action.md

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Action object	Scripting object that provides the common properties that are inherited by all action objects.	9d6fe5e3-1ece-47ea-a644-8cae0419324f	Action object Task Scheduler Action object Task Scheduler , described	apiref	Action	taskschd.dll	COM	reference	05/31/2018

Action object

Scripting object that provides the common properties that are inherited by all action objects. An action object is created by the ActionCollection.Create method.

Members

The Action object has these types of members:

• Properties

Properties

The Action object has these properties.

Property	Access type	Description
Id	Read/write	Gets or sets the identifier of the action.
Type	Read-only	Gets the type of the action.

Remarks

For information on how actions and tasks work together, see Task Actions. The following table contains the scripting objects that represent the actions that can be performed:

API	Description
ComHandlerAction	Represents an action that fires a handler.
ExecAction	Represents an action that executes a command-line operation.
EmailAction	Represents an action that sends an email message.
ShowMessageAction	Represents an action that shows a message box.

When reading or writing XML, the actions of a task are specified in the Actions element of the Task Scheduler schema.

Examples

For more information and example code for this scripting object, see Time Trigger Example (Scripting) , Event Trigger Example (Scripting), Daily Trigger Example (Scripting), Registration Trigger Example (Scripting), Weekly Trigger Example (Scripting), Logon Trigger Example (Scripting), or Boot Trigger Example (Scripting).

Requirements

Requirement	Value
Minimum supported client	Windows Vista [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server	Windows Server 2008 [desktop apps only]
Type library	Taskschd.tlb
DLL	Taskschd.dll

See also

Task Scheduler Scripting Objects

Task Scheduler