Archive for the Category: Programming

Again MS Visual C++ 2010 bites me in the …

January 31, 2013 Roger Lacroix

I really hate MS Visual C++ 2010. I have had so many problems since I installed it a couple of weeks ago that it is driving me crazy. I have an MQ API Exit built for Windows 64-bit (via a script) with /Release /x64. And in the makefile I use the parameter /LD for the […]

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Updated MMX and MRTR Load-Modules for z/OS

January 29, 2013 Roger Lacroix

Yesterday afternoon while doing some z/OS MQ testing, I discovered that both Message Multiplexer (MMX) and Message Router (MRTR) had been linked with the wrong MQ stub. Oy vey!! I relinked both MMX and MRTR with the correct MQ stub (CSQBSTUB) then posted the both download archives to Capitalware’s web site. Note: The source did […]

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3 Hours of Wasted Time That I’ll Never Get Back

January 17, 2013 Roger Lacroix

I have some code for outputting a buffer as a HEX dump like this: 000000: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 ……………. 000010: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 ……………. 000020: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 ……………. I have used this code for years on AIX, HP-UX, IBM i (OS/400), Linux, Solaris, Windows and z/OS without issue. I have compiled […]

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SQLite v3.7.15 Released

December 12, 2012 Roger Lacroix

D. Richard Hipp has just released SQLite v3.7.15. 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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Free: Parser, Syntax Checker and Interpreter Tools

November 13, 2012 Roger Lacroix

Capitalware is now hosting Richard Tsujimoto’s Parser, Syntax Checker and Interpreter Tools. These tools provide a simple means for parsing strings, perform syntax checking and interpreting the parameters and/or values of the parsed strings. https://www.capitalware.com/psci_overview.html These tools are written in C for AIX, HP-UX, Linux, IBM i (OS/400) and Windows. For IBM mainframes, the tools […]

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WMQ v7.1 and v7.5 manuals as PDFs

November 9, 2012 Roger Lacroix

After a nice community push for RFE # 21041, IBM has made available WebSphere MQ v7.1 and v7.5 manuals as PDFs. 🙂 WebSphere MQ 7.1 PDFs: http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/wmqv7/v7r1/topic/com.ibm.mq.doc/zo00170_.htm WebSphere MQ 7.5 PDFs: http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/wmqv7/v7r5/topic/com.ibm.mq.doc/zo00170_.htm Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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Web Browsers, Scripts and Cookies – Where’s the Security?

October 10, 2012 Roger Lacroix

With all this noise over Internet Explorer 10’s Do Not Track option being set to on by default, can someone give their head a shake and start coding web browsers with security and privacy in mind. Cookies in a web browser were not designed for the exploitation that is going on today. Like many older […]

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Wicket v6.0 Released

September 17, 2012 Roger Lacroix

The Apache Software Foundation has just released Wicket v6.0. https://blogs.apache.org/foundation/entry/the_apache_software_foundation_announces31 Wicket is a component-based framework, which puts it in stark contrast to some of the earlier solutions to the sometimes monotonous task of web programming. Like other frameworks, Wicket builds on top of Sun’s servlet API; however, unlike frameworks like Struts or Spring MVC, the […]

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PostgreSQL v9.2 Released

September 11, 2012 Roger Lacroix

The PostgreSQL Global Development Group has just released PostgreSQL v9.2. http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1415/ PostgreSQL is a powerful, open source object-relational database system. It has more than 15 years of active development and a proven architecture that has earned it a strong reputation for reliability, data integrity, and correctness. It runs on all major operating systems, including Linux, […]

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SQLite v3.7.14 Released

September 4, 2012 Roger Lacroix

D. Richard Hipp has just released SQLite v3.7.14. 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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