Package.PackageType Property

Article
12/03/2008

Sets or returns a value that identifies the tool that created the package.

Namespace: Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime
Assembly: Microsoft.SqlServer.ManagedDTS (in microsoft.sqlserver.manageddts.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Property PackageType As DTSPackageType

public DTSPackageType PackageType { get; set; }

public:
property DTSPackageType PackageType {
    DTSPackageType get ();
    void set (DTSPackageType value);
}

/** @property */
public DTSPackageType get_PackageType ()

/** @property */
public void set_PackageType (DTSPackageType value)

public function get PackageType () : DTSPackageType

public function set PackageType (value : DTSPackageType)

Property Value

A value from the DTSPackageType enumeration.

Remarks

If the package is created using SSIS Designer, the default value is DTSDesigner90.

Example

The following code example shows the package type for one of the SSIS sample packages.

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime;

namespace Package_API
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            Application app = new Application();
            Package pkg = new Package();
            pkg = app.LoadPackage(@"C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Samples\Integration Services\Package Samples\CalculatedColumns Sample\CalculatedColumns\CalculatedColumns.dtsx", null);

            // Show the package type
            Console.WriteLine("The package type is {0}", pkg.PackageType);
        }
    }
}

Imports System
Imports System.Collections.Generic
Imports System.Text
Imports Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime
 
Namespace Package_API
    Class Program
        Shared  Sub Main(ByVal args() As String)
            Dim app As Application =  New Application() 
            Dim pkg As Package =  New Package() 
            pkg = app.LoadPackage("C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Samples\Integration Services\Package Samples\CalculatedColumns Sample\CalculatedColumns\CalculatedColumns.dtsx", Nothing)
 
            ' Show the package type
            Console.WriteLine("The package type is {0}", pkg.PackageType)
        End Sub
    End Class
End Namespace

Sample Output:

The package type is Default

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Microsoft Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

Platforms

Development Platforms

For a list of the supported platforms, see Hardware and Software Requirements for Installing SQL Server 2005.

Target Platforms