1> Does Zope on Win32 have the ability to automatically execute an event, such as send an automated email on a given date? I imagine the worst case scenario is to have an external method that calls a script that writes an NT Task Scheduler entry that sends out a form email with all the required blanks filled in. I'm hoping that there's either a product or that Zope has that functionality builtin, so I can manage it all from within Zope.
You don't have to go in that many circles. Make a Zope method that does whatever (send an email) and have your OS's scheduler call that method on whatever time interval you want. On a Unix this would be done with cron and wget. On WinWhatever there's apparently the "Task Scheduler" and the nasty little 'at' commands, but I don't know a lightweight way to call Zope methods. You might have to write a little Python script or something to poke the right URL. Or, take a look for the Xron product, which is probably the much easier (and XP) way to go. There's also rumblings of an event channel over at the CMF, but I don't think that's really helpful here. --jcc (cross platform)