IAutomaticUpdates Interface (Windows)

IAutomaticUpdates Interface

The IAutomaticUpdates interface contains the functionality of Automatic Updates.

Methods

The IAutomaticUpdates interface inherits the methods of the IDispatch interface.

In addition, IAutomaticUpdates defines the following methods.

Method	Description
DetectNow	Begins automatic updating if it has not already started.
EnableService	Enables all the components that Automatic Updates requires.
Pause	Pauses automatic updating.
Resume	Resumes automatic updating if it is paused.
ShowSettingsDialog	Displays a dialog box that contains settings for Automatic Updates.

Properties

The IAutomaticUpdates interface defines the following properties.

Property	Access type	Description
ServiceEnabled	Read-only	Indicates whether all the components that Automatic Updates requires are available.
Settings	Read-only	Contains the configuration settings for Automatic Updates.

Remarks

You can create an instance of this interface by using the AutomaticUpdates coclass. Use the Microsoft.Update.AutoUpdate program identifier to create the object.

Requirements

Minimum supported client	Windows XP, Windows 2000 Professional with SP3
Minimum supported server	Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000 Server with SP3
Header	Wuapi.h
IDL	Wuapi.idl
Library	Wuguid.lib
DLL	Wuapi.dll
IID	IID_IAutomaticUpdates is defined as 673425BF-C082-4C7C-BDFD-569464B8E0CE

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<ComImport(), Guid("673425BF-C082-4C7C-BDFD-569464B8E0CE"), TypeLibType(CShort(&H10C0))> Public Interface IAutomaticUpdates
<DispId(&H60020001)> Sub DetectNow()
<DispId(&H60020002)> Sub Pause()
<DispId(&H60020003)> Sub [Resume]()
<DispId(&H60020004)> Sub ShowSettingsDialog()
<DispId(&H60020005)> ReadOnly Property Settings() As <MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Interface)> IAutomaticUpdatesSettings
<DispId(&H60020006)> ReadOnly Property ServiceEnabled() As Boolean
<DispId(&H60020007)> Sub EnableService()
End Interface