MSMQ receive and delete

Question

Is there is any option to remove a message from MSMQ after it has been read?

Like, a receive + delete can run as atomic operation?

Answer 1

It sounds like you want to peek at the next message and then receive it after you're finished processing.

Message message = Queue.Peek();
Queue.ReceiveById(message.Id);

Answer 2

Are you referring to the difference between Receive and Peek in MSMQ?

IMO the simplest mechanism to ensure atomic operations is to place the queue operations within a TransactionScope. This can be done with WCF like so.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms789032.aspx