TaskService object

For scripting, provides access to the Task Scheduler service for managing registered tasks.

The TaskService.Connect method should be called before calling any of the other TaskService methods.

Members

The TaskService object has these types of members:

• Methods
• Properties

Methods

The TaskService object has these methods.

Method	Description
Connect	Connects to a remote machine and associates all subsequent calls on this interface with a remote session.
GetFolder	Gets the path to a folder of registered tasks.
GetRunningTasks	Gets a collection of running tasks.
NewTask	Returns an empty task definition object to be filled in with settings and properties and then registered using the TaskFolder.RegisterTaskDefinition method.

Properties

The TaskService object has these properties.

Property	Description
Connected	Gets a Boolean value that indicates if you are connected to the Task Scheduler service.
ConnectedDomain	Gets the name of the domain to which the TargetServer computer is connected.
ConnectedUser	Gets the name of the user that is connected to the Task Scheduler service.
HighestVersion	Gets the highest version of Task Scheduler that a computer supports.
TargetServer	Gets the name of the computer that is running the Task Scheduler service that the user is connected to.

Examples

For more information and example code for this scripting object, see Time Trigger Example (Scripting), Event Trigger Example (Scripting), Daily Trigger Example (Scripting), Registration Trigger Example (Scripting), Weekly Trigger Example (Scripting), Logon Trigger Example (Scripting), Boot Trigger Example (Scripting), or Displaying Task Names and States (Scripting).

Requirements

Requirement	Value
Minimum supported client	Windows Vista [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server	Windows Server 2008 [desktop apps only]
Type library	Taskschd.tlb
DLL	Taskschd.dll

See also

Task Scheduler