Verifying that the test message was sent

Before you begin

Before getting the test message from the local queue, you must already have completed the following tasks in this tutorial:

• Creating the local queue manager
• Creating the local queue
• Putting a test message on the local queue

About this task

This topic shows how to verify that the test message was sent.We can perform this task using either of the following interfaces:

• The IBM MQ Explorer graphical interface
• IBM MQ Script Command (MQSC) command-line interface

Verifying that the test message was sent using IBM MQ Explorer

Procedure

1. In the Navigator view, expand the Queue Managers folder, then expand QM_APPLE.
2. Click the Queues folder.
3. In the Content view, right-click Q1, then click Browse Messages. The Message browser opens to show the list of the messages that are currently on Q1.
4. Double-click the last message to open its properties dialog.

Results

On the Data page of the properties dialog, the Message data field displays the content of the message in human-readable form, as shown in the following screen capture:

Verifying that the test message was sent

About this task

The amqsget sample program is used to get the message back from the queue.

Open a command prompt and follow these steps:

Procedure

Start the amqsget sample program:

• On Windows, type the following command:

  amqsget Q1 QM_APPLE

• On Linux , change to the MQ_INSTALLATION_PATH/samp/bin directory, where MQ_INSTALLATION_PATH represents the high-level directory in which IBM MQ is installed. Type the following command:

  ./amqsget Q1 QM_APPLE

Results

The sample program starts, and your message is displayed along with any other messages on this queue. After a pause of 15 seconds, the sample ends and the command prompt is displayed again.

You have now completed this tutorial.