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.

IBM MQ V9.3.2 Announced

February 16, 2023 Roger Lacroix
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IBM has announced IBM MQ V9.3.2: https://community.ibm.com/community/user/integration/blogs/ian-harwood1/2023/02/10/mq932ga?CommunityKey=183ec850-4947-49c8-9a2e-8e7c7fc46c64 Highlights: – IBM MQ Appliance Disaster Recovery configuration between HA pairs – TLS 1.3 support in the MQ .NET Clients – Initial support for Java modules – Display QMStatus enhancements in runmqsc and PCF – New web Console application view – Ability to set the user context user […]

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IBM MQ v9.1.0.13 (LTS CSU) Released

February 6, 2023 Roger Lacroix
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IBM has just released IBM MQ v9.1.0.13 (LTS CSU): https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/downloading-ibm-mq-91013-lts-csu Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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IBM MQ v9.0.0.14 (LTS CSU) Released

February 6, 2023 Roger Lacroix
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IBM has just released IBM MQ v9.0.0.14 (LTS CSU): https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/downloading-ibm-mq-90014-lts-csu Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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IBM MQ v9.2.0.8 (LTS CSU) Released

February 6, 2023 Roger Lacroix
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IBM has just released IBM MQ v9.2.0.8 (LTS CSU): https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/downloading-ibm-mq-9208-lts-csu Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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IBM MQ v9.3.0.3 (LTS CSU) Released

February 6, 2023 Roger Lacroix
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IBM has just released IBM MQ v9.3.0.3 (LTS CSU): https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/downloading-ibm-mq-9303-lts-csu Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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IBM MQ v9.3.1.1 (Continuous Delivery CSU) Released

February 6, 2023 Roger Lacroix
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IBM has just released IBM MQ v9.3.1.1 (Continuous Delivery CSU): https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/downloading-ibm-mq-9311-continuous-delivery-csu Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

December 24, 2022 Roger Lacroix
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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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IBM MQ Fix Pack 9.3.0.2 Released

December 21, 2022 Roger Lacroix
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IBM has just released Fix Pack 9.3.0.2 for IBM MQ V9.3 LTS: https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/downloading-ibm-mq-9302 Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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IBM MQ Fix Pack 9.2.0.7 Released

December 5, 2022 Roger Lacroix
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IBM has just released Fix Pack 9.2.0.7 for IBM MQ V9.2 LTS: https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/downloading-ibm-mq-9207 Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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EBCDIC Code Pages and Square Brackets

November 29, 2022 Roger Lacroix
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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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