Task Scheduler

[pytchley]

How can I enter a caption for a scheduled task. I have used the following code from MS Script repository but it creates a caption of AT1 then AT2 etc if it already exists.
I want a description that refects the task.
Here is the code:

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

 

[tsuji]

Hello pytchley,

.Caption is read-only only once the job is actually created. Hence to specify your Caption, I would set it before the .create.

Set objNewJob = objWMIService.Get("Win32_ScheduledJob&quot
objNewJob.Caption="my caption string"
errJobCreated = objNewJob.Create _
("Notepad.exe", "********123000.000000-420", _
True , 1 OR 4 OR 16, , , JobID)

regards - tsuji

 

[pytchley]

Sorry tsuji
That appears to be unsupported for the object as it comes up with
'Object required: objNewJob.Caption'

Regards Pytchley

 

[tsuji]

Hello again,

It is I who feel really sorry. The way won't work. .Caption seems read-only and be something inherited from the parent or else being a device for future implementation.

I checked the cim studio. The caption property is there. I am a bit surprised that you get that error "Object required" thing. My testing seems go through all right. Only that when Get the job back from the collection, the caption was not set, had not created as instructed.

My wild guess would be that a lot of built-in properties are still not fully implemented or just reserved for future development---a thing to watch. The present implementation of win32_scheduledjob seems not doing anything more than the "at" commandline. Besides, documentation is scare, so I cannot learn much from others. Any other insight, Pytchley?

regards - tsuji

 

[tsuji]

Upon reflexion, you had probably putting Set in front of the .Caption line I proposed. Taken that the attempted assigning string to it does not work it way to the job created, the .caption itself is a valid documented property.

For the sake of sharing info, I suggest you can run the following script to have a complete list of its properties available.

'--------
Set oJob=GetObject("winmgmts:Win32_ScheduledJob&quot
strList=""
for each Property in oJob.Properties_
strList=strList&Property.Name&vbcrlf
next
wscript.echo strList
'--------

-tsuji