DeliveryChannel Class

Represents a delivery channel for an instance of Notification Services.

Namespace: Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Nmo
Assembly: Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo (in microsoft.sqlserver.smo.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public NotInheritable Class DeliveryChannel
    Inherits NamedSmoObject

public sealed class DeliveryChannel : NamedSmoObject

public ref class DeliveryChannel sealed : public NamedSmoObject

public final class DeliveryChannel extends NamedSmoObject

public final class DeliveryChannel extends NamedSmoObject

Remarks

A delivery channel represents a specific delivery endpoint, such as an SMTP server. You define delivery channels for an instance of Notification Services.

You must have at least one delivery channel for each delivery protocol your notification applications use to deliver notifications. This includes the standard SMTP and File delivery protocols and any custom protocols defined using the ProtocolDefinition class.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
   Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.SmoObjectBase
     Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.SqlSmoObject
       Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.NamedSmoObject
        Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Nmo.DeliveryChannel

Example

The following examples show how to define a delivery channel for the standard file delivery protocol:

// Define a delivery channel that uses the built-in File protocol
DeliveryChannel fileChannel = 
    new DeliveryChannel(myInstance, "FileChannel");
fileChannel.ProtocolName = "File";

// Define and add arguments for the file delivery channel
DeliveryChannelArgument fileNameArg = 
    new DeliveryChannelArgument(fileChannel, "FileName");
fileNameArg.Value = sampleDirectory + 
    @"\Notifications\FileNotifications.txt";
fileChannel.DeliveryChannelArguments.Add(fileNameArg);

// Add the file delivery channel to the instance
myInstance.DeliveryChannels.Add(fileChannel);

' Define a delivery channel using the built-in File protocol
Dim fileChannel As DeliveryChannel = _
    New DeliveryChannel(myInstance, "FileChannel")
fileChannel.ProtocolName = "File"

' Define and add arguments for the file delivery channel
Dim fileNameArg As DeliveryChannelArgument = _
    New DeliveryChannelArgument(fileChannel, "FileName")
fileNameArg.Value = sampleDirectory + _
    "\Notifications\FileNotifications.txt"
fileChannel.DeliveryChannelArguments.Add(fileNameArg)

' Add the file delivery channel to the instance
myInstance.DeliveryChannels.Add(fileChannel)

The following examples show how to define a delivery channel for the custom delivery protocol. You must also define the custom protocol using the ProtocolDefinition class.

// Define a delivery channel for the custom protocol
DeliveryChannel customChannel = 
    new DeliveryChannel(myInstance, "MyCustomChannel");
customChannel.ProtocolName = "MyCustomProtocol";

// Define and add arguments for the custom delivery channel
DeliveryChannelArgument myArg1 = 
    new DeliveryChannelArgument(customChannel, "Arg1");
myArg1.Value = "Value1";
customChannel.DeliveryChannelArguments.Add(myArg1);

// Add the custom delivery channel to the instance
myInstance.DeliveryChannels.Add(customChannel);

' Define a delivery channel for the custom protocol
Dim customChannel As DeliveryChannel = _
    New DeliveryChannel(myInstance, "MyCustomChannel")
customChannel.ProtocolName = "MyCustomProtocol"

' Define and add arguments for the custom delivery channel
Dim myArg1 As DeliveryChannelArgument = _
    New DeliveryChannelArgument(customChannel, "Arg1")
myArg1.Value = "Value1"
customChannel.DeliveryChannelArguments.Add(myArg1)

' Add the custom delivery channel to the instance
myInstance.DeliveryChannels.Add(customChannel)

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Microsoft Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

Platforms

Development Platforms

For a list of the supported platforms, see Hardware and Software Requirements for Installing SQL Server 2005.

Target Platforms

For a list of the supported platforms, see Hardware and Software Requirements for Installing SQL Server 2005.

See Also

Reference

DeliveryChannel Members
Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Nmo Namespace

Other Resources

Defining Delivery Channels
Configuring Delivery Protocols
DeliveryChannel Element (ICF)