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We all appreciate when you put up a free task on the web.  What would be nice is if you included directions on how to install it in some type of 'readme'.  I just saw your webinar today and it was great, and you accessed a fileattributetask which was nice.  However, upon dowloading and installing the task it is no where to be found when I open BIDS.  Is there something else that needs to be done in order to access the new task?

 Thanks...

OK, after 20 minutes of searching the web for information that should have been included in a readme, I found my answer.  Hopefully this will help others :

Task Installation

After you run the setup application, all of the necessary files will be installed on your system. However, in order for the tasks to be available to you when designing your package you'll need to add them to the toolbox in Visual Studio. Lets do this now by following these steps.

1. Open Visual Studio and create a new Integration Services project.
2. Expand the toolbox in Visual Studio and right click on the "Control Flow Items" tab then select "Choose Items".
3. Since the tasks were installed to the GAC you will see the tasks listed under the "SSIS Control Flow Items" tab of the "Choose Toolbox Items" dialog.
4. Check the box next to the tasks you wish to add.
5. After clicking OK you will see the tasks listed under the "Control Flow Items" tab in the toolbox.

Thanks again for the task, I just wish there was a little more information (as above) that came with it : )