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.

MQFM: Submit your code changes

April 20, 2011 Roger Lacroix
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I am in the process of updating the open source project MQ File Mover (MQFM). I would like everyone who has modified MQFM source code to submit their changes (now), for the upcoming release. It will be far easier to merge the changes before the next release than after the release. Please submit any and […]

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New: PyMQI v1.2 – Python interface to WebSphere MQ

April 19, 2011 Roger Lacroix
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PyMQI allows users to connect Python applications to WebSphere MQ queue managers. It can be used to develop test harnesses for WebSphere MQ based systems, for rapid prototyping of WebSphere MQ applications, for development of administrative GUIs or for mainstream MQ application development. PyMQI has been used in production environments for several years on Linux, […]

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Oracle drops OpenOffice

April 19, 2011 Roger Lacroix
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Oracle is dropping OpenOffice and returning it to a community-based open source project. Oracle will no longer offer a commercial version of Open Office. http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2011/04/oracle-gives-up-on-ooo-after-community-forks-the-project.ars Interesting. Oracle won the battle for OpenOffice but lost the war and now concedes defeat. It was a nice David and Goliath story. It is good to see David win […]

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New: MQRC2-GUI v1.0.0

April 15, 2011 Roger Lacroix
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Capitalware Inc. would like to announce the official release of MQRC2-GUI v1.0.0. MQRC2-GUI is an application that can interpret an MQ reason code number (i.e. 2035), MQ reason code symbol (i.e. MQRC_OBJECT_IN_USE) or AMQ message number (i.e. AMQ4005) and display the relevant information from the WebSphere MQ Messages manual. MQRC2-GUI requires Java Runtime Environment (JRE) […]

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New: MQRC2 v1.1.0

April 12, 2011 Roger Lacroix
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Capitalware Inc. would like to announce the official release of MQRC2 v1.1.0. MQRC2 is an application that can interpret an MQ reason code number (i.e. 2035), MQ reason code symbol (i.e. MQRC_OBJECT_IN_USE) or AMQ message number (i.e. AMQ4005) and display the relevant information from the WebSphere MQ Messages manual. Updates for this release: Ported the […]

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New: Message Multiplexer v1.4.0

April 12, 2011 Roger Lacroix
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Capitalware Inc. would like to announce the official release of Message Multiplexer (MMX) v1.4.0. Message Multiplexer is an application that will get a message from a queue and output it to one or more queues. The context information is maintained across the message put(s). Updates for this release: Added GetWithConvert keyword Enhanced commit/backout processing Created […]

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New: Message Router v1.1.0

April 12, 2011 Roger Lacroix
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Capitalware Inc. would like to announce the official release of Message Router (MRTR) v1.1.0. Message Router is an application that will move a message from a central queue to a specific application queue. The destination queue that the message will be placed into will be based on a keyword in the message. Context information is […]

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Mozilla Firefox 4.0 Released

March 23, 2011 Roger Lacroix
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Mozilla Firefox has just released Mozilla Firefox v4.0. http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/ Mozilla Firefox is a free and open source web browser descended from the Mozilla Application Suite and managed by Mozilla Corporation. To display web pages, Firefox uses the Gecko layout engine, which implements most current web standards in addition to several features that are intended to […]

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Capitalware’s letter to the NHL

March 13, 2011 Roger Lacroix
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Yesterday, I decided to send a letter to the NHL regarding the head shots and cheap shots going on in the NHL. Here is a scan of the letter that Capitalware sent to the NHL (in PDF format). Here is the text of the letter: Dear Commissioner Bettman: We are contacting you today to add […]

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A Comparison of Capitalware’s MQ Enterprise Security Suite to IBM’s WebSphere MQ Advanced Message Security

March 11, 2011 Roger Lacroix
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The following is a comparison of Capitalware’s MQ Enterprise Security Suite (MQESS) to IBM’s WebSphere MQ Advanced Message Security (WMQ AMS).   Capitalware’s MQESS IBM’s WMQ AMS Authentication Yes NO End-to-End Encryption Yes Yes Supported Encryption AES 128-bit AES 192-bit AES 256-bit   Yes Yes Yes   Yes No Yes Digital Signature SHA-2 SHA-1/MD5 Requires […]

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