You will eat up the process doing that. Use BeginReceive to process
messages as they come in.
Wally
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paulo Sacramento" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 10:28 AM
Subject: Re: [ADVANCED-DOTNET] Message Queue and Windows Service
> What's keeping you from using a thread?
>
> Something like:
>
> Thread mainThread;
>
> protected override void OnStart(string[] args)
> {
> string queuePath = @".\private$\myQueue";
> MessageQueue myQueue;
> if (! MessageQueue.Exists(queuePath))
> {
> MessageQueue.Create(queuePath);
> }
> myQueue = new MessageQueue(queuePath);
>
> mainThread = new Thread(new ThreadStart(threadMethod));
> mainThread.Start();
> }
>
> private void threadMethod()
> {
> // ...and now the infinite loop...
> while (true)
> {
> Message myMessage = myQueue.Receive();
> ProcessMessage(myMessage.Body.ToString()); // call to another
method
> }
> }
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Zecharya Bar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 2:28 PM
> Subject: [ADVANCED-DOTNET] Message Queue and Windows Service
>
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm beginning to experiment with Microsoft Message Queues and have run
> into a simple problem.
> > I would like a Windows Service I'm creating to monitor continuously a
> MSMQ, and upon receiving a message, call another method.
> > How do I get the service to continually check the queue?
> > I've tried putting the Receive() function in an infinite loop in the
> OnStart method (see code), but of course that keeps the service from
> installing!
> >
> > I'd appreciate any advice!
> >
> > Bar
> >
> > *** my code ***
> > protected override void OnStart(string[] args)
> > {
> > string queuePath = @".\private$\myQueue";
> > MessageQueue myQueue;
> > if (! MessageQueue.Exists(queuePath))
> > {
> > MessageQueue.Create(queuePath);
> > }
> > myQueue = new MessageQueue(queuePath);
> >
> > // ...and now the infinite loop...
> > while (true)
> > {
> > Message myMessage = myQueue.Receive();
> > ProcessMessage(myMessage.Body.ToString()); // call to another
method
> > }
> > }
> >
> >
>
