Concatenate strings in WMI task scheduler

[cluM09]

I have a script to schedule a task to run on a machine with a random time of the day that was defined with a variable, but I cannot concatenate the strings in the command line syntax for the WMI task scheduler. The code is listed below:

Const MONDAY = 1
Const TUESDAY = 2
Const WEDNESDAY = 4
Const THURSDAY = 8
Const FRIDAY = 16
Const SATURDAY = 32
Const SUNDAY = 64

Const EST = -300
Const CST = -360
Const MST = -420
Const PST = -480

strHour = 055400 'This time may vary.

strComputer = "."
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" _
& "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
Set objNewJob = objWMIService.Get("Win32_ScheduledJob")
errJobCreated = objNewJob.Create _
("Notepad.exe", "********" & strHour & ".000000-" & CST, _ True , 1 Or 4 Or 16, , , JobID)
WScript.Echo errJobCreated

When I run this script, I get the error "SWbemObjectEx: Type mismatch."

Any help with this concatenation problem will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

 

[tsuji]

[1]
>[tt]strHour = 055400 'This time may vary.[/tt]
[tt]strHour = [red]"[/red]055400[red]"[/red] 'This time may vary.[/tt]
(note: the same is EST, etc. You can keep it only because it is 3 figure integers. Also note the repercusion of the negative sign.)

[2]
>[tt]errJobCreated = objNewJob.Create _
("Notepad.exe", "********" & strHour & ".000000[highlight]-[/highlight]" & CST, [highlight]_[/highlight] True , 1 Or 4 Or 16, , , JobID) [/tt]
[tt]errJobCreated = objNewJob.Create _
("Notepad.exe", "********" & strHour & ".000000" & CST, True , 1 Or 4 Or 16, , , JobID)[/tt]
(note: Do you know what "_" means? It is line continuation. If you use it, the following is on a new line.)

 

[cluM09]

tsuji,

Thank you for the response!

You are correct with respect to the strHour. The problem lies in the strHour variable with a zero in front of the number 5, which will be seen as 55400 when inserted into the command line in the code.

The line ("Notepad.exe", "********" & strHour & ".000000-" & CST, _ True , 1 Or 4 Or 16, , , JobID) that I have up there shoud be:

("Notepad.exe", "********" & strHour & ".000000-" & CST, _
True , 1 Or 4 Or 16, , , JobID)

instead since I have the underscore character after CST,. It was my bad to post it that way.

When I place the double quotes on either side of the strHour value as strHour = "055400", it works.

Thank you for the help!

 

[nimoyer]

it didn't work for me. i think it is because i don't have an admin for it to run as. how can i make it run as an admin account

 

[nimoyer]

it says that it could not start (the task) this is the exact code i am using. i am new to this so i don't understand everything.

strComputer = "."
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" _
& "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")

Set objNewJob = objWMIService.Get("Win32_ScheduledJob")

On Error Resume next

errJobCreated = objNewJob.Create _
("maintenance.cmd", "********123000.000000-300", _
True , 1 OR 2 OR 4 OR 8 OR 16 OR 32 OR 64, , , JobID)
Wscript.Echo errJobCreated