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.

MQAUSX and Microsoft Active Directory

March 21, 2012 Roger Lacroix
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Centralize authentication is a great thing. Many customers use MQAUSX on AIX, HP-UX, IBM i (OS/400), Linux, Solaris and authenticate against Microsoft Active Directory (AD) as a remote LDAP server. Since, AD conforms to LDAP v3, this generally works very well. Some companies configure their AD servers such that the attribute sAMAccountName contains the user’s […]

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PdfCreator 1.3.1 Released

March 21, 2012 Roger Lacroix
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PdfForge has just released PdfCreator v1.3.1. http://www.pdfforge.org/pdfcreator PDFCreator is a free tool to create PDF files from nearly any Windows application. Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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WebSphere MQ Redbooks

March 20, 2012 Roger Lacroix
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IBM has several Redbooks that provide in-depth details for WebSphere MQ. Here are 5 MQ related Redbooks that I have found: WebSphere MQ V7.0 Features and Enhancements WebSphere MQ V6 Fundamentals WebSphere MQ V6, WebSphere Message Broker V6 and SSL WebSphere Application Server V6.1: JMS Problem Determination WebSphere MQ Solutions in a Microsoft .NET Environment […]

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SupportPac IA94 v2.0.2 Released

March 20, 2012 Roger Lacroix
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SupportPac IA94 v2.0.2 Released IBM has released version 2.0.2 of SupportPac IA94. http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24007092 The IBM Message Service Client for C/C++ (“XMS C/C++”) renders the Java Message Service (JMS) API in the C/C++ languages. It brings the benefits of JMS — a standard, abstracted messaging API for pub/sub and point-to-point messaging, as well as externally administered […]

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LibreOffice 3.5.1 Released

March 19, 2012 Roger Lacroix
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LibreOffice has just released LibreOffice v3.5.1. http://www.libreoffice.org 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 (Debian, […]

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Now that’s a resignation letter!!

March 14, 2012 Roger Lacroix
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Greg Smith, who headed Goldman’s U.S. equity derivatives business in Europe, Africa and the Middle East, resigned Wednesday with a letter in the Op-Ed section of The New York Times newspaper, entitled “Why I am Leaving Goldman Sachs.” http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/14/opinion/why-i-am-leaving-goldman-sachs.html?_r=1 As I always say to my kids, if it is black, call it black, don’t call […]

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WebSphere MQ Fix Pack 7.0.1.8 Released

March 6, 2012 Roger Lacroix
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IBM has just released FixPack 7.0.1.8 for WebSphere MQ. http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21586542 Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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New: MQ File Mover v4.1.0

March 5, 2012 Roger Lacroix
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Capitalware is pleased to announce the release of MQ File Mover v4.1.0. It is a free open source project. MQ File Mover is a managed file transfer solution that facilitates the transfer of files using IBM’s WebSphere MQ (aka MQSeries). MQFM processes “Action” commands which are controlled through an MQFM Workflow XML file. The user […]

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Using MQ File Mover on Mac OS X (How To #7)

March 1, 2012 Roger Lacroix
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About every 3 weeks or so, I get an email asking me if MQ File Mover (MQFM) can be installed and used on Mac OS X. In this blog posting, I will discuss the prerequisites and issue related to using MQFM on Mac OS X. First, as with any other platform that you run MQFM […]

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WebSphere MQ v7.1 and Java v1.4.2

February 29, 2012 Roger Lacroix
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Here’s another head-banging item that some people may get burnt by. I was doing some testing of Java applications with WebSphere MQ v7.1 and received the following error message: If you do not know what “Unsupported major.minor version 49.0” means, in plain English, it means that the MQ Java JAR file you are using was […]

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