1.1 Quick Start - jmstoolbox/jmstoolbox GitHub Wiki

Installing JMSToolBox

Unzip the package, downloaded from https://github.com/jmstoolbox/jmstoolbox/releases, to a directory of your choice
Latests versions are bundled with a JRE, Previous ones not using a windows version requires a JRE (v11 or v17) to be present on the running path

JMSTool keeps all its configuration data under the "<user>\.jtb" directory

Updating JMSToolBox

To update JMSToolBox, simply delete the "JMSToolBox" directory created by the unzip and do a new installation. The configuration files will be kept intact.

Uninstalling JMSToolBox

To uninstall JMSToolBox, remove both the directory created by the unzip and also the "<user>\.jtb" directory

Configuring a Queue Provider

In order to access a specific Queue Provider, it is necessary to have the jars for this Queue manager Usually, if those jars can be freely distributed, they are included with JMSToolBox For the others, for legal reasons, necessary jars are not bundled with JMSToolBox and you must provide them to JMSToolBox to access the Q Provider

To configure a Queue provider:

start JMSToolBox
open the "Q Managers" tab
double click on the Queue Provider to configure
add the jars to the list of jars. The "help" icon will give you an idea of what jars to add and how to set the properties of the session
Save -> JMSToolBox : will restart

Configuring a Session

Menu File/New Session..., choose the Q Provider and specify the various parameters. Use the help icon for more information
Double click on the session, the list of queues and topics should appear...