I have a web page on a which does some database updates (e.g. http://www.mysite.com/updates.asp). I want this page to be called automatically each day at 09:00.
I know how to schedule a task in IIS, but the process of scheduling a task requires that I select a programme to operate the task. So I’m thinking perhaps I need to make a .exe file which calls the web page, then schedule that .exe to run daily.
Is this right? If so, how do I create a simple .exe to do this? My skills are solely front end web (html/css) and classic ASP, so I’ve never done anything like creating a .exe before, but I’m sure it can’t be too difficult as it’s only doing something very simple i.e. loading a web page.
I’ve looked online and the only examples I can find are full asp.net examples which contain logging of schedules etc, but I’m looking for something much simpler. I just need to get the web page called once daily.
Alternatively, is there a different way I can get the scheduler to call the page without a .exe?
Many thanks for any pointers…
An exe to send an HTTP get request would be simple to create but there are lots around that you can use, for example wget.exe from http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/wget.htm