>Many thanks to those who helped me tonight on using SMO to backup a database. This is as simple as it gets:
>
>

>        Dim loBackup As Backup = New Backup
>        Dim loServer As Server = New Server
>
>        loBackup.Devices.AddDevice("D:\Data\Backup\MyDatabase.bak", DeviceType.File)
>        loBackup.Database = "MyDatabase"
>        loBackup.Action = Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.BackupActionType.Database
>        loBackup.Initialize = True
>        loBackup.PercentCompleteNotification = 1
>        AddHandler loBackup.PercentComplete, AddressOf ProgressEventHandler
>        loBackup.SqlBackup(loServer)
>
>    Private Sub ProgressEventHandler(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As PercentCompleteEventArgs)
>        UrlDisplay.Text = e.Percent.ToString + "% backed up"
>        Application.DoEvents()
>    End Sub
>

You're welcome.