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.

Customer Requested Update to MQ Message Encryption

November 21, 2019 Roger Lacroix
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MQ Message Encryption (MQME) is a solution that provides encryption for MQ message data while it resides in a queue or topic and in the MQ logs (i.e. data at rest). By default, when an application puts a message to a protected queue, MQME will encrypted the entire message data. If the application is putting […]

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AMQ7234 Question from the MQ ListServer

November 20, 2019 Roger Lacroix
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Doug posted a question on MQ List Server regarding the MQ error message AMQ7234. His question was: My shop has always struggled with large number of messages just being left on the queue. Sometimes to be processed later, sometimes because the application does not know what to do with them, but they cannot be removed. […]

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MQ Visual Edit on Windows, macOS & Linux

November 15, 2019 Roger Lacroix
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I have mentioned this before, Capitalware has a fair number of users who run MQ Visual Edit on macOS. I purchased and use Excelsior Jet for Windows, macOS and Linux. Excelsior Jet compiles and links Java code into an optimized C++ native executable. This means that the end-user does not need to run MQ Visual […]

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IBM: ‘Mac users are happier and more productive’

November 15, 2019 Roger Lacroix
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Here’s an interesting article over at ComputerWorld called: IBM: ‘Mac users are happier and more productive’ On first look (the critic in me), I’m thinking the survey must be paid for by Apple. At Jamf Nation User Conference, IBM CIO Fletcher Previn said that IBM employees who use Macs are more likely to stay with […]

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MQ Message Encryption Critical Bug Fixed

November 15, 2019 Roger Lacroix
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Recently, a customer reported a bug in MQ Message Encryption (MQME) for certain types of JMS messages (aka MQRFH2) where the MCA (amqrmppa) process would crash. After some investigation, a buffer overrun condition was discovered that would cause the MCA (amqrmppa) process to crash. The bug has been fixed. Please contact support@capitalware.com for the latest […]

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MQ Visual Edit V3.0.0.1 Released

November 15, 2019 Roger Lacroix
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The other day while doing some testing, I discovered a bug in MQ Visual Edit’s auto-load of a message when editing a message. I have fixed it and uploaded MQ Visual Edit v3.0.0.1 for all platforms. As always, this is a FREE upgrade for ALL licensed users of MQ Visual Edit V2/V3. For those you […]

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Fedora 31 Released

November 1, 2019 Roger Lacroix
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Fedora Project has just released Fedora 31. https://fedoramagazine.org/announcing-fedora-31/ Fedora is a Linux distribution developed by the community-supported Fedora Project and sponsored by Red Hat. Fedora contains software distributed under various free and open-source licenses and aims to be on the leading edge of such technologies. Fedora is the upstream source of the commercial Red Hat […]

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IBM MQ Fix Pack 9.0.0.8 Released

October 28, 2019 Roger Lacroix
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IBM has just released Fix Pack 9.0.0.8 for IBM MQ V9.0 LTS https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/1089052?myns=swgws&mynp=OCSSYHRD Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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MQ Visual Edit V3.0.0 Released

October 21, 2019 Roger Lacroix
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Capitalware Inc. would like to announce the official release of MQ Visual Edit v3.0.0. This is a FREE upgrade for ALL licensed users of MQ Visual Edit V3. MQ Visual Edit allows users to view, manipulate and manage messages in a queue and/or topic of a IBM MQ queue manager and presents the data in […]

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MQ Visual Browse V3.0.0 Released

October 21, 2019 Roger Lacroix
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Capitalware Inc. would like to announce the official release of MQ Visual Browse v3.0.0. This is a FREE upgrade for ALL licensed users of MQ Visual Browse V3. MQ Visual Browse allows users to view messages in a queue and/or topic of a IBM MQ queue manager and presents the data in a simplified format […]

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