Scripter Class

Article
12/03/2008

The Scripter object is the overall, top-level object for managing scripting operations.

Namespace: Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo
Assembly: Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo (in microsoft.sqlserver.smo.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Class Scripter
    Inherits DependencyWalker

public class Scripter : DependencyWalker

public ref class Scripter : public DependencyWalker

public class Scripter extends DependencyWalker

public class Scripter extends DependencyWalker

Remarks

The Scripter object allows programmatic access to scripting settings and is responsible for the following scripting functionality:

Finding dependencies.
Output script to memory and file.
Calling the instance objects to be scripted.
Managing context of a script operation, such as checking whether an object has already been scripted.

This namespace, class, or member is supported only in version 2.0 of the Microsoft .NET Framework.

To get Scripter object properties, users can be a member of the public fixed server role.

To set Scripter object properties, users can be a member of the public fixed server role.

To run a script operation, users require permissions for the objects that are being scripted.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.DependencyWalker
Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Scripter

Example

How to: Script Out the Dependencies for a Database in Visual Basic .NET

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