I've a large DTS script which replies on the presence of an Access database. The first thing the script does is check for the presence of the Access database and then depending on if its found or not it takes a different course. The ActiveX script below uses a number of lines of code based on code similar to "DTSStep_DTSActiveScriptTask_4".

What I cannot work out is what DTSStep_DTSActiveScriptTask_4 refers to. I assume its a module within the DTS script but which one?


Function Main()

Dim oConnection, oFile, oFSO, oStep
Dim sFileName

'get ref to accessconnection
Set oConnection = DTSGlobalVariables.Parent.Connections("Access Corrections")

'get expected file name
sFileName = oConnection.DataSource
DTSGlobalVariables("TargetFileName") = sFileName
'clean up
Set oConnection = Nothing
Set oFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")

'check if file exists
If Not oFSO.FileExists(sFileName) Then
    'swap round success and failure workflow
    Set oStep = DTSGlobalVariables.Parent.Steps"DTSStep_DTSActiveS criptTask_3")
        oStep.PrecedenceConstraints("DTSStep_DTSActiveScri ptTask_1").Value = 0
        Set oStep = DTSGlobalVariables.Parent.Steps("DTSStep_DTSActive ScriptTask_4")
        oStep.PrecedenceConstraints("DTSStep_DTSActiveScri ptTask_1").Value = 1
    Else
        Set oStep = DTSGlobalVariables.Parent.Steps("DTSStep_DTSActive ScriptTask_3")
        oStep.PrecedenceConstraints("DTSStep_DTSActiveScri ptTask_1").Value = 1
        Set oStep = DTSGlobalVariables.Parent.Steps("DTSStep_DTSActive ScriptTask_4")
        oStep.PrecedenceConstraints("DTSStep_DTSActiveScri ptTask_1").Value = 0
    End If

    ' clean Up
    Set oFSO = Nothing
    Main = DTSTaskExecResult_Success

End Function

It's the default name given to a script task which was the fourth created by the designer who should have been kind enough to rename them to sensibly names. You should be able to look in the designer and see what it does.
If not, save the package to a VB6 file and post it here.

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Joe (Microsoft MVP - XML)

Thank you for your reply.

As soon as I saved it to a VB file and searched through the resulting file the different steps became obvious.

Are you able to comment on the use of:

Set oStep = DTSGlobalVariables.Parent.Steps

and the assignment of O and 1 as in

oStep.PrecedenceConstraints("DTSStep_DTSActiveScri ptTask_1").Value = 0

Is this switching certain modules on or off?

It's setting whether the step is executed or not, 0 is yes, 1 is no. They are swapped depending on if the file is present, see Creating Precedence Contraints



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Joe (Microsoft MVP - XML)

Thanks for your help.