Scheduled tasks

[easyrider666]

Hi just wondering if scheduled tasks can be installed.

[gigi]

Hi,

What exactly you mean with scheduled tasks, please give me more details.

Regards,
Gigi
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[easyrider666]

basicaly i have a program which needs to run every day and I going to use scheduled tasks in windows to do this. I was wondering if its possible to have it automatically installed as a scheduled task.

[gigi]

Hi,

Here is VBS script that create a scheduled task to start "Notepad.exe" at 12:30 PM every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Create a .vbs file and add "New Attached Custom Action" in Advances Installer.

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strComputer = "."
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" _
& "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
Set objNewJob = objWMIService.Get("Win32_ScheduledJob")
errJobCreated = objNewJob.Create _
("Notepad.exe", "********123000.000000-420", _
True , 1 OR 4 OR 16, , , JobID)

You need to modify this script to correspond with your needs.

Regards,
Gigi
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Gheorghe Rada
Advanced Installer Team
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[easyrider666]

Hi thanks for that, I will try this, also is it possible to get the selected directory from the user install and pass it into the vbs file?

Thanks

[gigi]

Hi,

also is it possible to get the selected directory from the user install and pass it into the vbs file?

Yes you can acces a property in the script file with the following vbs code line:

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Session.Property("APPDIR")

Regards,
Gigi
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Gheorghe Rada
Advanced Installer Team
http://www.advancedinstaller.com