In visual studio 2005, I create a new Integration Services Project. It tries to create the first package by default "Package.dtsx". The "Package.dtsx[Design]" tab displays
Microsoft Visual Studio is unable to load this document
Object reference not set to an instance of an object
I try to create new SSIS package or edit an existing one (from tutorial), I get the same error in the SSIS graphical user interface tab.
Thanks for your help.

SSIS Design : Object reference not set to an instance of an object
amit lohia
I have installed the SQL Server 2005 development tools on several computers without problems, but yesterday I got the exact same problem as described above. I tried reinstalling, tried to apply SP1, but the problem remains. Has anyone else seen this and solved it
Regards,
Lars
Rasatsimpy
Teggno
I just ran into this error as well. It was working yesterday and I have not made any changes to hardware or software settings. I am right-clicking on the ETL package (ETL Staging.dtsx) and selecting "Execute Package". It results in a message box titled "Microsoft Visual Studio" with the following error message: "Object reference not set to an instance of an object".
Clicking on "Advanced Information" contains this additional information:
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Object reference not set to an instance of an object. (Microsoft Visual Studio)
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Program Location:
at Microsoft.DataTransformationServices.Project.DtsPackagesFolderProjectFeature.ExecuteTaskOrPackage(ProjectItem prjItem, String taskPath)
I am working on a virtual machine running Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard Ediction Service Pack2 developing in Visual Studio Professional Edition with SP1. The project is under source control using Visual Source Safe 2005 version 8.0, and has been checked out for edit by me. Any help would be appreciated.