Archive for the Category: Java

A Tip for Handling Java/MQ Internal Message Class

June 16, 2016 Roger Lacroix

Here’s an interesting head-scratcher. I was writing some Java code to handle an MQ message and in this particular case, it was an MQRFH2 message. The code below was working fine until I decided to dump (output) the message in hexadecimal. The printMsgHex() method is a simple method to retrieve the message and output. When […]

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Using MQ Batch Toolkit to Clear Many Queues

March 8, 2016 Roger Lacroix

Here is another simple script that uses MQ Batch Toolkit (MQBT) to clear hundreds of queues at the same time. Let’s say you have an MQ sandbox or development queue manager that has hundreds of queues that need to be cleared nightly. If all of the queue names have the same high-level qualifier, then the […]

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Call for Speakers for MQ Technical Conference v2.0.1.6

January 28, 2016 Roger Lacroix

We are looking for speakers on any product/service that uses IBM MQ (aka WebSphere MQ & MQSeries) for “MQ Technical Conference v2.0.1.6” (MQTC). The sessions are to be technical in nature and on any subject so long as it relates to MQ. We offer speakers the conference fee for free and we also pay for […]

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New: Universal File Mover v1.2.2

January 4, 2016 Roger Lacroix

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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Redistributable Clients Starting with MQ 8.0.0.4

October 29, 2015 Roger Lacroix

With the release of FixPack 8.0.0.4 for IBM MQ, IBM has provided Redistributable Clients for: Native MQ applications using the MQI written in C, C++, COBOL MQ applications using the Java/JMS classes MQ applications using managed or unmanaged .NET classes There is a write up of the new Redistributable Clients at DeveloperWorks. Regards, Roger Lacroix […]

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Bug in MQ V8.0 for Getting Messages in a Group

August 20, 2015 Roger Lacroix

IBM Support has posted a bug report that may affect some Universal File Mover (UFM) users. Title: IT09814: IBM MQ V8.0: Applications cannot get messages that were put to a queue as a group. Error description: In IBM MQ v8.0 an application that reads from a queue can fail to get messages that are put […]

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A Better MD Class than IBM’s MQMD Class

August 14, 2015 Roger Lacroix

This is a follow up to my blog posting last week titled: Java MQMD class Weirdness. After beating my head against the wall, I gave up on the ‘com.ibm.mq.headers.MQMD’ class and went back to my own MD (Message Descriptor) class. At least I know it works. 🙂 The reason I originally created my MD class […]

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Java MQMD class Weirdness

August 5, 2015 Roger Lacroix

I’m trying to use the MQMD class in a Java application and I’m getting weird results. I tested it with both MQ JAR files from v7.5.0.2 and v8.0.0.2 with JVM of v1.7.0. Note: All of my testing was done in ‘client mode’ (not bindings mode). The first odd thing is that MQMD class is in […]

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Configuring Eclipse to develop Java/JMS programs for MQ 8.0

June 30, 2015 Roger Lacroix

IBM has published a tutorial on how to configure Eclipse for developing Java/JMS programs for MQ 8.0: http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27046013 Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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New: Universal File Mover v1.2.1

June 29, 2015 Roger Lacroix

Capitalware is pleased to announce the release of Universal File Mover v1.2.1. 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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