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.

Richard Nikula will be Speaking at MQTC v2.0.1.5

August 10, 2015 Roger Lacroix
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Richard Nikula of Nastel will be presenting the following sessions at MQ Technical Conference v2.0.1.5 (MQTC): Richard Nikula’s Technical Session: Monitoring and Tracking for Remote MQ Environments Richard Nikula’s Vendor Sessions: 3 Things That Nobody Tells You About MQ Monitoring When Good Flows Go Bad… For more information about MQTC, please go to: http://www.mqtechconference.com Regards, […]

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Java MQMD class Weirdness

August 5, 2015 Roger Lacroix
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I’m trying to use the MQMD class in a Java application and I’m getting weird results. I tested it with both MQ JAR files from v7.5.0.2 and v8.0.0.2 with JVM of v1.7.0. Note: All of my testing was done in ‘client mode’ (not bindings mode). The first odd thing is that MQMD class is in […]

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LibreOffice 5.0 Released

August 5, 2015 Roger Lacroix
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Document Foundation has just released LibreOffice v5.0. https://blog.documentfoundation.org/2015/08/05/libreoffice-5-0-stands-out-from-the-office-suite-crowd/ LibreOffice is a comprehensive, professional-quality productivity suite that you can download and install for free. There is a large base of satisfied LibreOffice users worldwide, and it’s available in more than 30 languages and for all major operating systems, including Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X and Linux […]

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Attention Europeans Purchasing MQTC v2.0.1.5 Tickets

July 28, 2015 Roger Lacroix
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For Europeans purchasing MQ Technical Conference v2.0.1.5 (MQTC) tickets, SWReg is charging VAT on the conference ticket which is not required. Please send an email to support@mqtechconference.com and I will give you a link that does not charge VAT. For more information about MQTC, please go to: http://www.mqtechconference.com Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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MQTC v2.0.1.5 Early-bird Price ends Tomorrow

July 27, 2015 Roger Lacroix
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The early-bird price for MQ Technical Conference v2.0.1.5 (MQTC) expires tomorrow (July 28th). MQTC is the largest conference in the world solely dedicated to IBM MQ (aka WebSphere MQ & MQSeries). For more information about MQTC, please go to: http://www.mqtechconference.com Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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SQLite v3.8.11 Released

July 27, 2015 Roger Lacroix
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D. Richard Hipp has just released SQLite v3.8.11. http://www.sqlite.org/news.html SQLite is a software library that implements a self-contained, serverless, zero-configuration, transactional SQL database engine. SQLite is the most widely deployed SQL database engine in the world. The source code for SQLite is in the public domain. Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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Greg Brown will be Speaking at MQTC v2.0.1.5

July 23, 2015 Roger Lacroix
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Greg Brown will be presenting the following sessions at MQ Technical Conference v2.0.1.5 (MQTC): Greg Brown’s Technical Session: Enabling Auto-Segmentation of Messages Having Defined Properties For more information about MQTC, please go to: http://www.mqtechconference.com Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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T.Rob Wyatt will be Speaking at MQTC v2.0.1.5

July 23, 2015 Roger Lacroix
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T.Rob Wyatt will be presenting the following sessions at MQ Technical Conference v2.0.1.5 (MQTC): T.Rob Wyatt’s Technical Sessions: Managing CA Certificates for MQ Beyond Intrusion Prevention T.Rob Wyatt’s Vendor Session: Advanced Scripting with MQSCX T.Rob Wyatt’s Tales of MQ Terror Session: Bats of a Feather* * Prizes will be awarded. Send your MQ Terror Tale […]

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Avada Software’s Session at MQTC v2.0.1.5

July 17, 2015 Roger Lacroix
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Peter D’Agosta of Avada Software will be doing the following vendor session at MQ Technical Conference v2.0.1.5 (MQTC): Productivity through smart self service for IBM MQ/IIB An Infrared360 deep dive-little known secrets For more information about MQTC, please go to: http://www.mqtechconference.com Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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Another New Feature being added to MQAUSX (and z/MQAUSX)

July 6, 2015 Roger Lacroix
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A customer requested a solution to a problem that is not really an MQ Authenticate User Security Exit (MQAUSX) issue. The customer has several applications that, shall we say, are poorly written and they will not likely be changed. These particular customer applications connect, open, put (and/or get), close and disconnect from the queue manager […]

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