Author Archives: Roger Lacroix

My name is Roger Lacroix and I am a die hard programmer. I have been programming since the 80s. My favorite programming languages are Java, C and Rexx. I have worked in the Airline, Retail but I have spent most of my time doing middleware work in the financial services industry. In 1994, I was introduced to IBM MQ (aka WebSphere MQ & MQSeries) and I thought it was the next best thing since man created fire. This blog will be about IBM MQ, Java, C, Rexx and any other interesting items that I can think of. I hope you enjoy it.

IBM has announced IBM MQ 9.2

July 21, 2020 Roger Lacroix
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IBM has just announced IBM MQ 9.2 for multi-platforms, cloud and the IBM MQ Appliance: https://www.ibm.com/common/ssi/ShowDoc.wss?docURL=/common/ssi/rep_ca/8/897/ENUS220-238/index.html Or in a PDF file: https://www.ibm.com/downloads/cas/US-ENUS220-238-CA What’s new in Version 9.2.0: https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSFKSJ_9.2.0/com.ibm.mq.pro.doc/q134120_.htm What’s changed in Version 9.2.0: https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSFKSJ_9.2.0/com.ibm.mq.pro.doc/q001060_.htm IBM MQ 9.2 will be available for electronic download on July, 23, 2020. Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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IBM MQ Fix Pack 9.1.0.6 Released

July 21, 2020 Roger Lacroix
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IBM has just released Fix Pack 9.1.0.6 for IBM MQ V9.1 LTS: https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/downloading-ibm-mq-9106 Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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AdoptOpenJDK to join the Eclipse Foundation

July 2, 2020 Roger Lacroix
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AdoptOpenJDK project is moving to the Eclipse Foundation. https://blog.adoptopenjdk.net/2020/06/adoptopenjdk-to-join-the-eclipse-foundation/ The new Eclipse project name will be Eclipse Adoptium. Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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IBM MQ information from IBM Developer

July 2, 2020 Roger Lacroix
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Here is some IBM MQ information from IBM Developer that you might find interesting: Article: Improving your IBM MQ applications Article: IBM MQ cheat sheet for developers Article: IBM MQ Downloads for developers Tutorial: Writing and running MQ applications on your Mac Tutorial: Secure communication between IBM MQ endpoints with TLS Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware […]

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Raspberry Pi edition of IBM MQ Advanced for Developers

June 11, 2020 Roger Lacroix
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IBM has just released Raspberry Pi edition of IBM MQ Advanced for Developers. I gotta figure out how to get some play time with this release of MQ. 🙂 Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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IBM MQ Fix Pack 8.0.0.15 Released

June 10, 2020 Roger Lacroix
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IBM has just released Fix Pack 8.0.0.15 for IBM MQ https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6220286 Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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Simple Monitoring of the Current Queue Depth

June 4, 2020 Roger Lacroix
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On StackOverflow, someone asked a question about determining when a queue’s current depth is the same as maximum depth. They were trying to do it from a script. While this is probably possible (I’m not a sed and/or awk guy), it seemed to me that they are trying to squeeze a fully blown up balloon […]

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Mark Taylor’s MQ API Exits – FAQ

May 28, 2020 Roger Lacroix
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Mark Taylor of IBM has published a blog item called MQ API Exits – FAQ which details a variety of questions (and answers) that Mark has received over the last several months. https://marketaylor.synology.me/?p=700 I have also added Mark’s blog (category: IBM MQ) as a widget on the sidebar of my blog. Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware […]

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Windows 10 quietly got a built-in network sniffer

May 19, 2020 Roger Lacroix
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Did you know that Microsoft added a network packet sniffer called Packet Monitor or Pktmon to Windows 10 October 2018 Update? Lawrence Abrams from BleepingComputer wrote about the Pktmon here: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/windows-10-quietly-got-a-built-in-network-sniffer-how-to-use/ Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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IBM MQ Fix Pack 9.0.0.10 Released

May 19, 2020 Roger Lacroix
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IBM has just released Fix Pack 9.0.0.10 for IBM MQ V9.0 LTS https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6189795?myns=swgws&mynp=OCSSYHRD Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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