Monitoring other process's instances

Question

I have a process,TaskScheduler.exe which schedule tasks and there is another process, InvokeTasks.exe which invoke task as the TaskScheduler.exe's scheduling.

For example, following data is the schduling by the TaskScheduler.exe.

title                                  path                           start time                type
--------------------         -----------------------------    ----------------------------    -----------
One time backup                   c:\Backup\task1.exe           08/01/2018 12:00:00 AM          one time
Daily backup                      c:\Backup\task2.exe           08/01/2018 12:00:00 AM          daily
Weekly backup                     c:\Backup\task3.exe           08/01/2018 12:00:00 AM          weekly
Monthly backup                    c:\Backup\task4.exe           08/01/2018 12:00:00 AM          monthly

InvokeTasks.exe has a class  of which name is MyTask and this class has a timer to handle the schedule for a task.

I will instantiate 4 times with MyTask class for the scheduling data created in the TaskScheduler.exe.

My question is following.

1. What is the correct way to name the object of the class's instances for each tasks in MyTask.exe?

    Should I use array to grant different name for each instances(object)?

2. Can I monitor each instances of the TaskScheduler.exe's MyTask class from the TaskScheduler.exe?

Answer 1

1) It depends. Say whether you need to provide UI for user manipulation (say start and stop of tasks).

2) You can record the ProcessId returned from Process.Start() and use it to get access to the process started later.

Answer 2

1) It depends. Say whether you need to provide UI for user manipulation (say start and stop of tasks).

=> I don't need UI for manipulation(No start/stop of tasks)

2) You can record the ProcessId returned from Process.Start() and use it to get access to the process started later.

=> My sentence in the inquiry was not correct.(my mistake)

     Here is my question again.

   2. Can I monitor each instances of the InvokeTasks.exe's MyTask class from the TaskScheduler.exe?

Answer 3

1) In that case, you can name the classes any way you like.

2) There are a number of methods, range from using pipe/tcp client to do interprocess communication, or just employ a simple Access database to store the PID/status of tasks in a table.