Is there an Ektron Scheduler?

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I need to have a process or widget that every five minutes will check to see if there are any xlf files in the localization folder, and if any exist, will import them into Ektron. Is there a way within Ektron to have something scheduled.

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 15 '13 at 00:20

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I don't think there is any scheduler program inside Ektron.

To schedule a task you could look at using one of the following:

Quartz.Net
Command line programs called by Task Scheduler

Alternatively, you could look at using an Ektron plugin, which will get fired when certain Ektron events occur (e.g. content published). However, in my experience plugins/extensions are poorly supported and documented.

answered Feb 15 '13 at 00:20

Spongeboy

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Quartz.Net is a good suggestion. I couldn't remember what it was called. I'll agree that plugins weren't great, but I'm a big fan of the extension support in recent versions. – egandalf Feb 15 '13 at 17:57
What I am looking to do is programatically import content by checking the localization folder every X minutes. What is the best way to do that? I didn't see a localization API in the web services. – SaulR Feb 26 '13 at 03:06

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 26 '13 at 09:37

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You can try creating a Windows service to perform the scheduling.

Details on the localization API and how localization performed can be found at:

root\Workarea\controls\content\localization_uc.ascx.cs in your Ektron site.

answered Mar 26 '13 at 09:37

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 15 '13 at 13:42

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I'd recommend trying something similar to what Ken McAndrew did for an alias scheduler. Details here: Manual Alias Scheduler

answered Feb 15 '13 at 13:42

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Is there an Ektron Scheduler?

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