Scheduling Task/Application using C#

How to run a program on a scheduled  basis?

Well this can be done using TaskScheduler of Window.

Microsoft.Win32.TaskScheduler.dll is needed for this

Download the Sample Project here.

The code goes here

using System;

using System.Collections.Generic;

using System.Linq;

using System.Text;

using System.Threading.Tasks;

using Microsoft.Win32.TaskScheduler;

namespace Event.Schedule

{

    public class Scheduler

    {

        public static void ScheduleTask()

        {

            // Get the service on the local machine

            using (TaskService ts = new TaskService())

            {               

                // Create a new task definition and assign properties

                TaskDefinition td = ts.NewTask();

                td.RegistrationInfo.Description = "Umesh Does something";

                // Create a trigger that will fire the task at this time every other day

                DailyTrigger d = new DailyTrigger();

                d.DaysInterval = 1; // For daily Execution of Task

                d.StartBoundary = DateTime.Now.Date.AddHours(10);//Executes the Task daily at 10AM

                td.Triggers.Add(d);

                // Create an action that will launch another program or Task whenever the trigger fires

                td.Actions.Add(new ExecAction("C:\\Dev\\BirthDay\\BirthDay\\bin\\Debug\\MyApplication.exe"));

                // Register the task in the root folder

                ts.RootFolder.RegisterTaskDefinition("Umesh", td);

                // Remove the task we just created

                 ts.RootFolder.DeleteTask("Umesh");

            }

        }

    }

}

How to check the status of the Task/Task Details?

1. Go to Run, Type taskschd.msc + Enter

2. Now check the image below, you will get it.