DNN Forums

Ask questions about your website to get help learning DNN and help resolve issues.
  • Search Forums
    Advanced Search
Prev
Next
Forums Development and Extensions Building DNN Modules, Providers etc.

Can parms be passed to custom scheduled job?

 2 Replies
 3 Subscribed to this topic
 26 Subscribed to this forum
Sort:
Author
Messages
Matthew
New Around Here
Posts: 1
New Around Here
2/5/2023 11:37 AM

I have created a custom job class by following this blog.  Is it possible to pass values as parameters into the code or is there another approach to providing data?

Michael Tobisch
Veteran Member
Posts: 1182
Veteran Member
MVP
MVP
You're an MVP!
2/6/2023 9:13 AM

IMHO no.

I don't know your use case, but what I did once in a custom module was to use a module setting to automatically delete records after a given number of days/months/years. The scheduled tasks reads the value (per module) from the module settings table, and then deletes the records. If no value is set, it uses a default value.

Happy DNNing!
Michael

 

Michael Tobisch
DNN★MVP

DNN Connect
1
liked by Members
Will Strohl
Senior Member
Posts: 1607
Senior Member
MVP
MVP
You're an MVP!
New Poster
New Poster
Congrats on posting!
2/6/2023 7:04 PM
The scheduler runs out of context, so you'll need to have a way to lookup or otherwise determine any values you might be looking for. As Michael mentioned, one of many ways to do that is through a module setting, but there are SO many ways to do this (e.g., flat files, XML, host/portal/module settings, etc.).

A lot of the time, a specific condition simply exists, so checking that via code can lead you to the correct path you might be looking for.

Maybe a high-level description of your planned schedule job might help us help you better?

These Forums are for the discussion of the open source CMS DNN platform and ecosystem.

For the benefit of the community and to protect the integrity of the ecosystem, please observe the following posting guidelines:

  1. If you have (suspected) security issues, please DO NOT post them in the forums but instead follow the official DNN security policy. 
  2. No Advertising. This includes the promotion of commercial and non-commercial products or services which are not directly related to DNN.
  3. No vendor trolling / poaching. If someone posts about a vendor issue, allow the vendor or other customers to respond. Any post that looks like trolling / poaching will be removed.
  4. Discussion or promotion of DNN Platform product releases under a different brand name are strictly prohibited.
  5. No Flaming or Trolling.
  6. No Profanity, Racism, or Prejudice.
  7. Site Moderators have the final word on approving / removing a thread or post or comment.
  8. English language posting only, please.

Would you like to help us?

Awesome! Simply post in the forums using the link below and we'll get you started.

Get Involved