> Erm, if you want to point out that MS IDEs don't put stuff you work with into files, then say so.
Um, I already did. That was the point of my reply. You effectively cannot edit the SSIS output except in the IDE. Theoretically, could you? Yes. But you could also theoretically manually edit binary files, too. The point is that the SSIS "text files" might as well be binary and it's really only reasonable to find a recognizeable section (like a SQL query) in the garbage and edit that. Editing beyind that sort of thing is not doable.
Your "nonsense" claim was from a POV of limited exposure, and frankly it's not just limited by avoiding MS technologies. There are a number of IDEs, especially in the 4th gen language space, where you simply cannot edit outside of the IDE.