IAutomaticUpdates interface (wuapi.h)

Contains the functionality of Automatic Updates.

Inheritance

The IAutomaticUpdates interface inherits from the IDispatch interface. IAutomaticUpdates also has these types of members:

Methods

The IAutomaticUpdates interface has these methods.

 
IAutomaticUpdates::DetectNow

Begins the Automatic Updates detection task if Automatic Updates is enabled. If any updates are detected, the installation behavior is determined by the NotificationLevel property of the IAutomaticUpdatesSettings interface.
IAutomaticUpdates::EnableService

Enables all the components that Automatic Updates requires.
IAutomaticUpdates::get_ServiceEnabled

Gets a Boolean value that indicates whether all the components that Automatic Updates requires are available.
IAutomaticUpdates::get_Settings

Gets the configuration settings for Automatic Updates.
IAutomaticUpdates::Pause

Pauses automatic updates.
IAutomaticUpdates::Resume

Restarts automatic updating if automatic updating is paused.
IAutomaticUpdates::ShowSettingsDialog

Displays a dialog box that contains 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

Requirement Value
Minimum supported client Windows XP, Windows 2000 Professional with SP3 [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000 Server with SP3 [desktop apps only]
Target Platform Windows
Header wuapi.h

See also

IAutomaticUpdates2