All,

Capitalware Inc. would like to announce the official release of MQ Visual Edit v1.4.0. This is a FREE upgrade for ALL licensed users of MQ Visual Edit.

MQ Visual Edit allows users to view, manipulate and manage messages in a queue of a WebSphere MQ (formally MQSeries) queue manager and presents the data in a simplified format similar to a database utility or spreadsheet program.

MQ Visual Edit is a great tool for application programmers, JMS developers, quality assurance testers, and production support personnel. The tool allows for quick problem solving because the data is presented in a very logical and insightful manner.

Changes for MQ Visual Edit v1.4.0:

New Features:
- Added SSL support.
- Added the ability to compare the contents of a message on a queue to a file (visual display with highlighting).
- Added the ability to display a range of messages i.e. 1100 to 1200
- Added support to print a message.
- Added a Google Search Toolbar for quick searching.
- Added a new Look and Feel (OfficeLnFs)
- Fully tested and supported for Java v6
- Fully tested and supported for Windows Vista Business

Updates/Fixes:
- Fixed 'List of Queues' bug with WMQ v6 on z/OS
- Fixed sorting problem on 'List of Queues' panel
- Fixed Search Behavior Across Columns
- Fixed MQMD COA & COD check box problem.
- Fixed DLH Put-Application Type - only shows the code value rather than the constant name
- Fixed RFH and missing User Folder
- Fixed Export Message function having 'double backslashes' appear for the 'root' directory of any drive.
- Fixed Export Message function not displaying error message if the 'to be exported' messages were no longer on the queue.

New MQ Visual Edit Tools:

1.) Queue Monitor Tool. It will display a list of queues that is being monitored. It auto-refreshes and the display is very smooth and flicker-free.
Features:
- User selectable refresh rate i.e. 60 or 30 or 10 seconds
- The user can de-select the displaying of the SYSTEM queues (i.e. SYSTEM.*)
- The displayed queue attributes are: Queue Name, Current Depth, Max Queue Depth, Open Input Count, Open Output Count, Get and Put.
- The user can have multi windows open at the same time monitoring different queues of the same queue manager or monitoring of different queues of different queue managers at the same time.
Quick visual helpers:
- If the current queue depth is between 70% to 84.99% (of max queue depth) then it is highlighted in 'yellow'.
- If the current queue depth is 85% or higher (of max queue depth) then it is highlighted in 'red'.
- If either the Get or Put attributes are set to Inhibited then they are highlighted in 'yellow'.

2.) Queue Stats Monitor Tool. It will display the queue statistics for a list of queues.. It auto-refreshes and the display is very smooth and flicker-free.
Features:
- User selectable refresh rate i.e. 60 or 30 or 10 seconds
- The user can de-select the displaying of the SYSTEM queues (i.e. SYSTEM.*)
- The displayed queue attributes are: Queue Name, Put Rate (Enqueue rate), Get Rate (Dequeue rate), High Queue Depth during the interval, and Max Queue Depth.
- The user can have multi windows open at the same time monitoring different queues of the same queue manager or monitoring of different queues of different queue managers at the same time.
Quick visual helpers:
- If the 'High Queue Depth' is between 70% to 84.99% (of max queue depth) then it is highlighted in 'yellow'.
- If the 'High Queue Depth' is 85% or higher (of max queue depth) then it is highlighted in 'red'.

3.) Visual Difference Tool. It visually displays differences between 2 files.
Features:
- Compare a Message to a File
- Compare a File to a File
- Side-by-side visual display.
- Differences are highlighted: green for inserts, red for deletions and blue for changes.
- Dual scrolling windows.

4.) Text Editor Tool. It supports all standard editing capabilities including multi file editing using tabs.
Features:
- Open and edit multiple files (tab display)
- Builtin XML Viewer
- Standard features: Print, Save, Save As, Cut, Copy, Paste, Find and Find Next
- Recent 'opened' file list

5.) Tail File Tool. It allows a user to monitored changes in files.
Features:
- Open and tail multiple files (tab display)
- Ability to 'Follow' (user selectable) the file as the file grows / changes
- Lastest changes are highlighted
- Standard features: Print, Copy, Find and Find Next
- Recent 'opened' file list

6.) Calendar Tool. It is a simple calendar that displays 3 months at a time.

For more information or to download a free 30-day trial of MQ Visual Edit, go to:
http://www.capitalware.biz/mqve_overview.html

Regards,
Roger Lacroix
Capitalware Inc.