How to set trigger for complicated schedule

[tolsen64]

How would I set up a task to run every 15 minutes, between 6am and 11pm, Monday - Friday, indefinitely? Is that even possible?

[dahall]

I think this trigger does what you need:

WeeklyTrigger wTrigger = new WeeklyTrigger();
// Start the trigger at 6:00 a.m. local time
wTrigger.StartBoundary = DateTime.Today + TimeSpan.FromHours(6);
// Sets to run on weekdays
wTrigger.DaysOfWeek = DaysOfTheWeek.Monday | DaysOfTheWeek.Tuesday | DaysOfTheWeek.Wednesday | DaysOfTheWeek.Thursday | DaysOfTheWeek.Friday;
// Run it every week
wTrigger.WeeksInterval = 1;
// Repeat every 15 minutes for 17 consecutive hours (6am-11pm == 17 hours)
wTrigger.SetRepetition(TimeSpan.FromMinutes(15), TimeSpan.FromHours(17), false);

[tolsen64]

Thanks! That helped alot. However, some tasks only need to run once per day at the start time. The only way I could figure out to do it was this:

RepetitionPattern repetitionPattern;
if (jobDefinition.IntervalMinutes > 0)
    repetitionPattern = new(TimeSpan.FromMinutes(jobDefinition.IntervalMinutes), tsEndTime.Subtract(tsStartTime), false);
else
    repetitionPattern = new(TimeSpan.FromMinutes(1), TimeSpan.FromMinutes(1), false);

Is there a better way?

[dahall]

Yes. Omit any reference to the RepetitionPattern. By default, the WeeklyTrigger will run just once on the specified days at the StartBoundary time. In my example, omit the call to SetRepeition.