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Adding New Messages to ActiveMQ Queues and Topics

 

The content described in this article is available in meshIQ Manage versions 11.2.4 and later.

Some of the content described in this article is available in meshIQ Manage versions 12.1 and greater.
For a quick overview of what's new or changed, visit the meshIQ Highlights page for a version-by-version breakdown.  

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Version 12.x and Later
Version 11.3 and Earlier

Version 12.x and Later

The instructions below explain how to add a message to an ActiveMQ queue or topic.

  1. In the queue or topic widget, select the queue or topic where you want to put messages.
  2. From the Selected menu, choose Messages > Put New Message.
    Alternatively, click the Put New button from the Console tab while browsing messages.
  3. The Add New Message To dialog opens. See Message Properties for ActiveMQ for details on message fields and properties.
  4. In the Number of Messages field, enter how many messages you want to send.
  5. In the Message Size (bytes) field, enter the desired size. The default value is 1.

  6. In the Contain Header section, select the Header checkbox.

  7. Click the Round pencil button.png icon to open the ActiveMQ JMS Header dialog. Configure the required header fields as needed and click Save.

  8. If needed, use File Attachment to import messages. Click Choose File. Locate and select the file you want to attach.

  9. In the Message body field, optionally enter the message content.

  10. Select a format—Text, Hex, Xml, or Json—to write the message. The message appears in the selected format.

  11. If required, change the message encoding type by selecting an option from the Encoding drop-down.

  12. Click Save to add the message immediately, or click Schedule to add it later. For more information, see Scheduling Jobs.

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Version 11.3 and Earlier

The instructions below explain how to add a message to an ActiveMQ queue or topic.

  1. In the queue or topic viewlet, select the queue or topic where you want to put messages.
  2. From the Selected menu, choose Messages > Put New Message.
    Alternatively, click the Put New CnsAddMsgBt.png button from the Console tab while browsing messages.
  3. The Add New Message To dialog opens. See Message Properties for ActiveMQ for details on message fields and properties.

General Tab

  • In the Number of Messages field, enter how many messages you want to send.

  • In the Message Size (bytes) field, enter the desired size. The default value is 1.

  • If needed, use File attachment to import messages. Click the browse button, then locate and select the file to attach.

  • In the Message body field, optionally enter the message content.

  • Select a format—Text, Hex, XML, or JSON—to write the message. The message appears in the selected format.

  • If required, change the encoding type by selecting an option from the Encoding drop-down.

Headers Tab

Select the Headers tab to configure JMS header properties.

Specify the required header fields as needed (for example, delivery mode, priority, expiration, or correlation ID).

After completing the required fields and headers, click Ok to put the message immediately, or click Schedule to send it at a later time (see Scheduling Jobs).