Scheduled Task Status & Email Notification Based on Status

Hi,
This is the sample code.


using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.IO;
using TaskScheduler;
using System.Data.SqlClient;
using System.Data;
using System.Configuration;
using System.Timers;



namespace RunAndWait
{
  class Runner
  {
/// Here how to connect to remote machine to get all the task details ???????
  static ScheduledTasks st = null;
  static void ListTriggers(Task t)
  {
  Console.WriteLine("  " + t.ToString());
  foreach (Trigger tr in t.Triggers)
  {
  Console.WriteLine("  " + tr.ToString());
  }
  }
  static void ListTasks(ScheduledTasks st)
  {
  string[] taskNames = st.GetTaskNames();
  // Open each task, dump info to console
  foreach (string name in taskNames)
  {
  Task t = st.OpenTask(name);
  //Console.WriteLine("--> " + name + " ");
  if (t != null)
  {
  Console.WriteLine(t.ToString() + "\n");
  t.Close();
  }
  }
  }
  static void GoComputer(string machine)
  {
  try
  {
  if (machine == "")
  st = new ScheduledTasks();
  else
  st = new ScheduledTasks(machine);
  }
  catch (Exception e)
  {
  Console.WriteLine("Could not access task scheduler on " + machine +
  "\n  >> " + e.Message);
  st = null;
  }
  }
  static void ShowProperties(Task t)
  {
  Console.WriteLine(t.Name);
  try
  {
  Console.WriteLine("  Acct- {0}", t.AccountName);
  }
  catch (Exception e)
  {
  Console.WriteLine("  Acct- Exception: " + e.Message);
  }
  Console.WriteLine("  App- {0}", t.ApplicationName);
  Console.WriteLine("  Parms- {0}", t.Parameters);
  Console.WriteLine("  Comment- {0}", t.Comment);
  Console.WriteLine("  Creator- {0}", t.Creator);
  try
  {
  Console.WriteLine("  ExitCode- {0}", t.ExitCode);
  }
  catch (Exception e)
  {
  Console.WriteLine("  ExitCode- Exception: " + e.Message);
  }
  if (t.Hidden)
  Console.WriteLine("  Hidden");
  Console.WriteLine("  Flags- {0}", t.Flags);
  Console.WriteLine("  IdleWaitDeadline- {0}", t.IdleWaitDeadlineMinutes);
  Console.WriteLine("  IdleWait- {0}", t.IdleWaitMinutes);
  Console.WriteLine("  MaxRunTime- {0}", t.MaxRunTime);
  Console.WriteLine("  LastRun- {0}", t.MostRecentRunTime);
  Console.WriteLine("  NextRun- {0}", t.NextRunTime);
  Console.WriteLine("  Priority- {0}", t.Priority);
  Console.WriteLine("  Status- {0}", t.Status.ToString());
  Console.WriteLine("  WorkingDir- {0}", t.WorkingDirectory);
  }
  static Task CreateTask(string name)
  {
  Task t;
  try
  {
  t = st.CreateTask(name);
  }
  catch (ArgumentException)
  {
  Console.WriteLine("Task already exists");
  return null;
  }
  Console.Write("Appication Name: ");
  t.ApplicationName = Console.ReadLine();
  Console.Write("Parameters: ");
  t.Parameters = Console.ReadLine();
  Console.Write("Comment: ");
  t.Comment = Console.ReadLine();
  Console.Write("Creator: ");
  t.Creator = Console.ReadLine();
  Console.Write("Working Directory: ");
  t.WorkingDirectory = Console.ReadLine();
  Console.Write("Account: ");
  string acct = Console.ReadLine();
  if (acct == "")
  {
  t.SetAccountInformation(acct, (string)null);
  }
  else if (acct == Environment.UserName)
  {
  t.Flags = TaskFlags.RunOnlyIfLoggedOn;
  t.SetAccountInformation(acct, (string)null);
  Console.WriteLine("cur user is " + Environment.UserName + "; No password needed.");
  }
  else
  {
  Console.Write("Password: ");
  t.SetAccountInformation(acct, Console.ReadLine());
  }
  //t.Hidden = true;
  t.IdleWaitDeadlineMinutes = 20;
  t.IdleWaitMinutes = 10;
  t.MaxRunTime = new TimeSpan(1, 0, 0);
  t.Priority = System.Diagnostics.ProcessPriorityClass.High;
  t.Triggers.Add(new RunOnceTrigger(DateTime.Now + TimeSpan.FromMinutes(3.0)));
  t.Triggers.Add(new DailyTrigger(8, 30, 1));
  t.Triggers.Add(new WeeklyTrigger(6, 0, DaysOfTheWeek.Sunday));
  t.Triggers.Add(new MonthlyDOWTrigger(8, 0, DaysOfTheWeek.Monday | DaysOfTheWeek.Thursday, WhichWeek.FirstWeek | WhichWeek.ThirdWeek));
  int[] days = { 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 };
  t.Triggers.Add(new MonthlyTrigger(9, 0, days, MonthsOfTheYear.July));
  t.Triggers.Add(new OnIdleTrigger());
  t.Triggers.Add(new OnLogonTrigger());
  t.Triggers.Add(new OnSystemStartTrigger());
  return t;
  }


  // Return value: 0 means success, non-zero means failure/anomaly.
  static int Main(string[] args)
  {
  Task t = null; ;
  //string p_OutputDataReceived;
  st = new ScheduledTasks();
  ListTasks(st);
  Console.WriteLine();

  string sErrors = "";
  if (args.Length < 3)  // We are expecting:  RunAndWait.exe        ...
  {
  Usage();
  return 1;
  }
  try
  {
  Runner runner = new Runner();
  // runner.AppendToLogFile("\n\n--- " + GetProgramNameAndVersion() + " is starting. ---", true);
  runner.GetConfigInfo(ref sErrors);
  if (sErrors.Length > 0)
  {
  Console.WriteLine("\nERROR:\nThe program could not read the required information from its configuration file.");
  Console.WriteLine("Please consult the log file (" + runner.LogFilePathPlusName + ") for more information.");
  return 3;
  }
  if (!runner.ProcessCmdLineArgs(args))
  {  // Something is wrong with the command-line arguments
  Usage();
  //SendEmail(0);
  return 1;
  }
  StringBuilder sbResults = new StringBuilder();
  bool boOk = runner.RunTheProgram(ref sbResults);
  if (!boOk)
  {
  Console.WriteLine("\nThe process did not run and complete within the specified time, results:\n" + sbResults);
  return 2;
  }
  return 0;  // success
  }
  catch (System.Exception e4)
  {
  Console.WriteLine("\nA fatal problem occurred:\n" + e4.ToString());
  return 5;
  }
  }
 
  static private void Usage()
  {

  ProcessStartInfo psi = new ProcessStartInfo("SCHTASKS", "/QUERY /fo table");
  psi.RedirectStandardOutput = true;
  psi.UseShellExecute = false;
  Process p = Process.Start(psi);

  p.OutputDataReceived += new DataReceivedEventHandler(p_OutputDataReceived);
  p.BeginOutputReadLine();



  }
  static void p_OutputDataReceived(object sender, DataReceivedEventArgs e)
  {
  string strOutput = "";

  strOutput += e.Data; /// Here i need to split the string into each indiviaul index and assign the task status to email object and need to send the email.???????
 


  }
  

 
 Could you please suggest
Thanks,
Sisir

Hi Ridhi,

Thanks for your response.Any suggested link please.Also plz not that I need to remote connect a remote machine and need to chk the job status and based on the status email will fire.


Thanks,
Sisir

Hi....

Make use of Windows Services.