Creating Event Trigger in Task Scheduler

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I am new to programming and I have found a code to register a task under root folder in task scheduler.
I have the below code in which there is a method "eTrigger.SetBasic("Security", "Microsoft Windows security auditing.", 4625)" what it does is it creates a duplicate "Log Name" and "Log Source" and bottom line my code does not work.
I want to use eTrigger.GetBasic() or eTrigger.Subscription to address my code to the actual event logs. When I use eTRigger.GetBasic() it with the arguments I am giving in eTRigger.SetBasic("Security", "Microsoft Windows security auditing.", 4625) it gives me error

Can someone fix this code for me?

C#

class Program
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {

        using (TaskService ts = new TaskService())
        {
            // Create a new task definition and assign properties
            TaskDefinition td = ts.NewTask();
            td.RegistrationInfo.Description = "Does something";
            // Create a trigger that will fire the task at this time every other day
            // whether user is logged on or not
            EventTrigger eTrigger = (EventTrigger)td.Triggers.Add(new EventTrigger());
            EventLog securityLog = new EventLog("Security", System.Environment.MachineName);
            //this is where I see problem. I want to use eTrigger.GetBasic
            eTrigger.SetBasic("Security", "Microsoft Windows security auditing.", 4625);
            eTrigger.Enabled = true;
            eTrigger.ExecutionTimeLimit = TimeSpan.Zero;
            // Create an action that will launch Notepad whenever the trigger fires
            td.Actions.Add(new ExecAction(@"C:\Windows\notepad.exe"));
            // Register the task in the root folder
            ts.RootFolder.RegisterTaskDefinition("test", td);
        }
    }
}

Posted 26-Apr-14 16:34pm

Curtis Hagen

Updated 26-Apr-14 17:35pm

DamithSL

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DamithSL 26-Apr-14 23:54pm

what is the error you get?

Curtis Hagen 27-Apr-14 0:11am

This method has invalid arguments . Arguments must be passed with out keyword. What I think if I am able to give them a path to Event Log and Event Source it would do the trick. But I don't know what path to give

DamithSL 27-Apr-14 0:22am

are you using Microsoft.Win32.TaskScheduler?

Curtis Hagen 27-Apr-14 0:24am

Indeed I am

Curtis Hagen 27-Apr-14 0:29am

Infact I have tried to use the below but it didn't work also.

EventLog securityLog = new EventLog("Security", System.Environment.MachineName);
securityLog.Source = "Microsoft Windows security auditing.";
securityLog.Log="Security";
eTrigger.GetBasic(securityLog.Log,securityLog.Source,4625)

DamithSL 27-Apr-14 0:34am

try with latest dll from http://taskscheduler.codeplex.com/

Curtis Hagen 27-Apr-14 0:38am

Ok let me. Thanks

Curtis Hagen 27-Apr-14 0:44am

No Luck

Curtis Hagen 27-Apr-14 0:46am

Can we make it working by eTrigger.Subscription, I guess it accepts XML as input.

Curtis Hagen 27-Apr-14 1:08am

Hey I just copied paste this code from the actual place where I copied the code and it started working.

td.Triggers.Add(new SessionStateChangeTrigger { StateChange = TaskSessionStateChangeType.ConsoleDisconnect });
td.Triggers.Add(new SessionStateChangeTrigger { StateChange = TaskSessionStateChangeType.RemoteConnect });
td.Triggers.Add(new SessionStateChangeTrigger { StateChange = TaskSessionStateChangeType.RemoteDisconnect });
td.Triggers.Add(new SessionStateChangeTrigger { StateChange = TaskSessionStateChangeType.SessionUnlock });

Curtis Hagen 27-Apr-14 1:08am

Link for actual code
https://taskscheduler.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=Examples&referringTitle=Home

DamithSL 27-Apr-14 1:15am

if you found solution then post it as answer and mark it as answer to your question

Curtis Hagen 27-Apr-14 5:09am

My bad its not working and I don't have any answer.

Curtis Hagen 28-Apr-14 2:23am

Hi I have fixed the subscription part but now I get error when I start my code.I get error on this command ts.RootFolder.RegisterTaskDefinition("test", td, TaskCreation.CreateOrUpdate, null, null, TaskLogonType.None, null);

The error is (10,246):Subscription:<querylist><query id="0" path="Security"> <Select Path=Security>*[System[Provider[@Name=Microsoft-Windows-Security-Auditing] and(EventID=4625)]] </Select></Select>

My updated code is

static void Main(string[] args)
{

using (TaskService ts = new TaskService())
{

TaskDefinition td = ts.NewTask();
td.RegistrationInfo.Description = "Does something";

EventTrigger eTrigger = (EventTrigger)td.Triggers.Add(new EventTrigger());
// eTrigger.SetBasic("Security", "Microsoft Windows security auditing.", 4625);

eTrigger.Subscription =@"<querylist><query id="0" path="Security"> <Select Path=Security>*[System[Provider[@Name=Microsoft-Windows-Security-Auditing] and(EventID=4625)]] </Select></Select>";

eTrigger.ValueQueries.Add("Name", "Value");
eTrigger.Enabled = true;
td.Actions.Add(new ExecAction(@"C:\Windows\notepad.exe"));
eTrigger.ExecutionTimeLimit = TimeSpan.Zero;
ts.RootFolder.RegisterTaskDefinition("test", td, TaskCreation.CreateOrUpdate, null, null, TaskLogonType.None, null);

}

Curtis Hagen 28-Apr-14 2:27am

or the subscription can be defined as

eTrigger.Subscription =@"<querylist><query id="0" path="Security"> <Select Path='Security'>*[System[Provider[@Name='Microsoft-Windows-Security-Auditing'] and(EventID=4625)]] </Select></Select>";

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