"Scott Bieker" <sbieker@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1EFF715B-B224-4693-8284-2BE18DD3105B@microsoft.com...
> We are receiving the "Invalid Class String" Exception when trying to
execute our packages
> from a VB.Net application running on a client computer that was not used
for development
> or anything else to do with SQL/VB.Net/etc. It is a "normal" environment
where our users
> will running the application.
>
> Here's what we have done/built:
>
> * 10 packages using SQL 2000 sp3
> * Packages have a password assigned (as per one set of documentation)
> * Client machine has never has SQL 7 or SQL 2000 on it
> * Have registered all necessary DTS Dlls
> * Even ran sqlredis.exe from SQL 2000 sp3 to get latest "client" on the
machine
>
> * The packages have no issue when running from SQL Enterprise Manager or
on VS.Net machines
> * Client computer was upgraded to Windows XP sp1 and all other critical
updates (and sqlredis/dlls were re-installed/registered)
>
> * The error is immediate...no wait...it just throws the error as soon as
button is clicked.
>
> Is there some trick to making this work? What are we missing? It seems
as if we have "implemented"
> all of the associated KB's but it is still not working.
>
> thanks
>
> scott