Automation of manual functions

Hi,
is it possible to send scripted commands to IDM 8.1p5?
For example. we want to control certain things that happen in our IDM that need manual intervention.
I propose scripting it to do the following:
Pause activesync of Resource "x"
Delete selected ObjectType of xmlData (sync token)
Start Full Reconcilation of Resource "z"
Delete selected ObjectType of xmlData (sync token)
Start activesync of Resource "x"
We need to be able to ensure the sync token is removed before each reconcilation is done.
Then activesync can start again until we need to do it again, probably via a cron job.
Can someone please point to possible ways this could be accomplished, hopefully with
some kind of example resource etc?!
Thanks very much...
rachel

BATCH DATA CONVERSION (BDC) WORK *
Dear Sir,
Can you tell me what are the initial & final steps to complete a BDC program & what r the initial thing which i kept in mind before develop a BDC program
Thanks in advance.
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