MQ Visual Edit

This section describes the buttons on MQ Visual Edit's toolbar.

•   Open Queue - Clicking the Open Queue button will display the Open Queue window.
•   Refresh Queue - Clicking the Refresh Queue button will refresh the display so that it is current with the queue on the selected queue manager.
•   Close Queue - Clicking the Close Queue button will remove the currently displayed tab.
•   Backup Queue - Clicking the Backup Queue button will all messages or selected messages to a file. The backup includes both the MQMD and the data.
•   Restore Queue - Clicking the Restore Queue button will load (restore) messages from a backed up file. The restore will set the MQMD of the message to its original values.
•   Insert Message - Clicking the Insert Message button will display the Message Edit window. Contents of the Message Edit window will be empty.
•   Edit Message - Clicking the Edit Message button will display the selected message in the Message Edit window.
•   Forward Message - Clicking the Forward Message button will display the Forward Message window, so that the selected message can be forwarded (remove from current queue and placed on another queue). One or more messages can be forwarded.
•   Delete Message - Clicking the Delete Message button will prompt the user to confirm that you wish to delete the selected message(s). One or more messages can be deleted.
•   Compare Message - Clicking the Compare Message button will begin the process of comparing the selected message to a file.
•   Print Message - Clicking the Print Message button will prompt the user to confirm that you wish to print the selected message.
•   Generate Report - Clicking the Generate Repor button will prompt the user to select the values (report type, report format, etc.) for the report generation.
•   Cut Message - Clicking the Cut Message button will "cut" the messages from the queue and put them in the computer's clipboard (messages are deleted from the queue). Note: If you "cut" more than one message, all of the messages will be combined and placed in the clipboard as one message.
•   Copy Message - Clicking the Copy Message button will "copy" the messages from the queue and into the computer's clipboard (messages remain in the queue). Note: If you "copy" more than one message, all of the messages will be combined and placed in the clipboard as one message.
•   Paste Message - Clicking the Paste Message button will copy the contains of the clipboard (whatever that may be) to a new message and placed in the queue.
•   Find - Clicking the Find button will display the Find window. The Find window allows the user to search for a text string that may be contained within one of the messages in the queue.
•   Get Server - Clicking the Get Server button will continuously consume messages from a queue and show stats.
•   Put Server - Clicking the Put Server button will put messages to a queue. Can be used to stress test a 'Server Component'. You can control the feed by putting a delay between puts. The messages data can be from a simple input from the screen or from a file or from a VEQ Backup file (this file can contain many messages with MQMDs).
•   SIM Server - Clicking the SIM Server button will continuously consume messages and send a reply messages. The messages data can be from a simple input from the screen or from a file or from a VEQ Backup file (this file can contain many messages with MQMDs).
•   SIM Client - Clicking the SIM Client button will continuously consume messages and send a reply messages. The messages data can be from a simple input from the screen or from a file or from a VEQ Backup file (this file can contain many messages with MQMDs).
•   Queue Monitor - Clicking the Queue Monitor button will put request messages to a request/server queue and then it will retrieve a corresponding reply message.
•   Queue Stats Monitor - Clicking the Queue Stats Monitor will monitor the Put Rate (enqueue rate), Get Rate (dequeue rate), High Queue Depth and the max queue depth.
•   Visual Queue Depth - Clicking the Visual Queue Depth will display a real-time chart of the queue depth of up to 28 queues.
•   Show MQMD Columns - Clicking the Show MQMD Columns button will display the MQMD columns for the currently openned queue. (This is a toggle button, therefore to hide the MQMD columns, click the button again.)
•   Choose MQMD Columns - Clicking the Choose MQMD Columns button will allow the user to select the MQMD columns that will be displayed when the Show MQMD Columns is clicked.
•   Preferences - Clicking the Preferences button will display the preferences popup dialog box.
•   Help - Clicking the Help button will display MQ Visual Edit's Help system. The Help system provides various information about how and what features and functions are available in MQ Visual Edit.

Left Button

• In the main window of MQ Visual Edit, while displaying messages of an openned queue, if the user double clicks the left mouse button, then the selected message will be display in the Message Edit window.

