MessageQueue.QueueName Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Messaging

Assembly:

System.Messaging.dll

Gets or sets the friendly name that identifies the queue.

C#

[System.ComponentModel.Browsable(false)]
[System.Messaging.MessagingDescription("MQ_QueueName")]
public string QueueName { get; set; }

Property Value

String

The name that identifies the queue referenced by this MessageQueue. The value cannot be null.

Attributes

BrowsableAttribute MessagingDescriptionAttribute

Exceptions

ArgumentException

The queue name is null.

Examples

The following code example gets and sets the value of a message queue's QueueName property.

C#

// Set the queue's QueueName property value.
queue.QueueName = "Example Queue";

// Display the new value of the queue's QueueName property.
Console.WriteLine("MessageQueue.QueueName: {0}", queue.QueueName);

Remarks

You can combine the QueueName with the MachineName to create a friendly Path name for the queue. The syntax for the friendly name variation of the Path property depends on the type of queue, as shown in the following table.

Queue type	Syntax
Public queue	MachineName\QueueName
Private queue	MachineName\Private$\QueueName
Journal queue	MachineName\QueueName\Journal$

Use "." to represent the local computer.

Changing the QueueName property affects the Path property. If you set the QueueName without setting the MachineName property, the Path property becomes .\QueueName. Otherwise, the Path becomes MachineName\QueueName.

The following table shows whether this property is available in various Workgroup modes.

Workgroup mode	Available
Local computer	Yes
Local computer and direct format name	Yes
Remote computer	Yes
Remote computer and direct format name	No

Applies to

See also

• Path
• MachineName