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private void CreateScheduledTask()
{
    // Create new scheduled task object
    TaskInfo newTask = new TaskInfo();
 
    // Set the properties
    newTask.TaskDisplayName = "My new task";
    newTask.TaskName = "MyNewTask";
    newTask.TaskAssemblyName = "CMS.WorkflowEngine";
    newTask.TaskClass = "CMS.WorkflowEngine.ContentPublisher";
 
    // Create interval
    TaskInterval interval = new TaskInterval();
 
    // Set interval properties
    interval.Period = SchedulingHelper.PERIOD_DAY;
    interval.StartTime = DateTime.Now;
    interval.Every = 2;
 
    // Add some days to interval
    ArrayList days = new ArrayList();
    days.Add(DayOfWeek.Monday.ToString());
    days.Add(DayOfWeek.Sunday.ToString());
    days.Add(DayOfWeek.Thursday.ToString());
 
    interval.Days = days;
 
    newTask.TaskInterval = SchedulingHelper.EncodeInterval(interval);
    newTask.TaskSiteID = CMSContext.CurrentSiteID;
    newTask.TaskData = "<data></data>";
    newTask.TaskEnabled = true;

   newTask.TaskNextRunTime = SchedulingHelper.GetNextTime(newTask.TaskInterval, DateTime.Now, DateTime.Now);

 
    // Save the scheduled task
    TaskInfoProvider.SetTaskInfo(newTask);
}

private bool GetAndUpdateScheduledTask()
{

  // Get the scheduled task
  TaskInfo updateTask = TaskInfoProvider.GetTaskInfo("MyNewTask", CMSContext.CurrentSiteID);

    if (updateTask != null)
    {
        // Update the properties
        updateTask.TaskDisplayName = updateTask.TaskDisplayName.ToLower();
 
        // Save the changes
        TaskInfoProvider.SetTaskInfo(updateTask);
 
        return true;
    }
 
    return false;
}

private bool GetAndBulkUpdateScheduledTasks()
{
    // Get the data
    DataSet tasks = TaskInfoProvider.GetAllTasks();
    if (!DataHelper.DataSourceIsEmpty(tasks))
    {
        // Loop through the individual items
        foreach (DataRow taskDr in tasks.Tables[0].Rows)
        {
            // Create object from DataRow
            TaskInfo modifyTask = new TaskInfo(taskDr);
 
            // Update the properties
            modifyTask.TaskDisplayName = modifyTask.TaskDisplayName.ToUpper();
 
            // Save the changes
            TaskInfoProvider.SetTaskInfo(modifyTask);
        }
 
        return true;
    }
 
    return false;
}

private bool DeleteScheduledTask()
{

  // Get the scheduled task
  TaskInfo deleteTask = TaskInfoProvider.GetTaskInfo("MyNewTask",CMSContext.CurrentSiteID);

 
    // Delete the scheduled task
    TaskInfoProvider.DeleteTaskInfo(deleteTask);
 
    return (deleteTask != null);
}

private bool RunTask()
{

  // Get the scheduled task
  TaskInfo runTask = TaskInfoProvider.GetTaskInfo("MyNewTask", CMSContext.CurrentSiteID);

 
    if (runTask != null)
    {
        // Run task
        SchedulingExecutor.ExecuteTask(runTask);
 
        return true;
    }
 
    return false;
}