Tools/Scheduler won't save changes

[goennech]

Hi,
I am new to AmiBroker (and fascinated from its possibilities).

I have a problem I could not find a solution for. I have setup a batch.abb succesfully. Now I want to call this batch repeated due the Tools/Scheduler

My changes wont be saved when hitting "OK"-Button, the schedulers-list still shows "Repeat"-"Once" and the task will not be repeated.

Now I found in the forum, that the Schedulers Crontab is save at "broker.schedule".
This file looks like this

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> C:\Program Files\AmiBroker\Formulas\Custom\ChrisBatch1.abb 0 2025-08-25 15:50:13 0 1 22 127 1899-12-30 00:00:00 0

My Question is:

• how can I make AmiBroker save my changes in the scheduler, "OK"-Button won't save my changes
• alternatively, how should I amend the "broker.schedule"-File to let the Task run hourly

Many thanks in advance for your help!

Kind regards,
Chris

[Tomasz]

This is NORMAL. You have selected "start batch when application starts". This kind of start condition is special, executed ONCE at startup.

For time-based repeats you have to use "Start batch at specified date/time". Then you can do time-based repeats.
If you want BOTH (start when application starts AND periodic repetition), you need to add TWO tasks:

1. Run on app startup
2. Run from ANY date in the past say today 01:00 and repeat hourly.

[goennech]

Thank you very much Tomasz, fully understand & problem solved