code Monkey

Currently, when vb needs to run a sheduled task, it loads image code at the bottom of your forum page. Except it has a php file as the src of the img tag. This causes the php file to run which in turn runs the next scheduled task. This can, depending on the cron to run and the size of the site, cause a browser to seemingly hang until the script is finished running. This happens because this is a syncronous event. Meaning, it's waiting for the page to finish loading the image.

This mod replaces that with an asyncronous AJAX call to the cron script.

The image code has served vb well but with the advent of AJAX type methods there is a cleaner way to do it. That's what this does.

What about the other hacks that require cron? does this turn the reular cron off. I have RPG Inferno v3 and it requires over 3 cron scripts. To run to keep everything running ok. Do I have to know how to write java script to my it work or does it pick it off the cron task tabel and run it via ajax?

Thanks for the program though :-) I installed!

Alcatraz

Code Monkey · #66 08-26-2006, 07:02 PM

No. This runs all crons that are in your scheduled task list in your admincp.

As stated above. This does not change any internal cron functions whatesover. It only improves the method that runs the scripts on page load.

Alcatraz · #67 08-26-2006, 11:05 PM

Yeah I seen the .js scripts and I wasn't for sure if it was or not.

Alcatraz

Code Monkey · #68 08-27-2006, 04:09 AM

You should have no problems. Thanks for posting and thanks for clicking install.

Brandon Sheley · #69 08-30-2006, 09:06 PM

thanks for the mod Code Monkey, I'll give it a try

[high]* Brandon Sheley clicks install[/high]

Code Monkey · #70 08-31-2006, 04:30 AM

I am sure you will find it useful and beneficial.

Enjoy

DementedMindz · #71 09-04-2006, 07:52 AM

Code Monkey thank you very much and once again nice work. installed

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