ITaskService::NewTask method (taskschd.h)

Returns an empty task definition object to be filled in with settings and properties and then registered using the ITaskFolder::RegisterTaskDefinition method.

Syntax

HRESULT NewTask(
  [in]  DWORD           flags,
  [out] ITaskDefinition **ppDefinition
);

Parameters

[in] flags

This parameter is reserved for future use and must be set to 0.

[out] ppDefinition

The task definition that specifies all the information required to create a new task.

Pass in a reference to a NULL ITaskDefinition interface pointer. Referencing a non-NULL pointer can cause a memory leak because the pointer will be overwritten.

The returned ITaskDefinition pointer must be released after it is used.

Return value

This method can return one of these values.

Requirements

See also

ITaskService