public bool createTask(bool wakeToRun, string startTime, TaskActions[] tActions)
{
//string xmlFilename = "epg123Task.xml";
DateTime date = DateTime.Parse(string.Format("{0}/{1}/{2}T{3}:{4}",
DateTime.Now.Year, DateTime.Now.Month, DateTime.Now.Day,
startTime.Substring(0, 2), startTime.Substring(3, 2)));
// create registration
registrationInfoType registration = new registrationInfoType()
{
Author = "GaRyan2's epg123",
Description = "Utility to update the Windows Media Center Electronic Program Guide by downloading guide information from Schedules Direct and importing the created .mxf file.",
URI = "\\epg123_update"
};
// create trigger
triggersType triggers = new triggersType()
{
Items = new triggerBaseType[]
{
new calendarTriggerType()
{
id = "epg123 Daily Trigger",
Item = new dailyScheduleType()
{
DaysInterval = 1,
DaysIntervalSpecified = true
},
StartBoundary = date,
StartBoundarySpecified = true
}
}
};
// create settings
settingsType settings = new settingsType()
{
DisallowStartIfOnBatteries = false,
StopIfGoingOnBatteries = false,
ExecutionTimeLimit = "PT23H",
Priority = 6,
RestartOnFailure = new restartType()
{
Count = 5,
Interval = "PT30M"
},
StartWhenAvailable = true,
//RunOnlyIfNetworkAvailable = true,
WakeToRun = wakeToRun
};
// create principal
// Windows10 1607 Anniversary Update introduced a bug which only executes the first
// task action unless running a service or possibly administrator?
principalsType principals;
if (isWindows10())
{
principals = new principalsType()
{
Principal = new principalType()
{
id = @"NT AUTHORITY\NETWORKSERVICE",
UserId = "S-1-5-20",
RunLevel = runLevelType.HighestAvailable,
RunLevelSpecified = true
}
};
}
else
{
principals = new principalsType()
{
Principal = new principalType()
{
id = @"Author",
LogonType = logonType.S4U,
LogonTypeSpecified = true,
RunLevel = runLevelType.HighestAvailable,
RunLevelSpecified = true
}
};
}
// create action(s)
execType[] executions = new execType[tActions.Length];
for (int i = 0; i < tActions.Length; ++i)
{
executions[i] = new execType()
{
id = string.Format("epg123 Execution Action {0}", i + 1),
Command = tActions[i].Path,
Arguments = tActions[i].Arguments,
WorkingDirectory = Helper.ExecutablePath
};
}
actionsType actions = new actionsType()
{
Exec = executions
};
// build complete task
taskType newTask = new taskType()
{
RegistrationInfo = registration,
Triggers = triggers,
Settings = settings,
Principals = principals,
Actions = actions,
};
// serialize to xml and save to the drive
try
{
using (StreamWriter stream = new StreamWriter(Helper.Epg123TaskXmlPath, false, Encoding.Unicode))
{
XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(taskType));
TextWriter writer = stream;
serializer.Serialize(writer, newTask);
return(true);
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
Logger.WriteError(string.Format("Failed to create a {0} daily update task XML file. message: {1}", startTime, ex.Message));
}
return(false);
}
public bool CreateTask(bool wakeToRun, string startTime, TaskActions[] tActions)
{
//string xmlFilename = "epg123Task.xml";
var date = DateTime.Parse($"{DateTime.Now.Year}/{DateTime.Now.Month}/{DateTime.Now.Day}T{startTime.Substring(0, 2)}:{startTime.Substring(3, 2)}");
// create registration
var registration = new registrationInfoType()
{
Author = "GaRyan2's epg123",
Description = "Utility to update the Windows Media Center Electronic Program Guide by downloading guide information from Schedules Direct and importing the created .mxf file.",
URI = "\\epg123_update",
SecurityDescriptor = "D:(A;;FRFWSDWDWO;;;BA)(A;;FRFWSDWDWO;;;SY)(A;;FRFWFXDTDCSDWD;;;NS)(A;;FXFR;;;AU)"
};
// create trigger
var triggers = new triggersType()
{
Items = new triggerBaseType[]
{
new calendarTriggerType()
{
id = "epg123 Daily Trigger",
Item = new dailyScheduleType()
{
DaysInterval = 1,
DaysIntervalSpecified = true
},
StartBoundary = date,
StartBoundarySpecified = true
}
}
};
// create settings
var settings = new settingsType()
{
DisallowStartIfOnBatteries = false,
StopIfGoingOnBatteries = false,
ExecutionTimeLimit = "PT23H",
Priority = 6,
RestartOnFailure = new restartType()
{
Count = 5,
Interval = "PT30M"
},
StartWhenAvailable = true,
//RunOnlyIfNetworkAvailable = true,
WakeToRun = wakeToRun
};
// create principal
// Windows10 1607 Anniversary Update introduced a bug which only executes the first
// task action unless running a service or possibly administrator?
// Also, network service does not have access to some registry keys in Win7
var principals = new principalsType()
{
Principal = new principalType()
{
id = @"SYSTEM",
UserId = "S-1-5-18",
RunLevel = runLevelType.HighestAvailable,
RunLevelSpecified = true
}
};
// create action(s)
var executions = new execType[tActions.Length];
for (var i = 0; i < tActions.Length; ++i)
{
executions[i] = new execType()
{
id = $"epg123 Execution Action {i + 1}",
Command = tActions[i].Path,
Arguments = tActions[i].Arguments.Replace("http:", "EPG:"),
WorkingDirectory = Helper.ExecutablePath
};
}
var actions = new actionsType()
{
Exec = executions
};
// build complete task
var newTask = new taskType()
{
RegistrationInfo = registration,
Triggers = triggers,
Settings = settings,
Principals = principals,
Actions = actions,
};
// serialize to xml and save to the drive
try
{
using (var stream = new StreamWriter(Helper.Epg123TaskXmlPath, false, Encoding.Unicode))
{
var serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(taskType));
TextWriter writer = stream;
serializer.Serialize(writer, newTask);
return(true);
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
Logger.WriteError($"Failed to create a {startTime} daily update task XML file. message: {ex.Message}");
}
return(false);
}
