Monthly Archives: December 2019

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

I would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Kwanzaa, etc… and a Happy New Year. 🙂 Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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Windows Print Screen

Ok. Here’s something not related to MQ or programming. 🙂 Everyday, someone sends Capitalware a support request with an image or two. Its not a problem. I review what they asking and send back a reply. Most of the images I receive are some sort of cropped image of the whole desktop. Sometimes the image […]

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MQ Internals Explained (a little bit)

IBM likes to market IBM MQ (aka WebSphere MQ, MQSeries) as a simple and complete solution for business’s messaging needs. Going with the KISS approach is wise (very wise in some cases). IBM talks about the 2 different messaging models that IBM MQ supports: Point-to-Point (P2P) and Publish/Subscribe (Pub/Sub). IBM will: show you how to […]

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MQME Issue with ExcludeQueue keyword on an MQPUT1 API Call

Late last week, a customer discovered an obscure issue in MQ Message Encryption (MQME) with the ExcludeQueue keyword on an MQPUT1 API call. I have since fixed it but here is what I mean by obscure: – If the user has wild-carded their protected queue setup i.e. ‘TEST.*’ – And then set the ExcludeQueue keyword […]

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wc3270 and IBM RDP Issue

I use IBM’s Remote Development Program (RDP) to host my z/OS and Linux for System z LPARs. I installed the latest release of wc3270 of the x3270 project on my new Windows 10 PC and copied my settings from my old Windows 7 PC. Hence, I should be good to go but no. I have […]

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IBM MQ Fix Pack 9.1.0.4 Released

IBM has just released Fix Pack 9.1.0.4 for IBM MQ V9.1 LTS: https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/1119051 Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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IBM MQ V9.1.4 Announced

IBM has announced IBM MQ V9.1.4 for Multiplatforms: https://www.ibm.com/common/ssi/ShowDoc.wss?docURL=/common/ssi/rep_ca/7/897/ENUS219-487/index.html Planned availability for IBM MQ V9.1.4 is December 5, 2019 for Electronic software delivery. IBM MQ (aka WebSphere MQ) homepage https://www.ibm.com/products/mq Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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MQ Batch Toolkit v3.2.0 Released

Capitalware Inc. would like to announce the official release of MQ Batch Toolkit v3.2.0. This is a FREE upgrade for ALL licensed users of MQ Batch Toolkit. MQ Batch Toolkit allows users to manipulate, monitor and manage messages in a queue of an IBM MQ (formally WebSphere MQ & MQSeries) queue manager from a command-line […]

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