taskschedulerschema-months-monthlydayofweekscheduletype-element.md

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Months (monthlyDayOfWeekScheduleType) Element	Specifies the months of the year during which the task runs for a monthly day-of-week schedule.	420fa7f4-7106-483e-9b3b-d1ba51f25222	Months element Task Scheduler	apiref	Months	Schema	reference	05/31/2018

Months (monthlyDayOfWeekScheduleType) Element

Specifies the months of the year during which the task runs for a monthly day-of-week schedule.

<xs:element name="Months"
    type="monthsType"
 />

The Months element is defined by the monthlyDayOfWeekScheduleType complex type.

Parent element

Element	Derived from	Description
ScheduleByMonthDayOfWeek (calendarTriggerType)	monthlyDayOfWeekScheduleType	Specifies a trigger that starts a job for a monthly day-of-week schedule.

Child elements

Element	Type	Description
April		Specifies that the task runs in April.
August		Specifies that the task runs in August.
December		Specifies that the task runs in December.
February		Specifies that the task runs in February.
January		Specifies that the task runs in January.
July		Specifies that the task runs in July.
June		Specifies that the task runs in June.
March		Specifies that the task runs in March.
May		Specifies that the task runs in May.
November		Specifies that the task runs in November.
October		Specifies that the task runs in October.
September		Specifies that the task runs in September.

Remarks

For scripting development, the months of a year for a monthly day-of-week schedule are specified using the MonthlyDOWTrigger.MonthsOfYear property.

For C++ development, the months of a year for a monthly day-of-week schedule are specified using the IMonthlyDOWTrigger::MonthsOfYear property.

The child elements above are defined by the monthsType complex type.

Examples

The following XML defines a monthly day-of-week calendar that starts the task on Monday of the first week for each month of the year.

<ScheduleByMonthDayOfWeek>
        <Weeks>
            <Week>1</Week>
        </Weeks>
        <DaysOfWeek>
            <Monday/>
        </DaysOfWeek>
        <Months>
            <January/>
            <February/>
            <March/>
            <April/>
            <May/>
            <June/>
            <July/>
            <August/>
            <September/>
            <October/>
            <November/>
            <December/>
        <Months>
    </ScheduleByMonthDayOfWeek>

Requirements

Requirement	Value
Minimum supported client	Windows Vista [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server	Windows Server 2008 [desktop apps only]

See also

Task Scheduler Schema Elements

Task Scheduler