Checking for SMO?

I was eavesdropping on a conversation between SQL Server MVPs Bill Graziano, Hilary Cotter, and Microsoft guru Gert Drapers.  Bill wanted to know if anyone had written some client-side code that tested for the presence of SMO on a local machine.

Hilary suggested this nice bit of VBScript:

on error resume next
Set BillRulez=
WScript.CreateObject("Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.SQLServerVersion")
if err.number<> 0 then
wscript.echo "not installed"
end if

Gert took another approach by checking if the MSI Package is installed:

Microsoft SQL Server Management Objects Collection
Product code: \{C2BB86C1-3548-4648-A1B5-7F604D631512\}
Product state: (5) Installed.
Package code: \{4FEC8720-9D49-400C-9848-318667D06FE8\}

Hope this helps!

-Kevin