ShareMode
MSMQQueue

Read-only. The ShareMode property indicates the share mode of the queue.

Quick Info

Type:	Long
Run time:	read-only

Syntax

object.ShareMode

Syntax Element	Description
object	Queue (MSMQQueue) object that represents the open instance of the queue.

Return Values

The ShareMode property returns one of the following values:

MQ_DENY_NONE: The queue is available to everyone for sending, peeking, or retrieving messages. This is always returned if the queue was opened with Access set to MQ_PEEK_ACCESS or MQ_SEND_ACCESS.
MQ_DENY_RECEIVE_SHARE: Messages can only be retrieved by this process. This value is only returned if the queue was opened with Access set to MQ_RECEIVE_ACCESS.

Remarks

The ShareMode property returns the share mode of the queue when it was last opened, regardless if the queue is currently opened or closed.

When ShareMode returns MQ_DENY_NONE, several users can be using the queue at the same time.

Example

This example opens a queue for sending messages, then uses the value of ShareMode to test who can use the queue (with what share mode). To try this example using Microsoft Visual Basic (version 5.0), paste the code into the Code window of a form, and then run the example and click the form.

Dim qinfo As MSMQQueueInfo
Dim q As MSMQQueue

Private Sub Form_Click()
    
  Set qinfo = New MSMQQueueInfo
  qinfo.PathName = ".\lShareModeTest"
  qinfo.Label = "Test Queue"
  qinfo.Create
  
  Set q = qinfo.Open(MQ_SEND_ACCESS, MQ_DENY_NONE)
   
  Select Case q.ShareMode
     Case MQ_DENY_NONE
          MsgBox "The queue is open for multiple users."
     Case MQ_DENY_RECEIVE_SHARE
          MsgBox "The queue is only open for this process."
     Case Else
          MsgBox "Not a valid return value!"
  End Select
  
  q.Close
     
End Sub