Priority Property (Message)

Gets or sets the message priority, which determines where in the queue the message is placed.

Syntax

[ReadOnly(true)]
[DesignerSerializationVisibility(DesignerSerializationVisibility.Hidden)]
[MessagingDescription("Message priority affects how MSMQ handles the message while it is in route, as well as where the message is placed in the queue.")]
public MessagePriority Priority {get; set;}

[ReadOnly(true)]
[DesignerSerializationVisibility(DesignerSerializationVisibility.Hidden)]
[MessagingDescription("Message priority affects how MSMQ handles the message while it is in route, as well as where the message is placed in the queue.")]
public:
property MessagePriority Priority {
   MessagePriority get();
   void set (    MessagePriority value);
}

'Declaration
 
<ReadOnlyAttribute(True)>
<DesignerSerializationVisibilityAttribute(DesignerSerializationVisibility.Hidden)>
<MessagingDescriptionAttribute("Message priority affects how MSMQ handles the message while it is in route, as well as where the message is placed in the queue.")>
Public Property Priority As MessagePriority

'Usage
 
Dim instance As Message
Dim value As MessagePriority
 
instance.Priority = value
 
value = instance.Priority

Property Value

One of the MessagePriority values, which represent the priority levels of non-transactional messages. The default is Normal.

Exceptions

Exception	Description
System.InvalidOperationException	The message queue is filtered to ignore the Priority property.

Requirements

Target Platforms: Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

Reference

Message Class
Message Members