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.

New: MQ Channel Connection Inspector v1.1.0

June 29, 2019 Roger Lacroix
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Capitalware Inc. would like to announce the official release of MQ Channel Connection Inspector (MQCCI) v1.1.0. This is a FREE upgrade for ALL licensed users of MQCCI. MQCCI is a solution that allows a company to track and/or audit what information a client application or remote queue manager is exchanging with the local queue manager […]

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New: MQ Channel Connection Inspector for z/OS v1.1.0

June 29, 2019 Roger Lacroix
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Capitalware Inc. would like to announce the official release of MQ Channel Connection Inspector for z/OS (z/MQCCI) v1.1.0. This is a FREE upgrade for ALL licensed users of z/MQCCI. z/MQCCI is a solution that allows a company to track and/or audit what information a client application or remote queue manager is exchanging with the local […]

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New: MQ Authenticate User Security Exit v3.4.0

June 29, 2019 Roger Lacroix
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Capitalware Inc. would like to announce the official release of MQ Authenticate User Security Exit v3.4.0. This is a FREE upgrade for ALL licensed users of MQ Authenticate User Security Exit. MQ Authenticate User Security Exit is a solution that allows a company to fully authenticate a user who is accessing an IBM MQ resource. […]

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New: MQ Authenticate User Security Exit for z/OS v3.4.0

June 29, 2019 Roger Lacroix
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New: MQ Authenticate User Security Exit for z/OS v3.4.0 Capitalware Inc. would like to announce the official release of MQ Authenticate User Security Exit for z/OS v3.4.0. This is a FREE upgrade for ALL licensed users of MQ Authenticate User Security Exit for z/OS. MQ Authenticate User Security Exit for z/OS is a solution that […]

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New: MQ Auditor v3.1.0

June 29, 2019 Roger Lacroix
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Capitalware Inc. would like to announce the official release of MQ Auditor v3.1.0. This is a FREE upgrade for ALL licensed users of MQ Auditor. MQ Auditor is a solution that allows a company to audit/track all MQ API calls performed by MQ applications that are connected to a queue manager. For more information about […]

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WebSphere MQ V5.3 for HP NonStop Server End of Service Date

June 25, 2019 Roger Lacroix
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The end of service date for WebSphere MQ V5.3 for HP NonStop Server is April 30, 2020. The official announcement can be found here: https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10957081 Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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New Raspberry Pi 4 Model B Released

June 25, 2019 Roger Lacroix
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Raspberry Pi Foundation has just released a new Raspberry Pi 4 Model B. https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/raspberry-pi-4-on-sale-now-from-35/ Everything is bigger, faster & better. Specifications: A 1.5GHz quad-core 64-bit ARM Cortex-A72 CPU (~3× performance) 1GB, 2GB, or 4GB of LPDDR4 SDRAM Full-throughput Gigabit Ethernet Dual-band 802.11ac wireless networking Bluetooth 5.0 Two USB 3.0 and two USB 2.0 ports Dual […]

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Updates to MessageSelector Class

June 25, 2019 Roger Lacroix
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In the blog posting, Java MQ Code to Retrieve Messages from a Queue Based on a Filter, I posted code for a Java MessageSelector class. I have updated the setFilter method to catch any invalid values that may be passed to the MessageSelector class on the setFilter call. You can download the source code for […]

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Java MQ Code to Retrieve Messages from a Queue Based on a Filter

June 24, 2019 Roger Lacroix
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There is a misconception regarding MQ/JMS message based filtering. Some people think that the IBM MQ queue manager does something special for JMS applications that is not done for plain Java or C/C++/C#/COBOL applications. It is just NOT true. Note: For C/C++/C#/COBOL applications, they can use the SelectionString from MQOD structure to perform message selection. […]

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IBM MQ Fix Pack 9.0.0.7 Released

June 20, 2019 Roger Lacroix
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IBM has just released Fix Pack 9.0.0.7 for IBM MQ V9.0 LTS https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10887223 Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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