listavailablesqlservers returns only default instances - please help!

Hiya,
I'm trying to write an application in which I call listavailablesqlservers()
(using
SQLDMO). My intention is to get a list of all available sql server instances
available on the network (including the machine on which the app is
running). However, listavailablesqlservers() seems to return only the
default instances and ignores all other instances.
Anyone else encounter this problem or have a work around?
I'm developing using VB.NET on a Windows XP Professional machine running
both SQL Server Developer edition (my default instance) and an MSDE named
instance.
Any help would be greatly appreciated as I've unsuccessfully trawled the
Internet looking for an answer.
Thanks in advance.
Kas.Kas,
Does this help?
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp
?url=/library/en-us/sqldmo/dmoref_p_i_95gp.asp
Russell Fields
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> Hiya,
> I'm trying to write an application in which I call
listavailablesqlservers()
> (using
> SQLDMO). My intention is to get a list of all available sql server
instances
> available on the network (including the machine on which the app is
> running). However, listavailablesqlservers() seems to return only the
> default instances and ignores all other instances.
> Anyone else encounter this problem or have a work around?
> I'm developing using VB.NET on a Windows XP Professional machine running
> both SQL Server Developer edition (my default instance) and an MSDE named
> instance.
> Any help would be greatly appreciated as I've unsuccessfully trawled the
> Internet looking for an answer.
> Thanks in advance.
> Kas.
>