MQ Visual Browse Overview
The MQ Visual Browse v1.5.2 application allows users to view 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 Browse is a great tool for application programmers, JMS developers, quality assurance testers, and production support personnel who do NOT need message editing capabilities. The tool allows for quick problem solving because the data is presented in a very logical and insightful manner.
MQ Visual Browse can run on any platform that supports Java v1.4 (or higher). This includes: AIX, HP-UX, Linux, Mac OS X, OS/2 Warp, Sun Solaris, Windows 95/98/ME and Windows NT/2000/XP/Vista/7. MQ Visual Browse is able to connect to local queue managers (residing on the same box) or to any remote queue manager.
The remote queue managers can be on any platform that supports distributed queuing including: AIX, HP-UX, Linux, OS/2 Warp, OS/400 (iSeries), Sun Solaris, Windows NT/2000/XP/Vista/7 and z/OS (OS/390).
MQ Visual Browse has been designed to support Java's Multi-Language environment. Full language support for the following languages: English, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, and Spanish.
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Security:
- MQ Visual Browse supports SSL for connecting to remote queue managers.
- MQ Visual Browse supports 3rd party security exit for connecting to remote queue managers.
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Major Features:
- Ability to open and display multiple queues from multiple queue managers.
- Ability to add, open and manage favorites.
- Export all or selected messages to a text file or multiple text files.
- Backup all or selected messages to a file. The backup includes both the MQMD and the data.
- Ability to compare a message to a file and highlight differences.
- Print a selected message.
- Supports copying of message data to other desktop applications via clipboard.
- The user can view the message in a Hex Editor (also EBCDIC mode available)
- The user can view their messages in a XML tree (via the builtin XML Viewer)
- Support for well-known WMQ messages formats: MQMD, MQRFH, MQRFH2, MQCIH, MQDEAD, MQIIH, MQXMIT, MQHSAP and SMQBAD.
- MQ Visual Browse now defaults to using the VisualStudio2005 Look and Feel theme. The OfficeXP and VisualStudio2005 Look and Feel themes are provided by Robert Futrell's open source project called: OfficeLnFs.
- Includes 3 'Other Tools': Visual Difference, Text Editor and Tail File.
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Other Tools:
- The Visual Difference is a simple file to file comparison tool. It visually displays differences between 2 files. The differences are hightlighted: Green for inserts, Red for deletions and Blue for changes.
- The Text Editor is a simple multi-purpose plain-text editor. The Text Editor supports multi-file editing.
- The Tail File is a simple multi-purpose plain-text editor. The Tail File supports monitoring of multiple files at the same time.
The MQ Visual Browse application is a shareware product. The free trial period is for 30 days (no nag screens). All features are available but you are limited to 1 queue manager.
| Product | Price (USD) * | Ordering |
| MQ Visual Browse (Single license) | $29.00 | Order Now |
* Volume discounts available for as low as $19.00 USD per license.
- Each licensed user will receive:
- Full version of MQ Visual Browse (no expiration date)
- Free updates / upgrades to any version 1.x release.
- Free email support
| Other MQ Visual Browse Licenses: | |
| Site License* | Site License* for MQ Visual Browse sells for $2,500 USD. A site license will allow a company to have unlimited number of people use MQ Visual Browse at ONLY one site or complex. |
| Enterprise License* | Enterprise License* for MQ Visual Browse sells for $7,500 USD. An enterprise license will allow a company to have unlimited number of people use MQ Visual Browse at an unlimited number of locations. |
* Plus 15% yearly maintenance and support fee.
- Prerequisite:
- MQSeries v5.1 or higher or WebSphere MQ v5.3 or higher
- Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 1.4 or higher
