Building applications for WebSphere MQ MQI clients

Applications can be built and run in WebSphere® MQ MQI client environment. The application must be built and linked to the WebSphere MQ MQI client used. The way in which applications are built and linked varies according to the platform and programming language used.

If an application is to run in a client environment, you can write it in the languages shown in the following table:

Table 1. Programming languages supported in client environments
Client platform C C++ COBOL pTAL RPG Visual Basic
AIX® Yes Yes Yes      
HP Integrity NonStop Server Yes   Yes Yes    
HP-UX Yes Yes Yes      
Linux® Yes Yes Yes      
Solaris Yes Yes Yes      
Windows Yes Yes Yes     Yes

See the related topics for instructions for linking or building client applications in these languages.