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Application.SaveToXml Method

Saves the XML definition of a package to a file.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Sub SaveToXml ( _
    fileName As String, _
    package As Package, _
    events As IDTSEvents _
)
'Usage
Dim instance As Application 
Dim fileName As String 
Dim package As Package 
Dim events As IDTSEvents

instance.SaveToXml(fileName, package, _
    events)
public void SaveToXml(
    string fileName,
    Package package,
    IDTSEvents events
)
public:
void SaveToXml(
    String^ fileName, 
    Package^ package, 
    IDTSEvents^ events
)
member SaveToXml : 
        fileName:string * 
        package:Package * 
        events:IDTSEvents -> unit
public function SaveToXml(
    fileName : String, 
    package : Package, 
    events : IDTSEvents
)

Parameters

Remarks

A package file normally has the extension, .dtsx.

If the file name specified in the fileName parameter does not exist, it will be created.

Examples

The following example saves the .dtsx package in XML format with the name myXMLPackage.dtsx.

static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            // The variable pkg points to the location
            // of the ExecuteProcess package sample 
            // that is installed with the SSIS samples.
            string pkg = @"C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Samples\Integration Services\Package Samples\ExecuteProcess Sample\ExecuteProcess\UsingExecuteProcess.dtsx";

            Application app = new Application();
            Package p = app.LoadPackage(pkg, null);
            app.SaveToXml("myXMLPackage.dtsx", p, null);
        }
Shared  Sub Main(ByVal args() As String)
            ' The variable pkg points to the location
            ' of the ExecuteProcess package sample 
            ' that is installed with the SSIS samples.
            Dim pkg As String =  "C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Samples\Integration Services\Package Samples\ExecuteProcess Sample\ExecuteProcess\UsingExecuteProcess.dtsx" 
 
            Dim app As Application =  New Application() 
            Dim p As Package =  app.LoadPackage(pkg,Nothing) 
            app.SaveToXml("myXMLPackage.dtsx", p, Nothing)
End Sub

See Also

Reference

Application Class

Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime Namespace