MSMQ BC Demo

Introduction to MSMQ Configuring MSMQ Building and Deploying a Sample Project Setting up/Installing MSMQ Server Agenda

Introduction to MSMQ Message Queuing (MSMQ) technology enables applications running at different times to communicate across heterogeneous networks and systems that may be temporarily offline. Applications send messages to queues and read messages from queues. The following illustration shows how a queue can hold messages that are generated by multiple sending applications and read by multiple receiving applications.

Message Queuing Versions The specific versions of Message Queuing include: MSMQ 1.0—the Microsoft Message Queue Server 1.0 product that operates with Microsoft Windows NT 4.0, Microsoft Windows 95, Microsoft Windows 98, and Microsoft Windows Me. MSMQ 2.0—the Message Queuing service included in Microsoft Windows MSMQ 3.0—the Message Queuing service included in Microsoft Windows XP Professional and the Windows Server 2003 family. MSMQ is also available with independent client functionality on computers running Windows CE 3.0. Introduction to MSMQ Message Queuing provides guaranteed message delivery, efficient routing, security, and priority-based messaging.

Setting Up/Installing MSMQ Server MSMQ Server is bundled with the Windows Operating System. You can verify whether this window component is installed on your computer by doing the following Go to Windows > Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs In this window, select Add/Remove Windows Component option on the left side In the Windows Component popup window, scroll through the Components list and check if “Message Queuing” option is selected, which indicates that this component is already installed. If its not selected, then select “Message Queuing” option and go through the installation process. This might require windows OS installation/reinstallation CD.

Configuring MSMQ Server In your Administrative Tools > Computer Management window, you would find “Message Queuing” listed under Services and Applications. You can create a Public Queue or a Private Queue by specifying the QueueName. Please ensure you keep the file “msmqruntimejni.dll” in your classpath. The file can be found at C:\Alaska\jbicomps\msmqbc\dlls folder