Archive for the Category: C

EBCDIC Code Pages and Square Brackets

November 29, 2022 Roger Lacroix

Back in the previous millennium, I created a set of simple routines for handling initialization files (section & parameters) that worked all platforms. i.e. Windows, Linux, Unix, IBM i (OS/400) and z/OS (mainframe). And over the years, the routines have worked well on any platform I tested them on. i.e. Sample initialization file The problem […]

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NSA Suggests Companies Shift To Memory Safe Programming Languages

November 10, 2022 Roger Lacroix

NSA is advising companies to look into switching to memory safe languages such as C#, Go, Java, Ruby, or Swift. From the report: https://www.nsa.gov/Press-Room/News-Highlights/Article/Article/3215760/nsa-releases-guidance-on-how-to-protect-against-software-memory-safety-issues/ Here is a direct link to the NSA report: https://media.defense.gov/2022/Nov/10/2003112742/-1/-1/0/CSI_SOFTWARE_MEMORY_SAFETY.PDF Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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Idea: Make IBM MQ for Windows on ARM available

January 24, 2022 Roger Lacroix

I have posted an “IBM idea” called: Make IBM MQ for Windows on ARM available. If you are interested in it, please add your vote/comment to it. Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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Putting a File as a Message to a Queue

February 2, 2021 Roger Lacroix

IBM has posted a support document describing the various ways to put a file as a message to a queue. https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6409594 I would like to point out that both MQ Visual Edit and MQ Batch Toolkit can put a file as a message to a queue. MQ Visual Edit is a GUI program, so you […]

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C Code to Lookup MQ Reason Code

November 16, 2020 Roger Lacroix

Starting with the release of IBM MQ v8.0, IBM included a new header file called: cmqstrc.h. The file description says: This file provides mappings between MQI constant values and string versions of their definitions. In the cmqstrc.h file, from IBM MQ v9.2, there are 342 subroutines for looking up the various integer values and returning […]

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Redbooks on IBM MQ

July 24, 2020 Roger Lacroix

I have created a new section on Capitalware’s IBM MQ Documentation Library page called Redbooks on IBM MQ. I searched the internet and IBM’s Redbook site and found 20 redbooks on the subject of IBM MQ (formally WebSphere MQ, MQSeries). I have listed them in chronologically order. Note: Some of them may be old but […]

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IBM MQ information from IBM Developer

July 2, 2020 Roger Lacroix

Here is some IBM MQ information from IBM Developer that you might find interesting: Article: Improving your IBM MQ applications Article: IBM MQ cheat sheet for developers Article: IBM MQ Downloads for developers Tutorial: Writing and running MQ applications on your Mac Tutorial: Secure communication between IBM MQ endpoints with TLS Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware […]

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Mark Taylor’s MQ API Exits – FAQ

May 28, 2020 Roger Lacroix

Mark Taylor of IBM has published a blog item called MQ API Exits – FAQ which details a variety of questions (and answers) that Mark has received over the last several months. https://marketaylor.synology.me/?p=700 I have also added Mark’s blog (category: IBM MQ) as a widget on the sidebar of my blog. Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware […]

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Working from Home – Open Source Software

March 19, 2020 Roger Lacroix

The other day I wrote about working from home, since I recently upgraded both my desktop and laptop to Windows 10 64-bit, I thought I should review/list the open source software I use to get the job done. You don’t need to go broke setting up your PC/laptop with software. Here is a list of […]

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memmem() Function for a C Program

March 17, 2020 Roger Lacroix

Last week, I needed a function for a C program that would search a string not null terminated for a string not null terminated. Hence, I could not use strstr() function because it requires the strings to be null terminated. So, I checked my trusty C Runtime Library Reference and found nothing that matched. Now […]

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