  Right Button

In the main window of MQ Visual Edit, while displaying messages of an openned queue, if the user clicks the right mouse button, then the following popup menu will be displayed.


 
•   Cut Message - Selecting the Cut Message menu item will "cut" the messages from the queue and put them in the computer's clipboard (messages are deleted from the queue). Note: If you "cut" more than one message, all of the messages will be combined and placed in the clipboard as one message.
•   Copy Message - Selecting the Copy Message menu item will "copy" the messages from the queue and into the computer's clipboard (messages remain in the queue). Note: If you "copy" more than one message, all of the messages will be combined and placed in the clipboard as one message.
•   Paste Message - Selecting the Paste Message menu item will paste the contains of the clipboard (whatever that may be) to a new message and place it in the queue.
•   Edit Message - Selecting the Edit Message menu item will display the selected message in the Message Edit window.
•       Edit Message in Hex - Selecting the Edit Message in Hex menu item will display the selected message in the Hex Message Edit window.
•   Edit Message with XML Editor - Selecting the Edit Message with XML Editor menu item will display the selected message in the XML Editor window.
•   Insert Message - Selecting the Insert Message menu item will display the Message Edit window. Contents of the Message Edit window will be empty.
•   Duplicate Message - Selecting the Duplicate Message menu item will replicate all the selected message(s) to the current queue. One or more messages can be duplicated.
•   Forward Message - Selecting the Forward Message menu item will display the Forward Message window, so that the selected message can be forwarded (remove from current queue and placed on another queue). One or more messages can be forwarded.
•   Delete Message - Selecting the Delete Message menu item will prompt the user to confirm that you wish to delete the selected message(s). One or more messages can be deleted.
•   Find - Selecting the Find menu item will display the Find window. The Find window allows the user to search for a text string that may be contained within one of the messages in the queue.
•       Find Next - Selecting the Find Next menu item will display the Find window but the search will continue from the preivous search position.
•   Select All - Selecting the Select All menu item will select (highlight) all messages in the queue.
•   Unselect All - Selecting the Unselect All menu item will de-select (un-highlight) all messages in the queue.
•   Refresh Queue - Clicking the Refresh Queue button will refresh the display so that it is current with the queue on the selected queue manager.
•   Close Queue - Clicking the Close Queue button will remove the currently displayed tab.

There are many short-cut (accelerator) key combinations in MQ Visual Edit.
Note: Ctrl means press and hold the Control key and then press the key after the "-" (minus sign).

Ctrl-O	Will display the Open Queue window.
Ctrl-R	Will refresh the contents of the queue.
Ctrl-X	Will "cut" the messages from the queue and put them in the computer's clipboard (messages are deleted from the queue). Note: If you "cut" more than one message, all of the messages will be combined and placed in the clipboard as one message.
Ctrl-C	Will "copy" the messages from the queue and into the computer's clipboard (messages remain in the queue). Note: If you "copy" more than one message, all of the messages will be combined and placed in the clipboard as one message.
Ctrl-V	Will paste the contains of the clipboard (whatever that may be) to a new message and place it in the queue.
Ctrl-E	Will display the selected message in the Message Edit window.
Ctrl-I	Will display the Message Edit window to allow the user to insert a new message. Contents of the Message Edit window will be empty.
Ctrl-W	Will display the Forward Message window, so that the selected message can be forwarded (remove from current queue and placed on another queue). One or more messages can be forwarded.
Ctrl-D	Will prompt the user to confirm that you wish to delete the selected message(s). One or more messages can be deleted.
Ctrl-F	Will display the Find window. The Find window allows the user to search for a text string that may be contained within one of the messages in the queue.
Ctrl-P	Will display the printer selection dialog so that the selected message can be printed.
Ctrl-G	Will display the Find window but the search will continue from the preivous search position.
Ctrl-A	Will select (highlight) all messages in the queue.
Ctrl-U	Will de-select (un-highlight) all messages in the queue.
F1	Will display MQ Visual Edit's Help system. The Help system provides various information about how and what features and functions are available in MQ Visual Edit.