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IDtsDesignerUtilitiesService Interface

Provides methods that let Integration Services developers invoke the Expression Builder dialog box programmatically.

Namespace:  Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Design
Assembly:  Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Design (in Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Design.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Interface IDtsDesignerUtilitiesService
'Usage
Dim instance As IDtsDesignerUtilitiesService

public interface IDtsDesignerUtilitiesService

public interface class IDtsDesignerUtilitiesService

type IDtsDesignerUtilitiesService =  interface end

public interface IDtsDesignerUtilitiesService

The IDtsDesignerUtilitiesService type exposes the following members.

Methods

  Name Description
Public method EditExpression Displays the Expression Builder dialog box that lets the end user use the Integration Services expression language to create and test an expression.
Public method EditPropertyExpression Displays the Expression Builder dialog box that lets the end user use the Integration Services expression language to create and test a property expression.

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Remarks

The IDtsDesignerUtilitiesService interface provides two methods, EditExpression and EditPropertyExpression, that let you invoke the Expression Builder dialog box programmatically. You might incorporate these methods into a custom user interface for an Integration Services connection manager, foreach enumerator, task, or data flow component.

Use the EditExpression method whenever you want to let the user create or modify an expression. However, to modify a property expression, the EditPropertyExpression method might be more useful. The EditPropertyExpression method determines the return type of the expression from the data type of the property and assigns the expression to the property for you.

Examples

The following example shows how to cache a reference to a ServiceProvider whose type is IDtsDesignerUtilitiesService.

Dim designerUtilitiesService As IDtsDesignerUtilitiesService
designerUtilitiesService = _
      DirectCast(_serviceProvider.GetService(GetType(IDtsDesignerUtilitiesService)), IDtsDesignerUtilitiesService)

IDtsDesignerUtilitiesService designerUtilitiesService;
designerUtilitiesService = (IDtsDesignerUtilitiesService)_serviceProvider.GetService(typeof(IDtsDesignerUtilitiesService));