I tried the examplle in the MSDN documentation Shared Sub Main(ByVal args() As String) Dim pkg As Package = New Package() Dim exec As Executable = pkg.Executables.Add("STOCK:BulkInsertTask") ' Obtain the collection. Dim pgkExecs As Executables = pkg.Executables Dim eachExec As Executable For Each eachExec In pgkExecs Dim th As TaskHost = exec as TaskHost Console.WriteLine("Executable creation name is: {0}", th.CreationName) Next ' Show that at least one executable exists. If pgkExecs.Contains(0) Then Console.WriteLine("Contains returned true") Else Console.WriteLine("Contains returned false") End If End Sub But VS2008 complains that Executable is not defined. and that there is no Executables property on Package. I MUST be doing something wrong! Beginners error? Please advise

Imports Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime Module Module1 Sub Main(ByVal args() As String) Dim pkg As Package = New Package() Dim exec As Executable = pkg.Executables.Add("STOCK:BulkInsertTask") ' Obtain the collection. Dim pgkExecs As Executables = pkg.Executables Dim eachExec As Executable For Each eachExec In pgkExecs Dim th As TaskHost = CType(exec, TaskHost) Console.WriteLine("Executable creation name is: {0}", th.CreationName) Next ' Show that at least one executable exists. If pgkExecs.Contains(0) Then Console.WriteLine("Contains returned true") Else Console.WriteLine("Contains returned false") End If End Sub End Module I added reference to C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\SDK\Assemblies\Microsoft.SQLServer.ManagedDTS.dll. Then I added the imports statement at the top. I cleaned up a few things in the code, some to remove C# code items ("exec as TaskHost") and to work in the Console app that I used. Russel Loski, MCT

Russ, VERY kind thanks! Most cordially, Mac