How To Run CompanionLink Automatically

CompanionLink may be set up as a scheduled task in Windows. This may be done through any scheduling application.

IMPORTANT: Not all sync configurations should be run automatically. In order to run CompanionLink as a scheduled task, your handheld in CompanionLink should be set to Google Calendar, Outlook or Palm Desktop. If your handheld is not one of these, do not run CompanionLink automatically.

When setting up CompanionLink as a scheduled task, you will need to set a specific command line for the program in order for it to run CompanionLink and synchronize. This is done in the format, [program] [switches]. The normal command line for the program and the various switches you may use have been outlined below. Running CompanionLink without any switches causes the main program window to open and does not do any synchronization.

Program: (the location of the companionlink.exe program)
c:\Program Files\CompanionLink\companionlink.exe

Switches:

-log
This tells CompanionLink to create a log of the sync.
-process
This tells CompanionLink to synchronize. This switch must always be present.
-silent
This tells CompanionLink to suppress all normal sync progress messages. (Errors will still be displayed.)
-user=[name/profile#]
This switch is used only with CompanionLink Professional and tells CompanionLink to select a specific profile.

Example:
c:\Program Files\CompanionLink\companionlink.exe -process -silent