As far as I can see the main problem with this is that it requires access to the local computer where visualcron is running. There is NO WAY I'm letting users log on to my drifts computers. What would be nice is be able to send remote pop ups. I would use this for things like a batch job that produces a file that needs to be able to checked by the accounting department before it is sent via sftp to a bank.
Ideally the visual cron job would send a message to a group of people, they then have a period of time to check the file and respond with ‘Accepted’ or ‘Rejected’ after which the job would either send the file or not, ideally there should be a default option that takes affect if there is no answer within the allotted time period. Together with a warning message sent to the group if their respone time is running out and there has not been a response. Visual cron should also check that the person who sends a message is allowed to respond (use of AD to authentication) and of course log who responded, when, and how.
By the way I have done all this in VB script with a Oracle database repository, it just isn’t as nice to look at as visual cron.
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