RE: Scheduled tasks - Dw 8.3.1.9

Hello.

I am having some trouble with scheduled tasks and since this is the first time I am trying to do this I might be missing something. So this is my setup at the minute:

I have a ScheduledTask class, derived from BaseScheduledTaskAddIn . This does not do much at the moment, it just runs an update statement on the database and returns true, if no exceptions are raised. Otherwise it will return false.

I tried adding a scheduled task from the Dw interface, but I am unable to since the add button is disabled. Also tried impersonation and it fails. So I went ahead and created a record in the database in the ScheduleTask table and it shows up in the task list. In this record I set the task assembly to "eBooking", and also set the namespace and the task name (among other things). Also, although It does not save the values for the task, when I edit the details for the task I can see that my task is selected.

However, the task is not run. Neither periodically not if I start it with Run now. Any ideias? Is this related to the fact that I cannot create/edit tasks?

Marco

"If the tasks you have created are not runnning, you may need special security permissions."

http://manual.dynamicweb-cms.com/Dynamicweb-On-line-Manual/Management-Center/System/Scheduled-tasks.aspx

Also, see the thread here: http://developer.dynamicweb-cms.com/forum/development/scheduled-tasks-on-custom-solution.aspx

So, if you just provide correct credentials in Impersonation > Custom credentials before adding the task then it should work. Specify the credentials of an administrator on the server, not an administrator in DW.

Here is a very basic scheduled task add-in that you can use for testing...

namespace ScheduledTaskTest
{
    using System;

    using Dynamicweb;
    using Dynamicweb.Extensibility;
    using Dynamicweb.Extensibility.Editors;
    using Dynamicweb.Extensibility.ScheduledTaskAddins;

    [AddInName("ScheduledTaskTest"), AddInLabel("ScheduledTaskTest"), AddInDescription("Example scheduled task add-in"), AddInIgnore(false), AddInActive(true)]
    public class ExampleScheduledTaskAddin : BaseScheduledTaskAddIn
    {
        [AddInParameter("Test parameter"), AddInParameterEditor(typeof(TextParameterEditor), "inputClass=NewUIinput;")]
        public string TestParameter { get; set; }        

        public override bool Run()
        {
            var success = false;

            try
            {
                // do something
                LogToFile.Log(TestParameter, "ScheduledTaskTest", LogToFile.LogType.ManyEntriesPerFile);

                success = true;
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                LogToFile.Log(ex.ToString(), "ScheduledTaskTest", LogToFile.LogType.ManyEntriesPerFile);
            }

            return success;
        }
    }
}

/Morten

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