EMCO Remote Shutdown - What's New in Version 5.0

The below features have been introduced for the first time or significantly improved in this release:

• Improved scheduled tasks creation and editing performance

Now the application consists of two parts installed on the same PC - the server, that runs as a service, and the client, that works as UI application. This configuration allows executing scheduled tasks even if the application isn't started manually.

All scheduled tasks are executed by the server that works as a Windows service. By default it starts automatically once the PC where it is installed is powered on. You don't need to run the application manually anymore to execute scheduled tasks. The client part is used to configure scheduled tasks and check task execution statuses. It works as the UI application you know from the previous releases.

The Remote Actions group of the Ribbon menu has been reworked to include two execution options for every type of remote tasks. The first option allows executing a remote task immediately once a task configuration will be completed. The second option allows adding a task to a schedule for automatic execution at a defined date and time. Both options have similar configuration steps except the second one require a schedule configuration.

All users working with the application on the same PC use a single copy of application database with networking information, list of scheduled tasks, task execution results, etc. If you like you can have multiple databases with own configuration and switch databases when required using the corresponding dialog.

If a scheduled task was skipped to execute in a defined time, the application offers various approaches how to handle this situation. Using the Confirmations page on the Preferences dialog you can choose to skip a task execution in such situations, execute a missing occurrence once it will be possible or show a confirmation dialog. You can also configure other options of tasks execution and occurrence changes.