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Scripter Class

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
'Usage
Dim instance As Scripter

public class Scripter : DependencyWalker

public ref class Scripter : public DependencyWalker

type Scripter =  
    class
        inherit DependencyWalker
    end

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.

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.

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Microsoft Visual Basic) members of this type are safe for multithreaded operations. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

Examples

Scripting

Inheritance Hierarchy

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

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.