FIX: MSMQ ActiveX Receive Fails Due To Bad SenderID Length

ID: Q241765

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Message Queue Server version 1.0

SYMPTOMS

An application receiving a message using the Microsoft Message Queue (MSMQ) ActiveX interface fails with the following error:

MQ_ERROR_SENDERID_BUFFER_TOO_SMALL

CAUSE

The MSMQ ActiveX Receive method was coded for a maximum buffer of 32 bytes for the senderid property. This may be too small in some cases.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows NT 4.0. For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q152734 How to Obtain the Latest Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack

When using the MSMQ ActiveX Receive, this error is no longer returned from the MQReceiveMessage in the ActiveX component. Instead, the senderid property buffer is automatically increased until the receive is satisfied.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

This problem was first corrected in Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 6.

Additional query words: MSMQ Error Receive

Keywords : kbMSMQ kbMSMQ100 kbMSMQ100bug kbMSMQ100fix NT4SP6Fix kbDSupport
Version : winnt:1.0
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbbug