ExecAction Class

Represents an action that executes a command-line operation.

Inheritance Hierarchy

SystemObject
Microsoft.Win32.TaskSchedulerAction
Microsoft.Win32.TaskSchedulerExecAction

Namespace: Microsoft.Win32.TaskScheduler
Assembly: Microsoft.Win32.TaskScheduler (in Microsoft.Win32.TaskScheduler.dll) Version: 2.12.0

Syntax

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[XmlRootAttribute("Exec", Namespace = "http://schemas.microsoft.com/windows/2004/02/mit/task", 
	IsNullable = false)]
public class ExecAction : Action

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The ExecAction type exposes the following members.

Constructors

	Name	Description
	ExecAction	Creates a new instance of an ExecAction that can be added to Actions.
	ExecAction(String, String, String)	Creates a new instance of an ExecAction that can be added to Actions.

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Properties

	Name	Description
	ActionType	Gets the type of the action. (Inherited from Action)
	Arguments	Gets or sets the arguments associated with the command-line operation.
	Id	Gets or sets the identifier of the action. (Inherited from Action)
	Path	Gets or sets the path to an executable file.
	WorkingDirectory	Gets or sets the directory that contains either the executable file or the files that are used by the executable file.

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Methods

	Name	Description
	Clone	Creates a new object that is a copy of the current instance. (Inherited from Action)
	CompareTo	Compares the current instance with another object of the same type and returns an integer that indicates whether the current instance precedes, follows, or occurs in the same position in the sort order as the other object. (Inherited from Action)
	Dispose	Releases all resources used by this class. (Inherited from Action)
	Equals(Action)	Indicates whether the current object is equal to another object of the same type. (Overrides ActionEquals(Action))
	Equals(Object)	Determines whether the specified Object, is equal to this instance. (Inherited from Action)
	Finalize	Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object)
	GetHashCode	Returns a hash code for this instance. (Inherited from Action)
	GetType	Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object)
	IsValidPath	Determines whether the specified path is a valid filename and, optionally, if it exists.
	MemberwiseClone	Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object)
	SetValidatedPath	Validates the input as a valid filename and optionally checks for its existence. If valid, the Path property is set to the validated absolute file path.
	ToString	Gets a string representation of the ExecAction. (Overrides ActionToString)
	ToString(CultureInfo)	Returns a String that represents this action. (Inherited from Action)

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Events

	Name	Description
	PropertyChanged	Occurs when a property value changes. (Inherited from Action)

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Fields

	Name	Description
	unboundValues	List of unbound values when working with Actions not associated with a registered task. (Inherited from Action)

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Remarks

All versions of the base library support the ExecAction. It only has three properties that allow it to run an executable with parameters.

Example

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ExecAction ea1 = new ExecAction("notepad.exe", "file.txt", null);
ExecAction ea2 = new ExecAction();
ea2.Path = "notepad.exe";
ea.Arguments = "file2.txt";

Reference

Microsoft.Win32.TaskScheduler Namespace