Set up the IBM MQ environment

Before we use the client connection to connect to a queue manager, you must set up the IBM MQ environment.

Note: This step is not necessary when using IBM MQ classes for .NET in server bindings mode. The .NET programming interface allows you to use the NMQ_MQ_LIB customization value but also includes a class MQEnvironment. This class allows you to specify details that are to be used during the connection attempt, such as those in the following list:

• Channel name
• Host name
• Port number
• Channel exits
• SSL parameters
• User ID and password

For full information about the MQEnvironment class, see MQEnvironment.NET class To specify the channel name and host name, use the following code:

MQEnvironment.Hostname = "host.domain.com";
MQEnvironment.Channel  = "client.channel";

By default, the clients attempt to connect to a IBM MQ listener at port 1414. To specify a different port, use the code:

MQEnvironment.Port = nnnn;