SOA'izing MSMQ with WCF (and Why It's Worth It)

NEW POST: Is ChunkingChannel.dll covered by MS Public License

Blipwort — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 11:48:47 GMT

The download for this doesn't include the source for the ChunkingChannel, only a binary. It is easy to generate the source, of course, but would this be covered by the MS Public License?

(By the way, my understanding is that the author of this "sample" no longer works for MS).

COMMENTED ISSUE: Error when attempting to use the MSMQChunkingChannelSubmitter/MSMQChunkingChannelOrderWatcher

dragoshaiduc — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 10:02:43 GMT

Hello,

when attempting to test using the MSMQChunkingChannelSubmitter/MSMQChunkingChannelOrderWatcher on a Windows XP SP2 machine,
the server crashes.

Attached is a file containing the server output, when trying to process the messages sent by the MSMQChunkingChannelSubmitter.

Was the chunking sample only meant to work on windows vista?

Regards,
Dragos
Comments: By using the PDB file for the chunking channel implementation, I was able to get a more descriptive stacktrace, see attachment Server_Output_error_PDB.txt It seems the creation of subqueues is attempted in MSMQ, operation not supported in Windows XP AFAIK.

COMMENTED ISSUE: Error when attempting to use the MSMQChunkingChannelSubmitter/MSMQChunkingChannelOrderWatcher

dragoshaiduc — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 08:52:20 GMT

Hello,

when attempting to test using the MSMQChunkingChannelSubmitter/MSMQChunkingChannelOrderWatcher on a Windows XP SP2 machine,
the server crashes.

Attached is a file containing the server output, when trying to process the messages sent by the MSMQChunkingChannelSubmitter.

Was the chunking sample only meant to work on windows vista?

Regards,
Dragos
Comments: I tried to use the MSMQChunkingChannelOrderWatcher on Windows 2003, with exactly the same error.

NEW POST: Any news on the chunking channel?

dragoshaiduc — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 08:51:21 GMT

Anybody got the MSMQChunkingChannelOrderWatcher working on Windows XP?

COMMENTED ISSUE: Error when attempting to use the MSMQChunkingChannelSubmitter/MSMQChunkingChannelOrderWatcher

dragoshaiduc — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 13:39:57 GMT

Hello,

when attempting to test using the MSMQChunkingChannelSubmitter/MSMQChunkingChannelOrderWatcher on a Windows XP SP2 machine,
the server crashes.

Attached is a file containing the server output, when trying to process the messages sent by the MSMQChunkingChannelSubmitter.

Was the chunking sample only meant to work on windows vista?

Regards,
Dragos
Comments: Commenting out the line "[OperationBehavior(TransactionScopeRequired = true)]" for the MSMQChunkingChannelOrderWatcher.SubmitOrder(Stream) method will not crash the server, but the messages are not consumed from the queue either.

COMMENTED ISSUE: Error when attempting to use the MSMQChunkingChannelSubmitter/MSMQChunkingChannelOrderWatcher

dragoshaiduc — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 13:16:33 GMT

Hello,

when attempting to test using the MSMQChunkingChannelSubmitter/MSMQChunkingChannelOrderWatcher on a Windows XP SP2 machine,
the server crashes.

Attached is a file containing the server output, when trying to process the messages sent by the MSMQChunkingChannelSubmitter.

Was the chunking sample only meant to work on windows vista?

Regards,
Dragos
Comments: Commenting out the line "[OperationBehavior(TransactionScopeRequired = true)]" for the MSMQChunkingChannelOrderWatcher.SubmitOrder(Stream) method will not crash the server, but the messages are not consumed from the queue either.

COMMENTED ISSUE: Error when attempting to use the MSMQChunkingChannelSubmitter/MSMQChunkingChannelOrderWatcher

dragoshaiduc — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 12:35:52 GMT

Hello,

when attempting to test using the MSMQChunkingChannelSubmitter/MSMQChunkingChannelOrderWatcher on a Windows XP SP2 machine,
the server crashes.

Attached is a file containing the server output, when trying to process the messages sent by the MSMQChunkingChannelSubmitter.

Was the chunking sample only meant to work on windows vista?

Regards,
Dragos
Comments: I attempted to use the solution provided inside the "MSMQ-WCF-WalkThru - Finished.zip" archive.

