IdleTrigger object

Scripting object that represents a trigger that starts a task when an idle condition occurs. For information about idle conditions, see Task Idle Conditions.

Members

The IdleTrigger object has these types of members:

• Properties

Properties

The IdleTrigger object has these properties.

Property	Access type	Description
Enabled	Read/write	Inherited from the Trigger object. Gets or sets a Boolean value that indicates whether the trigger is enabled.
EndBoundary	Read/write	Inherited from the Trigger object. 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	Inherited from the Trigger object. Gets or sets the maximum amount of time in which the task can be started by the trigger.
Id	Read/write	Inherited from the Trigger object. Gets or sets the identifier for the trigger.
Repetition	Read/write	Inherited from the Trigger object. 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	Inherited from the Trigger object. Gets or sets the date and time when the trigger is activated.
Type	Read-only	Inherited from the Trigger object. Gets the type of the trigger.

Remarks

An idle trigger will only trigger a task action if the computer goes into an idle state after the start boundary of the trigger.

When reading or writing XML for a task, an idle trigger is specified using the IdleTrigger element of the Task Scheduler schema.

If a task is triggered by an idle trigger, then the IdleSettings.WaitTimeout property is ignored.

If the initial instance of a task with an idle trigger is still running, then the task is only launched once with no repetitions, even if multiple repetition is defined in the Repetition property. This behavior does not occur if the task stops by itself.

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

Trigger

Task Scheduler Objects

Task Scheduler