Archive for the Category: C#

MQ Internals Explained (a little bit)

December 10, 2019 Roger Lacroix

IBM likes to market IBM MQ (aka WebSphere MQ, MQSeries) as a simple and complete solution for business’s messaging needs. Going with the KISS approach is wise (very wise in some cases). IBM talks about the 2 different messaging models that IBM MQ supports: Point-to-Point (P2P) and Publish/Subscribe (Pub/Sub). IBM will: show you how to […]

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.NET Performance Issues for MQ Get API Calls

August 14, 2019 Roger Lacroix

If you have read any of the following blog posting then you will know that I have a bee in my bonnet about the performance regarding Java/JMS MQGet API calls: Tuning JMS Programs for Optimum MQ Get API Calls Performance Tuning Java Programs for Optimum MQ Get API Calls Performance How to Improve Your Java/JMS […]

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C# .NET MQ Code to Subscribe to a Topic

July 5, 2019 Roger Lacroix

The other day I answered a question on StackOverflow about subscribing to a topic using C# .NET code. I figured I should also post the code here for everyone to read & use. You can download the source code from here. Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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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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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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C# .NET Code to Get a Message from a Remote Queue Manager

June 4, 2018 Roger Lacroix

In my previous posting here, I did a write up of putting a message to a queue in a remote queue manager using C# .NET. In this blog posting, I’ll show you how to get a message from a queue of a remote queue manager using C# .NET. If you are familiar with IBM MQ […]

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C# .NET Code to Put a Message to a Remote Queue Manager

June 4, 2018 Roger Lacroix

I write a lot of C & Java code and I like to publish working examples of C and Java using MQ. So, I thought I should throw a little love towards C# .NET. 🙂 If you are familiar with IBM MQ Classes for Java then writing code with IBM MQ Classes for .NET will […]

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Microsoft releases Visual Studio 2017

March 7, 2017 Roger Lacroix

Microsoft has just released Visual Studio 2017. https://www.visualstudio.com Do I need to say any more? If you are a developer then I think you know what Visual Studio is. 🙂 Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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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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How to Become a Better Developer?

April 27, 2015 Roger Lacroix

I just read a really good article by Cay Horstmann called ‘How to Become a Better Java Developer’ at InformIT: http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=2343471 All novice developers, regardless of the programming language they are learning, should read the article (I strongly suggest it). It has a lot of really good pointers for novice developers. Cay Horstmann has written […]

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