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NEW:
QueueExplorer 3.1
- body column in messages list
- filter by body

QueueExplorer Pro
- Multiple connections
- Tabbed interface

 
QueueExplorer 3.1 - body can be displayed in messages list 2011-09-16
QueueExplorer 3.1 brings one long awaited feature - message's body can be displayed in a list as a separate column, among other message fields. With this, you can easily sort or filter by body content. Currently only text bodies are supported, in several mostly used encodings.

There are several other improvements and bug fixes:
  • Correlation ID is now editable
  • Dialog for queue properties is not modal any more - multiple properties can be opened at once
  • If .Net 4.0 is installed, it will be used by default, making it easier to use .Net 4.0 assemblies for body view
  • Bugfix: Outgoing queues didn't work in some scenarios
  • Bugfix: Transactional status for remote queues was not saved correctly in some cases
  • Bugfix: Column widths were not saved
  • Bugfix: If there were 2 or more "Saves" without refreshing queue, all saves after first one could have duplicate messages
  • Performance improvement - message bodies are cached

You can download new version from here:
http://www.cogin.com/mq/download.php
 
QueueExplorer 3.0 Standard and Professional released 2010-10-02
We released new major version of QueueExplorer. Here's list of most important new features in QueueExplorer 3.0:
  • Message body is visible at all times, so it's much easier to check several messages in a queue - body will be automatically displayed as you click on message.
  • Subqueues are supported if QueueExplorer runs on OS which offers that functionality (Windows Vista or higher).
  • Messages can be quickly filtered by any field, or you can even create more complex queries.
  • Performance is improved in several areas. Now it's realistic to open, select, save or load queues with tens of thousands of messages.
  • New file format is compressed and much smaller than before, and it doesn't need lot of memory during save/load as prevoius file format did.
  • WCF messages viewer.
  • Color coded XML editor replaced previous read-only XML view.

There are also some changes which are maybe not so big, but improve user experience nevertheless:
  • Message window is now resizable, and most used fields are selectable so that you can easily copy message ID for instance
  • "New message" window offers several more properties which can be set
  • Save multiple message bodies to multiple files using macros to determine file names
  • Maximum number of loaded messages can be quickly set from a toolbar

Features list with screenshots

QueueExplorer 3.0 Professional
For the first time we have two editions of QueueExplorer. Standard edition has all these improvements listed above. However there is also QueueExplorer Professional, which would be more useful to those who handle multiple MSMQ servers. Here are main improvements for this edition:
  • Connect to multiple MSMQ servers at once.
  • Group related servers for easier management.
  • Tabbed interface allows you to keep several machines or queues open and quickly switch between them.

Download QueueExplorer 3.0 Standard or Professional
 
DbOctopus 1.0 released 2009-03-23
DbOctopus 1.0 for SQL Server is now available.

To kick it off the ground, we have 50% introductory discount! Promotion ends on May 1st 2009.

You can download it from here:

http://www.cogin.com/dboctopus/download.php
 
DbOctopus Beta available for download 2009-02-26
We've released beta version of our first SQL Server tool. We would be grateful to anyone who can help beta test it.

It's a tool specialized for editing data in SQL Server. We made it for our own use because we were frustrated with SSMS in such tasks. Locating, sorting or editing data in big tables was never easy as it could be. Also, when I'm inspecting some row, I'm often interested in related rows in FK tables - wouldn't it be good to somehow jump to parent or child rows in that other table? Or, when I'm changing some ID which comes from other table, wouldn't it be helpful to just open drop down to see list of possible values from that other table? Most of these tasks are possible since database knows how tables are connected with FK keys. DbOctopus was our shot on solving these problems we faced every day while we edited data in our databases.

You can see more and download it from here:

http://www.cogin.com/dboctopus/download.php
 
QueueExplorer 2.2.4 - bugfixes and performance improvements 2008-04-07
Changes in this release:
  • Faster loading of big files and reduced memory usage
  • Faster display of large XML message bodies
  • Command line option for turning off loading of public queues for performance reasons - /NoPublic
  • Bugfix: message body larger than 64KB was not correctly displayed/edited
  • Bugfix: messages containing byte 0 were not completely displayed in text view.
  • Bugfix: queue list didn't show all queue properties correctly.
  • Bugfix: on some Vista machines QueueExplorer worked with reduced functionality
 
QueueExplorer 2.2.3 released 2007-07-03
Changes in this release:
  • Queues are now closed immediately after each operation to prevent locking issues with other applications
  • Reduced MSMQ security requirements. QueueExplorer required full MSMQ permissions no matter which operation was performed. Now it will ask only for what's needed, e.g. Peek to get list of messages, Receive to delete message, etc. Works only on .Net 2.0 or higher
  • Bugfix: More complex class hierarchies in .Net view crashed entire QueueExplorer.
 
QueueExplorer 2.2.2 - Improved keyboard support 2007-05-03
New keyboard shortcuts and improved focus handling for keyboard operations.

You can download new version from here:
http://www.cogin.com/mq/download.php
 
QueueExplorer 2.2.1 - bugfix for refreshing queues 2007-03-01
New version of QueueExplorer 2.2.1 brings fix for following bug:
Queues panel could not be repeatedly refreshed using F5 because focus got lost after first refresh.

You can download new version from here:
http://www.cogin.com/mq/download.php
 
QueueExplorer 2.2 - XML view, export to CSV 2007-01-29
QueueExplorer 2.2 is out - XML view and CVS export are most significant changes.
Other enhancements are support for BodyType property, switch for starting with opening queues on remote machine, adjustable limit for number of displayed messages, public API for accessing MQ files.
See screenshots of new features here.

