Months (monthlyDayOfWeekScheduleType) Element

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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