Trigger object

Scripting object that provides the common properties that are inherited by all trigger objects.

Members

The Trigger object has these types of members:

• Properties

Properties

The Trigger object has these properties.

Property	Access type	Description
Enabled	Read/write	Gets or sets a Boolean value that indicates whether the trigger is enabled.
EndBoundary	Read/write	Gets or sets the date and time when the trigger is deactivated. The trigger cannot start the task after it is deactivated.
ExecutionTimeLimit	Read/write	Gets or sets the maximum amount of time that the task launched by the trigger is allowed to run.
Id	Read/write	Gets or sets the identifier for the trigger.
Repetition	Read/write	Gets or sets a value that indicates how often the task is run and how long the repetition pattern is repeated after the task is started.
StartBoundary	Read/write	Gets or sets the date and time when the trigger is activated. The trigger can start the task after the trigger is activated.
Type		Gets the type of the trigger.

Remarks

The Task Scheduler provides the following individual objects for the different triggers that a task can use:

• BootTrigger
• DailyTrigger
• EventTrigger
• IdleTrigger
• LogonTrigger
• MonthlyDOWTrigger
• MonthlyTrigger
• RegistrationTrigger
• TimeTrigger
• WeeklyTrigger
• SessionStateChangeTrigger

When reading or writing XML, the triggers of a task are specified in the Triggers element of the Task Scheduler schema.

Examples

For more information and example code for this scripting object, see Time Trigger Example (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

TriggerCollection