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PAULDAWG
PAULDAWG

Reputation: 790

How to Create Indefinite Duration for a Task in Windows 2003 Task Scheduler

I'm trying to create tasks with an indefinite duration. On Windows Server 2008, if I don't specify the duration, then the duration is assumed infinite. However, on Windows Server 2003 a duration must be specified (and be equal or greater than the interval). Currently, I am just setting the task to have a duration of a year if it is meant to repeat a long time.

Is there a way to specify an indefinite duration on Windows Server 2003?

if (m_TimeInterval.m_Expire.Year < 2099) //xp and win7 max year is 2099
    tTrigger.Repetition.Duration = m_TimeInterval.getDuration();
else if (!newVer) tTrigger.Repetition.Duration = m_TimeInterval.getInterval().Add(TimeSpan.FromDays(365));
tTrigger.Repetition.Interval = m_TimeInterval.getInterval();
tTrigger.Repetition.StopAtDurationEnd = true;

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Upvotes: 2

Views: 2184

Answers (3)

CoreX1337
CoreX1337

Reputation: 11

You also can use TimeSpan.Zero which makes the task infinite.

Heres a short code snippet to demonstrate how to use it on a Trigger : 

Trigger triggerTask = Trigger.CreateTrigger(TaskTriggerType.Time);
triggerTask.StartBoundary = DateTime.Now.AddMinutes(3);
triggerTask.SetRepetition(new TimeSpan(0, 3, 0, 0, 0), TimeSpan.Zero);

Upvotes: 1

PAULDAWG
PAULDAWG

Reputation: 790

I ended up using 1-1-2099 as 'indefinite'

Upvotes: 1

John Watts
John Watts

Reputation: 8875

Can you use Duration.Forever.TimeSpan?

Upvotes: 0

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