How to detect whether SMO is installed?

30 Mar 2007 4:46 PM

n7dai

Hi, folks --

I am working on an install bootstrapper that (among other things)
will install Server Management Objects (SQLServer2005_XMO.msi from SQL
Server 2005 Feature Pack) iff it's not already installed.

So, how to detect programmatically whether or not it's already
installed?

What files/version/registry keys/usual suspects should I be looking
for?

Thanks in advance for your help.

-- Davidson

30 Mar 2007 5:04 PM

Kent Tegels

Hello n7***@comcast.net,

I normally look for C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\SDK\Assemblies\Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo.dll.
I believe current-most is 9.0.3042.0.

Thanks!
Kent Tegels
DevelopMentor
http://staff.develop.com/ktegels/

31 Mar 2007 1:25 PM

Jens K. Suessmeyer

What about:

http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=577731&SiteID=1

Jens K. Suessmeyer.

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news:1175273193.753957.182290@e65g2000hsc.googlegroups.com...
> Hi, folks --
>
> I am working on an install bootstrapper that (among other things)
> will install Server Management Objects (SQLServer2005_XMO.msi from SQL
> Server 2005 Feature Pack) iff it's not already installed.
>
> So, how to detect programmatically whether or not it's already
> installed?
>
> What files/version/registry keys/usual suspects should I be looking
> for?
>
> Thanks in advance for your help.
>
> -- Davidson
>