Web Listing 1: C# Code That Creates the SqlBackup Application
#region Using directives

using Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo;  // Allow shorthand notation

#endregion

namespace SqlBackup
{
  class Program
  {
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
      string db = "AdventureWorks";  // Define and set a variable
      Backup bck = new Backup();  // Instantiate a Backup object
      bck.Action = BackupActionType.Database; // Set Action property
      bck.BackupSetName = db + "_BackupSet";  // Set BackupSetName property
      bck.Database = db;  // Set Database name property
      bck.DeviceType = DeviceType.File;  // Set DeviceType property
      // Add method adds file to Devices collection
      // Must escape the backslash in C#
      bck.Devices.Add("C:\\" + db + ".bak");
      // Instantiate a Server object and
      // invoke Backup object's SqlBackup method
      bck.SqlBackup(new Server());
    }
  }
}