You can download it from:
http://www.cogin.com/mq/download.php
 
QueueExplorer 2.1.1 - bugfix for Windows 2000 2006-04-21
QueueExplorer 2.1 fails when reading queues on Windows 2000.
Version 2.1.1 fixes that problem.

You can download it from:
http://www.cogin.com/mq/download.php
 
QueueExplorer 2.1 - more responsive, better Bulk message sender, multi-queue operations 2006-04-20
New version of QueueExplorer is released. Focus of this release is on improved responsiveness of user interface during long-running operations. Progress is displayed, either on progress window or on status bar. Most operations could be canceled.

Using QueueExplorer for stress testing is improved too. Bulk sender (previous Mass paste) takes all messages currently on clipboard and sends them to target queue as many times as you want. New feature is adjustable delay that could be added between messages during Bulk sending.

Last improvement is ability to delete or purge several queues at once. When queues are displayed in right pane list, multiple queues could be selected.

QueueExplorer 2.1 is free upgrade for registered users. You can download it from:
http://www.cogin.com/mq/download.php

P.S. To celebrate QueueExplorer's first birthday, we're running special offer - up to 30% discount until May 15, 2006! See more on http://www.cogin.com/buy.php
 
QueueExplorer 2.0 released 2006-03-15
Final QueueExplorer 2.0 is released. New version brings support for outgoing queues, message editing and queue summaries.

Download QueueExplorer 2.0 now - http://www.cogin.com/mq/download.php
 
QueueExplorer 2.0 Beta 2006-03-04
QueueExplorer 2.0 brings support for outgoing queues, message editing and queue summaries. Fully functional beta is available for download. Release of official 2.0 version is scheduled for March 15.

Find out more
 
QueueExplorer 1.4.1 - fix for TimeToReachQueue issue 2005-11-14
QueueExplorer 1.4.1 fixes potentially very unpleasant problem - sometimes messages would get lost when they are sent to a queue - during paste, mass paste, load or drag&drop operations.

When it happens?
Messages could be lost when they are sent to remote queue and their TimeToReachQueue or TimeToBeReceived properties are 0. Practically it happens if messages stay in queue unconsumed for very long time.

Why it happens?
All QueueExplorer operations are performed using standard MSMQ Send/Receive operations. When message with TimeToReachQueue=0 is sent to remote queue, it would be discarded. Sometimes one or few messages could reach destination queue (depending on exact timing) but following messages are lost. Some of these messages would show up in outgoing queue for a while, but not for long.

How is this fixed?
TimeToReachQueue or TimeToBeReceived are set to 60s if they are below that value at the time of sending.
 
QueueExplorer 1.4 released - toolbar, improved message viewing, more informative queue icons... 2005-11-01
Full list of changes:
  • Toolbar and additional menus for mostly used functions are added. Among other things it's more convenient to change computer or to refresh queues or messages.
  • Viewing message details for several messages is easier now - you can go to next or previous message directly from message viewer.
  • Message viewer is opened on tab that was used last time.
  • Drag and drop of files from Windows explorer now opens "Create new message" with that file as message body.
  • Queue icons now show its transactional status.
  • Fixed performance issue when changing queues on Windows 2000.
  • Supports .Net Framework 2.0 final.

QueueExplorer 1.4 is free upgrade for registered users.

Download QueueExplorer 1.4 now - http://www.cogin.com/mq/download.php
 
QueueExplorer 1.3 released - sorting, message counts, etc. 2005-09-10
New version of QueueExplorer addresses features most users requested: messages could be sorted and message counts for all public and private queues are displayed at all times. Other improvements include better memory management and performance gains. Window size and selected columns are persisted between sessions. Last addition is number of selected messages in status bar.
QueueExplorer 1.3 is free upgrade for registered users.

Download QueueExplorer 1.3 now - http://www.cogin.com/mq/download.php
 
QueueExplorer 1.2 released - Massive performance improvements 2005-07-13
There are massive performance improvements in QueueExplorer for operations involving multiple messages. It's even more noticeable on remote queues.
It's possible now to save, delete or copy several thousand messages.

Download QueueExplorer 1.2 now - http://www.cogin.com/mq/download.php
 
QueueExplorer 1.1 released - .Net view, remote sending, message body operations... 2005-06-22
Finally MSMQ messages with serialized .Net objects are not black boxes any more - instead of seeing them in some hex view QueueExplorer allows you to see full .Net objects with all their fields, even private ones! It doesn't matter if binary or Xml serialization is used. All you need to do is tell QueueExplorer where to find assembly with classes.
This is not all of MSMQ troubleshooting features in this release - message body can be saved to disk for further analysis. You can use that body to create new messages.
Remote queues are no more read-only! Yes, you can do all these nice things that used to work with local queues only - send, copy, move messages, even mass paste on remote machines.

Download QueueExplorer 1.1 now - http://www.cogin.com/mq/download.php
 
Article - Surviving poison messages in MSMQ 2005-05-23
What happens when message in MSMQ can not be processed? Most common solution is to put it back to queue and retry later. But if it fails repeatedly following messages will never be processed - queue will be blocked with so-called poison message. How to fight this situation?
Read more
 
News about MSMQ tools and articles are now available as RSS feed 2005-04-10

This feed will cover new QueueExplorer releases, new articles about MSMQ and .Net development, and other things you'll be able to find on Cogin.com in the future.

Stay tuned.
 
MSMQ First Aid Kit - free MSMQ command line tools released 2005-04-06

MSMQ MMC admin console lacks many features, especially when things go wrong. We are releasing few command line tools to help in such cases. They are mostly useful for poison messages.

MSMQ First Aid Kit - free download
 
QueueExplorer 1.0 - final version released 2005-04-01
http://www.cogin.com/mq/
 

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