I came across this download mail task on Codeplex & would like to implement it. The download should be basic as it includes 3 files:
- DownloadMailTask.dll
- ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib.dll
- INSTALL.txt
The instructions are equally basic. Copy files the designated folder & copy them again to the
C:\windows\assembly. Then follow these steps.
- Open BIDS
- Right Click Toolbox
- Click Choose items
- Click 'SSIS Control Flow Items'
- Check off 'Download Mail Task'
- Click OK
It all seems painfully simple, except when I get to step 4, I don't see 'Download Mail Task'. So I retraced my steps
Codeplex suggests that the file should be inC:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\DTS\Tasks. But the Tasks folders for me are
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\DTS\Tasks
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\100\DTS\Tasks
I went so far as to create the folder structure that it expects, but it did not work. I also opened/closed BIDS & rebooted the computer between. Does anyone know what I might have missed?
EDIT: I originally tried this on a Windows XP 64bit box with SQL Server 2008 & BIDS 2008.I later tried it on a Windows XP 32bit box with SQL Server 2005 & BIDS 2005 (due to something I read in this thread) but the results are the same.