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.

Mozilla Firefox 44.0 Released

January 26, 2016 Roger Lacroix
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Mozilla Firefox has just released Mozilla Firefox v44.0. 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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Tyler has released a new iOS app called Peg Grabbers

January 13, 2016 Roger Lacroix
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Some of you may remember my son, Tyler Lacroix, as a speaker at MQTC v2.0.1.3 for the ‘MQ Telemetry Transport Programming’ session. He is now in 2nd year engineering at the University of Western. I just realized that I never posted anything on Tyler’s latest iOS app. On October 3rd, 2015, Tyler released a new […]

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SQLite v3.10.0 Released

January 6, 2016 Roger Lacroix
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D. Richard Hipp has just released SQLite v3.10.0. http://www.sqlite.org/news.html SQLite is a software library that implements a self-contained, serverless, zero-configuration, transactional SQL database engine. SQLite is the most widely deployed SQL database engine in the world. The source code for SQLite is in the public domain. Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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A Comparison of Capitalware’s MQAUSX to MQ V8 Authentication

January 6, 2016 Roger Lacroix
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This is an update to a posting I made last year which includes new features in MQAUSX & z/MQAUSX and updates made to MQ V8 via Fix Packs. The following is a comparison of Capitalware’s MQ Authenticate User Security Exit (MQAUSX) to IBM’s MQ V8 new authentication feature. By authentication, I mean UserId and Password […]

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New: Universal File Mover v1.2.2

January 4, 2016 Roger Lacroix
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Capitalware is pleased to announce the release of Universal File Mover v1.2.2. It is a free open source project. Universal File Mover is more than a simple tool to manage the transfer of files. It allows the user to combine business processes into a workflow. The user combines a series of Action commands to create […]

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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

December 21, 2015 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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Mozilla Firefox 43.0 Released

December 15, 2015 Roger Lacroix
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Mozilla Firefox has just released Mozilla Firefox v43.0. 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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Missing Channel Names issue in CCDTE Program

December 11, 2015 Roger Lacroix
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An issue was reported today with CCDTE (Client Channel Definition Table Editor) program not displaying all of the channel names from a CCDT file. The issue has been fixed. If anyone is having this particular issue then send an email to support@capitalware.com and we will send you the latest release of CCDTE. Note: CCDTE is […]

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WebSphere MQ Fix Pack 7.1.0.7 Released

November 20, 2015 Roger Lacroix
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IBM has just released FixPack 7.1.0.7 for WebSphere MQ http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21965293 Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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How to Create and Empty a NULL Queue in a Queue Manager

November 17, 2015 Roger Lacroix
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The other day, an old consulting colleague emailed me with an interesting question. A client of mine has an application with no source code that sends messages to the MQ queue specified in a property file. They don’t want this message to be received by the message listener any longer. Code change is not an […]

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