When writing a scheduler configuration control for your module, you could simply store PortalId as one of the key-value pairs in the ScheduleItemSettings table then retrieve it's value in your custom SchedulerClient. Since scheduled tasks are often Portal agnostic and may need to be applied to more than one portal anyway, you could (in your SchedulerClient) call the GetPortals instance method of the PortalController class to obtain an ArrayList of PortalInfo objects then iterate through the list performing the task on each portal which contains one or more instances of your module as determined by ModuleName, database table entries related to your module, physical folders/files related to your module, etc.

Keep in mind also that the lack of a valid HttpContext within ScheduleClient code impacts not only the non-availability of a PortalSettings object but any other information which would normally ride along on the current context and any DNN core methods which indirectly depend on PortalSettings.

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Although I agree that per portal scheduler settings such as Time Lapse and Retry Frequency configurable by the portal admin might in some cases be helpful, I see many problems with both allowing and implementing that capability.

As for creating and using custom scheduler settings on a per portal or per module - for example sender e-mail address and whether the email body is to allow text only or html - I would think you could code your settings or admin configuration control to store custom scheduler settings in either the DNN ModuleSettings table or your own custom table (either keyed by ModuleId or PortalId) then access those custom settings from your scheduler task.

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Bill, WESNet Designs
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I use this method:

        private void ProcessTask(ref string auditTrail)
        {
            PortalController portalController = new PortalController();
            ArrayList portalInfos = portalController.GetPortals();
            PortalInfo portalInfo;

            for (int i = 0; i < portalInfos.Count; i++)
            {
                portalInfo = (PortalInfo)portalInfos[i];

                //"PortalID:SettingName"
                string roleIDFilterList = ScheduleHistoryItem.GetSetting(portalInfo.PortalID.ToString() + ":ProximityRoleIdList") == "" ? String.Empty : ScheduleHistoryItem.GetSetting(portalInfo.PortalID.ToString() + ":ProximityRoleIdList");
               
                //check if this portal is used (it does not return null if it does not exist - "")
                    UserProfileProximityUtils userProfileProximityUtils = new UserProfileProximityUtils();
                    userProfileProximityUtils.ProcessProximityMails(portalInfo, roleIDFilterList);
                }
            }
        }

 

I save the settings in the ModuleSettings page:

        public override void UpdateSettings()
        {
            if (Page.IsValid)
            {
                try
                {
                    //http://www.dotnetnuke.com/Community/Forums/tabid/795/forumid/111/threadid/228526/scope/posts/Default.aspx
                    SchedulingController schedulingController = new DotNetNuke.Services.Scheduling.DNNScheduling.SchedulingController();
                   
                    ScheduleItem proximtyMailerSchedule = schedulingController.GetSchedule("SmartThinker.DNN.Modules.UserProfile.UserProfileProximityMailerTask, SmartThinker.DNN.Modules.UserProfile", "");
                    schedulingController.AddScheduleItemSetting(proximtyMailerSchedule.ScheduleID, this.PortalId.ToString() + ":CountryProfilePropertyID", cmbCountryProfilePropertyID.SelectedValue);
                    schedulingController.AddScheduleItemSetting(proximtyMailerSchedule.ScheduleID, this.PortalId.ToString() + ":RegionProfilePropertyID", cmbRegionProfilePropertyID.SelectedValue);
                    schedulingController.AddScheduleItemSetting(proximtyMailerSchedule.ScheduleID, this.PortalId.ToString() + ":CityProfilePropertyID", cmbCityProfilePropertyID.SelectedValue);
 

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