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  • Sending messages from a primitive:
    • Messages are sent from a primitive using MQ.put(...).
    • That's about it... sending messages is quite simple. 
      sentResult = MQ.put("MSG_NAME", info, data, target);
TODO : Command.sendMessageTo("MSG_NAME", info, data, targetId);
X-Midas Users Take Note:
Since real-time controls are so easy to create and use in NeXtMidas, they have begun to replace the use of messages in many situations. The value of using messages comes from the fact that they are queued up, rather than processed immediately.

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