Message Window

The message window is where you edit, create, and manage the messages in a selected queue.

When you click the name of a queue, the Open Queue dialog appears. In this dialog, you can select the filters to apply to the messages in the queue and specify a number of options that determine how many messages are retrieved at a time, how they are displayed, and the conditions under which they are edited. The options available depend upon the type of messaging system. See Opening a Queue.

When the queue opens, its messages are displayed in the Message window. Each message is displayed as a row, with its own column headings. If message format definitions have been applied, for XML messages each column represents an element and for non-XML messages each column represents a field. Unformatted messages, including messages retrieved as hexadecimal digits, are broken down into fixed-size blocks, one per column.

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