FIX: MSMQ LookupQueue returns MQ_ERROR_ILLEGAL_PROPERTY

ID: Q241772

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Message Queue Server version 1.0

SYMPTOMS

Microsoft Message Queue (MSMQ) Applications using CreateTime and/or ModifyTime properties with LookupQueue receive the following error:

MQ_ERROR_ILLEGAL_PROPERTY

CAUSE

In Windows NT 4 Service Pack 4, a change was made to enforce the proper variable type for these fields, but appropriate changes to the variant type were not completed.

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

Consistent use of VT_I4 for these properties has been implemented in the code distributed for Windows NT4 SP6.

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 LookupQueue

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