CREATED ISSUE: Error when attempting to use the MSMQChunkingChannelSubmitter/MSMQChunkingChannelOrderWatcher

dragoshaiduc — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 12:32:27 GMT

NEW POST: Any news on the chunking channel?

Thona — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 08:14:24 GMT

Are there any news on that thing? The sample is preetty ancient, and there are references to anothe rversion that shall come.

I am in a project where an Architect insists on using this channel by possibly all means (do not tell me how not too smart that is), so I would be thankfull for a version that is further developped.

UPDATED WIKI: Home

JustinWi — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 08:35:21 GMT

Description

Microsoft Message Queuing’s (MSMQ) integration with the Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) is extremely powerful. It enables MSMQ developers to write fault-tolerant, service-oriented applications and provides a robust extensibility model developers can use to improve any system’s capabilities – including MSMQ’s. In this video and corresponding sample we'll convert a System.Messaging application into a WCF Queuing application, enable that application to overcome MSMQ’s 4mb message size limitation with a prototype chunking channel, and integrate it seamlessly with existing MSMQ applications.

Why SOA'ize MSMQ with WCF

Microsoft Message Queuing (MSMQ) is an incredibly robust, time-tested messaging server that fulfills a critical role in any communications platform. What it doesn’t do however, is play well in a service oriented world. MSMQ applications and their developers must be fully aware of the queue’s they’re communicating with and hand-craft messages to be sent on the wire. In a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) world, we don’t think in terms of message in queues, we think in terms of business operations allowing developers to focus on what’s most important…business operations. Centering application development around these operations enables us to be flexible with not only with our implementations, but also our communication partners. In addition, the extensibility mechanisms provided when we integrate MSMQ with Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) are extremely powerful and enable MSMQ developers to do things they never could before.

What We'll Cover

Combining the power of MSMQ with the flexibility of WCF, we'll do the following:

Get the feel for an existing System.Messaging (MSMQ) demo application
Implement the equivalent application using WCF Queuing (MSMQ + WCF)
Integrate a prototype MSMQ chunking channel into the application enabling us to send messages > 4mb in size over MSMQ
Use the MSMQ Integration binding to send messages from the original System.Messaging sender to a new WCF receiver for processing

There are a couple ways you can walk-thru this sample:

Watch a Video
Read a Doc (PDF)

Note: copying & pasting code from the PDF doesn't work as well as from the doc file.

Once you've met the prereqs. below, select either of these to get started.

Prereqs

Before we get started, you’ll need to ensure your machine has the following:

.Net framework 3.0 or greater (http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/netframework/aa569263.aspx)
MSMQ Installed (http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa967729.aspx)
Visual Studio 2005 or greater (http://www.microsoft.com/express/)
The sample solution for this walk-thru

Good luck and happy SOA'ng!

About the Author

Justin Wilcox is the former test lead of Microsoft Message Queuing (MSMQ), System.Messaging, and WCF Queuing contributing to releases from '03 to '08.

UPDATED WIKI: Home

JustinWi — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 08:34:34 GMT

Description

Why SOA'ize MSMQ with WCF

What We'll Cover

Combining the power of MSMQ with the flexibility of WCF, we'll do the following:

Get the feel for an existing System.Messaging (MSMQ) demo application
Implement the equivalent application using WCF Queuing (MSMQ + WCF)
Integrate a prototype MSMQ chunking channel into the application enabling us to send messages > 4mb in size over MSMQ
Use the MSMQ Integration binding to send messages from the original System.Messaging sender to a new WCF receiver for processing

There are a couple ways you can walk-thru this sample:

Watch a Video
Read a Doc (PDF)

Note: copying & pasting code from the PDF doesn't work as well as from the doc file.

Once you've met the prereqs. below, select either of these to get started.

Prereqs

Before we get started, you’ll need to ensure your machine has the following:

.Net framework 3.0 or greater (http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/netframework/aa569263.aspx)
MSMQ Installed (http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa967729.aspx)
Visual Studio 2005 or greater (http://www.microsoft.com/express/)
The sample solution for this walk-thru

Good luck and happy SOA'ng!

About the Author

Justin Wilcox is the former test lead of Microsoft Message Queuing (MSMQ), System.Messaging, and WCF Queuing contributing to releases from from 2003 to 2008.

UPDATED WIKI: Home

JustinWi — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 08:33:02 GMT

Description

Why SOA'ize MSMQ with WCF

What We'll Cover

Combining the power of MSMQ with the flexibility of WCF, we'll do the following:

Get the feel for an existing System.Messaging (MSMQ) demo application
Implement the equivalent application using WCF Queuing (MSMQ + WCF)
Integrate a prototype MSMQ chunking channel into the application enabling us to send messages > 4mb in size over MSMQ
Use the MSMQ Integration binding to send messages from the original System.Messaging sender to a new WCF receiver for processing

There are a couple ways you can walk-thru this sample:

Watch a Video
Read a Doc (PDF)

Note: copying & pasting code from the PDF doesn't work as well as from the doc file.

Once you've met the prereqs. below, select either of these to get started.

Prereqs

Before we get started, you’ll need to ensure your machine has the following:

.Net framework 3.0 or greater (http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/netframework/aa569263.aspx)
MSMQ Installed (http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa967729.aspx)
Visual Studio 2005 or greater (http://www.microsoft.com/express/)
The sample solution for this walk-thru

Good luck and happy SOA'ng!

About the Author

Justin Wilcox is the former test lead of Microsoft Message Queuing (MSMQ), System.Messaging, and WCF Queuing contributing to releases from Windows XP to Windows Server 2008.

UPDATED WIKI: Home

JustinWi — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 08:32:10 GMT

Description

Why SOA'ize MSMQ with WCF

What We'll Cover

Combining the power of MSMQ with the flexibility of WCF, we'll do the following:

Get the feel for an existing System.Messaging (MSMQ) demo application
Implement the equivalent application using WCF Queuing (MSMQ + WCF)
Integrate a prototype MSMQ chunking channel into the application enabling us to send messages > 4mb in size over MSMQ
Use the MSMQ Integration binding to send messages from the original System.Messaging sender to a new WCF receiver for processing

There are a couple ways you can walk-thru this sample:

Watch a Video
Read a Doc (PDF)

Note: copying & pasting code from the PDF doesn't work as well as from the doc file.

Once you've met the prereqs. below, select either of these to get started.

Prereqs

Before we get started, you’ll need to ensure your machine has the following:

.Net framework 3.0 or greater (http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/netframework/aa569263.aspx)
MSMQ Installed (http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa967729.aspx)
Visual Studio 2005 or greater (http://www.microsoft.com/express/)
The sample solution for this walk-thru

Good luck and happy SOA'ng!

About the Author

Justin Wilcox is the former test lead of Microsoft Message Queuing (MSMQ), System.Messaging, and WCF Queuing contributing to releases from Windows XP to Windows Server 2008.

UPDATED WIKI: Home

JustinWi — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 08:30:57 GMT

Description

Why SOA'ize MSMQ with WCF

What We'll Cover

Combining the power of MSMQ with the flexibility of WCF, we'll do the following:

Get the feel for an existing System.Messaging (MSMQ) demo application
Implement the equivalent application using WCF Queuing (MSMQ + WCF)
Integrate a prototype MSMQ chunking channel into the application enabling us to send messages > 4mb in size over MSMQ
Use the MSMQ Integration binding to send messages from the original System.Messaging sender to a new WCF receiver for processing

There are a couple ways you can walk-thru this sample:

Watch a Video
Read a Doc (PDF)

Note: copying & pasting code from the PDF doesn't work as well as from the doc file.

Once you've met the prereqs. below, select either of these to get started.

Prereqs

Before we get started, you’ll need to ensure your machine has the following:

.Net framework 3.0 or greater (http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/netframework/aa569263.aspx)
MSMQ Installed (http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa967729.aspx)
Visual Studio 2005 or greater (http://www.microsoft.com/express/)
The sample solution for this walk-thru

Good luck and happy SOA'ng!

About the Author

Justin Wilcox is the former test lead of Microsoft Message Queuing (MSMQ), System.Messaging, and WCF Queuing.

UPDATED RELEASE: MSMQ + WCF Integration - WalkThru v1 (Jan 28, 2008)

Thu, 31 Jan 2008 02:56:56 GMT

This release contains the Visual Studio solution file and your choice of docs or a video that will walk you through this sample application and show you how to implement your own MSMQ + WCF Integrated applications.

