Do I type it in exactly like that?
No, this is what Tasker produces when you export a profile.
A1 through A7 are labels added in the process to identify the 7 lines or actions in my task.
The commands are inserted within Tasker action menu. That brings up a dialogue box. Some action dialogue boxes have arguments / options. The arguments/options are listed in square brackets in this exported version. Most of those arguments are the default, things I didn’t even change in the dialogue box.
Do I have to exit Beginner Mode to type in this type of thing?
I don’t think it’s required but certainly you’ll want to exit Beginniner mode eventually to get full capabilities.
You don’t type it in, you select the actions from menus.
Are the comments inside the < > brackets just information for me and not required in the program?
Yes. These actually things I have typed into the “label” field for certain commands, used here similar to comments in other programming language.
Each label/comment appears prior to the action that it describes.
The Time: 10:50 - does that mean this occurs at 10:50 daily for you?
Yes
You logic is opposite mine in that I want the reboot to cancel if I press the button, correct?
Yes. I used to have it the opposite way (the way you described). But I changed it based on a bad experience: I was on the phone in a business conference call at 10:50 and didn’t notice the reboot prompt and therefore didn't respond. My *&*^% phone rebooted in the middle of the phone conversation, kicking me off the phone call... not a good thing. That’s why this logic makes more sense to me to only reboot if explicit permission is given.
The options in the “menu” command gives ability to identify which menu action will occur by default if user doesn’t select any. I had found it didn’t always work correctly (at least in previous versions of Tasker), so I took charge of the default behavior myself with this structure (the menu doesn’t directly execute the desired action... it just sets a variable RebootProceed that is subsequently checked in the if/then statement).
I think maybe having problems with the basics of creating profile and creating actions? I'm using Tasker version 1.3.3u2m which has a different user interface than later versions, so it wouldn't make sense for me to try to describe step-by-step interaction with the UI unless you are using the same version.
