“Lazy” Properties

A small number of SMS object properties are described as “lazy.” This means that the property exists and contains data, but the data is not available through the SMS Administrator console. In practical terms, the property is not visible in the Query Builder, and cannot be accessed by Crystal Reports.

The “lazy” properties generally contain data that is useless when displayed in the SMS Administrator console. For instance, the Icon[] property in SMS_PDF_Package is an array of icon data that would appear in the SMS Administrator console as a large amount of uninterpretable numeric data.

“Lazy” properties can be accessed programmatically if you have an application that requires the data they store. The data can only be retrieved by explicitly calling GetInstance on the object.