UPDATED WIKI: Home

JustinWi — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 02:39:53 GMT

Description

Why SOA'ize MSMQ with WCF

What We'll Cover

Combining the power of MSMQ with the flexibility of WCF, we'll do the following:

Get the feel for an existing System.Messaging (MSMQ) demo application
Implement the equivalent application using WCF Queuing (MSMQ + WCF)
Integrate a prototype MSMQ chunking channel into the application enabling us to send messages > 4mb in size over MSMQ
Use the MSMQ Integration binding to send messages from the original System.Messaging sender to a new WCF receiver for processing

There are a couple ways you can walk-thru this sample:

Watch a Video
Read a Doc (PDF)

Note: copying & pasting code from the PDF doesn't work as well as from the doc file.

Once you've met the prereqs. below, select either of these to get started.

Prereqs

Before we get started, you’ll need to ensure your machine has the following:

.Net framework 3.0 or greater (http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/netframework/aa569263.aspx)
MSMQ Installed (http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa967729.aspx)
Visual Studio 2005 or greater (http://www.microsoft.com/express/)
The sample solution for this walk-thru

Good luck and happy SOA'ng!

UPDATED WIKI: Home

JustinWi — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 02:37:36 GMT

Description

Why SOA'ize MSMQ with WCF

What We'll Cover

Combining the power of MSMQ with the flexibility of WCF, we'll do the following:

Get the feel for an existing System.Messaging (MSMQ) demo application
Implement the equivalent application using WCF Queuing (MSMQ + WCF)
Integrate a prototype MSMQ chunking channel into the application enabling us to send messages > 4mb in size over MSMQ
Use the MSMQ Integration binding to send messages from the original System.Messaging sender to a new WCF receiver for processing

There are a couple ways you can walk-thru this sample:

Watch a Video
Read a Doc (PDF)

Note: copying & pasting code from the PDF doesn't work as well as from the doc file.

Once you've met the prereqs. below, select either of these to get started.

Prereqs

Before we get started, you’ll need to ensure your machine has the following:

.Net framework 3.0 or greater (http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/netframework/aa569263.aspx)
MSMQ Installed (http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa967729.aspx)
Visual Studio 2005 or greater (http://www.microsoft.com/express/)
The sample solution for this walk-thru

Good luck and happy SOA'ng!

UPDATED WIKI: Home

JustinWi — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 02:35:29 GMT

Description

Why SOA'ize MSMQ with WCF

What We'll Cover

Combining the power of MSMQ with the flexibility of WCF, we'll do the following:

Get the feel for an existing System.Messaging (MSMQ) demo application
Implement the equivalent application using WCF Queuing (MSMQ + WCF)
Integrate a prototype MSMQ chunking channel into the application enabling us to send messages > 4mb in size over MSMQ
Use the MSMQ Integration binding to send messages from the original System.Messaging sender to a new WCF receiver for processing

There are a couple ways you can walk-thru this sample:

Watch a Video
Read a Doc (PDF)

Note: copying & pasting code from the PDF doesn't work as well as from the doc file.

Once you've met the prereqs. below, select either of these to get started.

Prereqs

Before we get started, you’ll need to ensure your machine has the following:

.Net framework 3.0 or greater (http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/netframework/aa569263.aspx)
MSMQ Installed (http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa967729.aspx)
Visual Studio 2005 or greater (http://www.microsoft.com/express/)
The sample solution for this walk-thru

Good luck and happy SOA'ng!

UPDATED WIKI: Home

JustinWi — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 02:24:24 GMT

Description

Why SOA'ize MSMQ with WCF

What We'll Cover

Combining the power of MSMQ with the flexibility of WCF, we'll do the following:

Get the feel for an existing System.Messaging (MSMQ) demo application
Implement the equivalent application using WCF Queuing (MSMQ + WCF)
Integrate a prototype MSMQ chunking channel into the application enabling us to send messages > 4mb in size over MSMQ
Use the MSMQ Integration binding to send messages from the original System.Messaging sender to a new WCF receiver for processing

There are a couple ways you can walk-thru this sample:

Watch a Video
Read a Doc (PDF)

Note: copying & pasting code from the PDF doesn't work as well as from the doc file.

Once you've met the prereqs. below, select either of these to get started.

Prereqs

Before we get started, you’ll need to ensure your machine has the following:

.Net framework 3.0 or greater (http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/netframework/aa569263.aspx)
MSMQ Installed (http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa967729.aspx)
Visual Studio 2005 or greater (http://www.microsoft.com/express/)
The sample solution for this walk-thru

Good luck and happy SOA'ng!

UPDATED RELEASE: MSMQ + WCF Integration - WalkThru v1 (Jan 28, 2008)

Thu, 31 Jan 2008 02:21:06 GMT