[This is preliminary documentation and subject to change.]
A show reminder is a task in Task Scheduler, a component of the Microsoft® Windows® 98 operating system. A show reminder task runs just before a show starts and displays a message informing the user the show is about to begin. For a list of the currently set reminders, your application retrieves a reference to a collection of ScheduledItems objects by using the ITelevisionServices::get_ScheduledItems method.
Once your application has a reference to this collection, it can use the methods of the IScheduledItems interface to set, delete, or enumerate the scheduled shows. For more information on doing so, see Using IScheduledItems to Schedule a Show Reminder. Using IScheduledItems is simpler for applications that do not connect to WebTV for Windows.
However, show reminders set using IScheduledItems do not appear in the WebTV for Windows user interface. In other words, users cannot search for or set IScheduledItems reminders using the WebTV for Windows search page. To create scheduled reminders that users can view and access from WebTV for Windows, you must use the ITVViewer::SetReminder method. For more information, see Using ITVViewer to Schedule a Show Reminder.