Archive for the Category: Programming

Java Code to Open a Web Page

November 7, 2018 Roger Lacroix

Some times the simplest things drive you nuts. 🙂 The Desktop class (java.awt.Desktop) was introduced in Java v1.6. There are occasions when you are running a Java application in JVM 1.6 or higher that the Desktop class is not available or fails to load. It is just weird and very frustrating. Its not just me. […]

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Java MQ Code to List Channel Status

November 6, 2018 Roger Lacroix

I thought I posted this code sample but I guess I forgot to do it. 😉 If you have done the runmqsc command for Channel Status for all channels of a queue manager as follows: And you wanted to do the same thing via a program, here is a fully functioning Java MQ example that […]

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Language Wars – Maybe Enough Already

October 10, 2018 Roger Lacroix

Maybe I’m just old and grumpy, but I’m tired of surfing the internet and seeing language wars. I just saw this line “100% Java free!” the other day, listed as a product feature and it makes me shake my head. Of all the product features that would sell a product, you want to include that […]

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LearnMQ from IBM Developer

October 4, 2018 Roger Lacroix

During David Ware’s “What’s New in IBM MQ?” session at MQ Technical Conference v2.0.1.8, David announced LearnMQ (see slide 24). LearnMQ is a place where new users can get some FREE MQ training (and earn badges). The LearnMQ web site is broken down into 3 sections: MQ Essentials MQ Tutorials Run a Demo So, if […]

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SQLite v3.25.0 Released

September 19, 2018 Roger Lacroix

D. Richard Hipp has just released SQLite v3.25.0. 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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Java MQ Code to List Queue Status

August 2, 2018 Roger Lacroix

The other day I answered a question on StackOverflow about getting the LGETIME and LPUTIME attributes of queue status command. I figured I should also post the code here for everyone to read & use. If you have done the runmqsc command for Queue Status of Type ‘Queue’ for all queues of a queue manager […]

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Eclipse 4.8 (Photon) Released

June 27, 2018 Roger Lacroix

On June 27th, 2018, Eclipse Foundation has released the annual Eclipse release train: https://projects.eclipse.org/releases/photon Eclipse is an open source community, whose projects are focused on building an open development platform comprised of extensible frameworks, tools and runtimes for building, deploying and managing software across the lifecycle. The Eclipse Foundation is a not-for-profit, member supported corporation […]

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Security Risk for MQ Model Queue

June 20, 2018 Roger Lacroix

Well, I learnt something new today: an MQ model queue is a security risk! It is not that a model queue in of itself is a security risk but rather what you can do with a model queue to get a backdoor to a queue or maybe it is called a ‘side channel attack’ of […]

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Five Things Junior Developers Need to Know

June 14, 2018 Roger Lacroix

If you’re a junior developer then have a view of this video Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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SQLite v3.24.0 Released

June 5, 2018 Roger Lacroix

D. Richard Hipp has just released SQLite v3.24.0. 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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