discovering-data-flow-components-programmatically.md

title	Discovering Data Flow Components Programmatically | Microsoft Docs
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Discovering Data Flow Components Programmatically

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After you have added a data flow task to a package, your next step may be to determine what data flow components are available for your use. You can programmatically discover the data flow sources, transformations, and destinations that are installed and available on the local computer. For information about adding a data flow task to the package, see Adding the Data Flow Task Programmatically.

Discovering Components

The xref:Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime.Application class provides the xref:Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime.Application.PipelineComponentInfos%2A collection, which contains a xref:Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime.PipelineComponentInfo object for each component correctly installed on the local computer. Each xref:Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime.PipelineComponentInfo contains information about a component such as its name, description, and creation name. You can use the value returned in the xref:Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime.PipelineComponentInfo.CreationName%2A property to set the xref:Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Pipeline.Wrapper.IDTSComponentMetaData100.ComponentClassID%2A property of the xref:Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Pipeline.Wrapper.IDTSComponentMetaData100 when you add a component to a package.

Next Step

After discovering available components, the next step is to add and configure the components, which is discussed in the next topic, Adding Data Flow Components Programmatically.

Sample

The following code sample shows how to enumerate the xref:Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime.PipelineComponentInfos collection of the xref:Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime.Application object to programmatically discover the data flow components available on the local computer. This sample requires a reference to the Microsoft.SqlServer.ManagedDTS assembly.

using System;  
using Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime;  
  
namespace Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Samples  
{  
  class Program  
  {  
    static void Main(string[] args)  
    {  
      Application application = new Application();  
      PipelineComponentInfos componentInfos = application.PipelineComponentInfos;  
  
      foreach (PipelineComponentInfo componentInfo in componentInfos)  
      {  
        Console.WriteLine("Name: " + componentInfo.Name + "\n" +  
          " CreationName: " + componentInfo.CreationName + "\n");  
      }  
      Console.Read();  
    }  
  }  
}  

Imports Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime  
  
Module Module1  
  
  Sub Main()  
  
    Dim application As Application = New Application()  
  
    Dim componentInfos As PipelineComponentInfos = application.PipelineComponentInfos  
  
    For Each componentInfo As PipelineComponentInfo In componentInfos  
      Console.WriteLine("Name: " & componentInfo.Name & vbCrLf & _  
        " CreationName: " & componentInfo.CreationName & vbCrLf)  
    Next  
  
    Console.Read()  
  
  End Sub  
  
End Module  

See Also

Adding Data Flow Components Programmatically