What Does Automating MTS Administration Mean?

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Scriptable administration enables you to automate MTS Explorer configuration of packages and components. If you know a scripting language such as Microsoft® Visual Basic®, you can use the scripting objects to automate administration tasks in the Explorer. For example, tool developers can also use the scriptable objects to create MTS Explorer add-ins such as an object that automatically configures remote clients.

Note Using the scriptable objects requires a working knowledge of an Automation scripting language.

You must install MTS development samples and documentation in order to obtain the administrative sample scripts and MTS Administrative Reference, which contains Microsoft Visual Basic and Microsoft Visual C++® API reference pages and sample code for the scriptable objects. The administrative sample scripts are written in Visual Basic Script and take advantage of the Windows® Scripting Host, which can be installed using the the Windows NT® 4.0 Option Pack setup program. See the Setting Up the MTS Administrative Sample Scripts topic for more information about using the MTS administrative scripts.

Procedures:

MTS Administration Objects

Visual Basic Script Sample for Automating MTS Administration

Visual Basic Sample Application for Automating MTS Administration

Automating MTS Administration with Visual Basic

Automating Advanced MTS Administration with Visual Basic

See Also

Quick Tour of Microsoft Transaction Server, Getting Started with Microsoft Transaction Server , What Does Creating an MTS Package Mean?, What Does Distributing an MTS Package Mean?, What Does Installing an MTS Package Mean?, What Does Maintaining an MTS Package Mean?, What Does Managing an MTS Transaction Mean?