Overview for MQCBD

Availability: The MQCBD structure is available on the following platforms:

  • AIX
  • IBM i
  • Linux
  • Windows
  • z/OS

and for IBM MQ MQI clients connected to these systems.

Purpose: The MQCBD structure is used to specify a callback function and the options controlling its use by the queue manager.

The structure is an input parameter on the MQCB call.

Version: The current version of MQCBD is MQCBD_VERSION_1.

Character set and encoding: Data in MQCBD must be in the character set given by the CodedCharSetId queue manager attribute and encoding of the local queue manager given by MQENC_NATIVE. However, if the application is running as an MQ MQI client, the structure must be in the character set and encoding of the client.

Parent topic: MQCBD - Callback descriptor