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.

A Tip for Handling Java/MQ Internal Message Class

June 16, 2016 Roger Lacroix
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Here’s an interesting head-scratcher. I was writing some Java code to handle an MQ message and in this particular case, it was an MQRFH2 message. The code below was working fine until I decided to dump (output) the message in hexadecimal. The printMsgHex() method is a simple method to retrieve the message and output. When […]

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Using SSL TLS To Connect 2 MQ Queue Managers Using Self-Signed Certificates

June 16, 2016 Roger Lacroix
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Angel Rivera and Mike Cregger of IBM have published a support document titled: Using SSL TLS to connect two MQ queue managers in MQ 7.5 and MQ 8.0 / MQ 9.0 using self-signed certificates The document provides step-by-step details for connecting a WebSphere MQ V7.5 queue manager in one platform (Windows) to a V8.0 queue […]

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Jeff Lowrey will be Speaking at MQTC v2.0.1.6

June 15, 2016 Roger Lacroix
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Jeff Lowrey of IBM will be speaking at MQ Technical Conference v2.0.1.6 (MQTC). Jeff Lowrey’s Sessions: IBM MQ and IBM IOTF MessageSight v2.0 IBM MQ Appliance Lab IBM MQ and IBM IOTF MessageSight v2.0 Lab For more information about MQTC, please go to: http://www.mqtechconference.com Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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MQ Labs at MQTC v2.0.1.6

June 14, 2016 Roger Lacroix
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Lyn Elkins of IBM and her team are generously hosting MQ Labs at MQTC v2.0.1.6. The lab will have 10-12 PCs/laptops with IBM MQ running on them. The labs will be free-format. Attendees will be able to use the lab when they have free time. MQ Labs: Monday 8:30AM to 5:00PM in Booth 7 (next […]

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Bill Karounos will be Speaking at MQTC

June 13, 2016 Roger Lacroix
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Bill Karounos will be presenting the following session at MQ Technical Conference v2.0.1.6 (MQTC): Bill Karounos’s Technical Session: What’s New in IBM Integration Bus v10 For more information about MQTC, please go to: http://www.mqtechconference.com Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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IBM Hursley is Sending 5 speakers to MQTC v2.0.1.6

June 13, 2016 Roger Lacroix
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The IBM MQ Labs in Hursley, UK will be sending the following 5 speakers to MQTC v2.0.1.6: Mark Taylor, Dave Ware, Matthew Whitehead, Matt Leming and Rob Parker. Mark Taylor’s Sessions: What’s New in IBM Messaging Where is my Message? MQ Integration with Directory Services PCF Programming Using and Analysing SMF data Dave Ware’s Sessions: […]

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Barry Lamkin will be Speaking at MQTC

June 13, 2016 Roger Lacroix
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Barry Lamkin will be presenting the following sessions at MQ Technical Conference v2.0.1.6 (MQTC): Barry Lamkin’s Technical Session: The top ten issues in IBM MQ and IIB Barry Lamkin’s Vendor Sessions: What is new in OMEGAMON XE for Messaging v7.3 What happened to my Transaction For more information about MQTC, please go to: http://www.mqtechconference.com Regards, […]

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Suganya Rane will be Speaking at MQTC v2.0.1.6

June 9, 2016 Roger Lacroix
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Suganya Rane of Sabre will be speaking at MQ Technical Conference v2.0.1.6 (MQTC). Suganya Rane’s Sessions: Insourcing MQ IBM MQ vs. Open Source MQ For more information about MQTC, please go to: http://www.mqtechconference.com Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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Sandeep Chellingi will be Speaking at MQTC v2.0.1.6

June 9, 2016 Roger Lacroix
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Sandeep Chellingi of Prolifics will be speaking at MQ Technical Conference v2.0.1.6 (MQTC). Sandeep Chellingi’s Sessions: Deployment Patterns using Docker & Chef MQ Appliance Implementation Scenarios & Migration Best Practices For more information about MQTC, please go to: http://www.mqtechconference.com Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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IBM MQ Fix Pack 8.0.0.5 Released

May 27, 2016 Roger Lacroix
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IBM has just released FixPack 8.0.0.5 for IBM MQ http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21982686 Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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