Sending Messages with the Message Queue Task

Use the Message Queue task to place one or more messages on a queue for later delivery to DTS packages running on this or other computers.

The Message Queue task will fail at run time if:

• The queue name is entered incorrectly or the named queue is not on your network.
  
  
• A data file message references an unavailable or nonexistent data file.
  
  
• A message contains more than 4 megabytes (MB).

  Data files and variables must use slightly less than 4 megabytes in order to accommodate any included package or version IDs, file names, or variable names and types.

Important  A Message Queue task is not allowed to take part in the package transaction. As a result, your package will fail at run time if, in the Workflow Properties dialog box for a Message Queue task, you select the Join transaction if present check box.

To send a message with the Message Queue Task

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