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[ANN] Three weeks till year's end
by Christian Schmitz 12 Dec '23

12 Dec '23

Hello, The year 2023 will end in less than three weeks. Do you need some more licenses? * You can order licenses for 2024 or later and have invoice, delivery and payment done in 2023. This way you secure the current pricing and the possibility to keep upgradeability for older licenses. * And of course you can order updates for several years in advance for all your MBS products. * As all DynaPDF plugin licenses are per developer, you should check if you got a new developer in your team this year and adjust licenses to match team size. * For MBS FileMaker Plugin please check if you have enough license for the number of seats or servers you have in use. * For LibXL you can check if you like to upgrade from individual developer licenses to the Enterprise level. We can assist and may apply a special upgrade price. If you upgrade to unlimited seats or servers, the plugin won't need to check the usage counts. Especially if you run on a budget and you want to spend some money in the old year, you can buy updates for several years in advance. If you need help to decide what FileMaker or plugin license you need, we may be able to assist you. Sincerely Christian -- Read our blog about news on our plugins: http://www.mbsplugins.de/

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[ANN] 13.6pr2
by Christian Schmitz 07 Dec '23

07 Dec '23

Hi, * Added Math.Random.ExponentialDistribution, Math.Random.NormalDistribution and Math.Random.PoissonDistribution functions. * Updated to LCMS 2.16. * Added Command-Shift-G for find bar to find previous match. * Updated CURL to version 8.5.0. Best regards, Christian -- Read our blog about news on our plugins: http://www.mbsplugins.de/

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[ANN] 13.6pr1
by Christian Schmitz 01 Dec '23

01 Dec '23

Hi, Let's start a new round for MBS Plugin development: * Updated DynaPDF to version 4.0.81.236. * Updated SQLAPI to version 5.3. * Added FullyQualifiedFieldName as new field for DynaPDF.GetFieldAsJSON and DynaPDF.GetFieldAsJSON results. * Added DynaPDF.GetFullyQualifiedFieldName function. * Fixed WebView.InstallUserMediaAccess to not return error when called a second time. * Added flags for List.BestMatch and QuickList.BestMatch to use Jaro-Winkler distance optionally and optionally return list of top 5. * Added Command-Option-Cursor key shortcuts for relationship graph on macOS to align items. * Added Command-Option-Shift-Cursor key shortcuts for relationship graph on macOS to resize items to smallest/biggest size. * Fixed ListDialog functions to not use column widths if you have only one column. * Fixed copy variables command to not limit it to 500 lines. * Improved script coloring to better read script lines. * Added caching for variable check to improve performance for longer scripts. * Fixed an endless loop in JSON.Search function with a bad query. Now propergates the error properly. * Implemented Time.Parse for Windows. * Improved animation for ProgressDialog functions on macOS. * Fixed an issue with auto completing underscore prefixed local variables. * Added Phidget.DisableServerDiscovery and Phidget.EnableServerDiscovery functions. * Added SyntaxColoring.GetCodeFoldingEnabled and SyntaxColoring.SetCodeFoldingEnabled function. * Added List.Shuffle and QuickList.Shuffle functions. * Improved performance for newer JSON functions. * Fixed AppleScript.Compile to clear last error for AppleScript.LastErrorMessage function. * Updated for future FileMaker version. * Updated openssl library to version 3.1.4. * Removed support for Claris Pro/Server. * Updated to LCMS 2.16fc1. * Improved format button to handle <=, >= and <> correctly. But you can also use ≤, ≥ or ≠ of course. * Enabled Folders.UserDownloads to work in iOS. * Fixed a problem in Matrix.CopyRow when using row names. * Added Matrix.IndexOfFirstValueMatching function. * Updated SQLite to version 3.44.1. * Added DynaPDF parser functions: DynaPDF.Parser.ChangeAltFont, DynaPDF.Parser.Create, DynaPDF.Parser.DeleteText, DynaPDF.Parser.ExtractText, DynaPDF.Parser.FindText, DynaPDF.Parser.Line, DynaPDF.Parser.ParsePage, DynaPDF.Parser.ReplaceSelText, DynaPDF.Parser.SetAltFont, DynaPDF.Parser.TextMatrix, DynaPDF.Parser.WriteToPage. * Added JSON.JSONPatch.ApplyPatch, JSON.JSONPatch.FromDiff, JSON.MergePatch.ApplyPatch and JSON.MergePatch.FromDiff functions. * Added CNContactStore.ContactsMatchingURL function. * Added FM.SQL.ToMatrix function. * Fixed an edge case with Path.LastPathComponent to return last path name, even if a slash is on the end of the path. * Added command-J to format text as JSON in a text view, e.g. in data viewer result. * Fixed CURL.SetupAWS and CURL.SetupOAuth to reset NoBody flag if new transfer is not head. * Fixed DynaPDF field functions to try different field structure sizes, if the DynaPDF DLL is much newer/older than our plugin and prevent errors about different structure sizes. * Improved XL functions for form controls to take name of control in addition to index. * Added XL.FormControl.JSON function. Download at https://www.monkeybreadsoftware.com/filemaker/files/Prerelease/ or ask for being added to the DropBox shared folder. Please also go to the FM Soup forum and setup "Watching First Post" for the MBS category, so you get an email when I start my pre-release topic. Then once you see that, please put the topic on watching, so you get an email for every new posting from me. https://the.fmsoup.org/c/plugins/mbs-plugins/58 Best regards, Christian -- Read our blog about news on our plugins: http://www.mbsplugins.de/

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[ANN] Black Friday & Cyber Monday Sales 2023
by Christian Schmitz 23 Nov '23

23 Nov '23

Hello everyone, Black Friday & Cyber Monday Sales 20% off on all new MBS, DynaPDF and LibXL licenses until the 28th November 2023. Get your new FileMaker or Xojo plugin license today with the coupon code BlackFriday. See https://monkeybreadsoftware.de/filemaker/pricing This offer expires 28th November 2023. Whether you like to renew an older expired license or you need a new license, we welcome you back to use current plugins. Regular updates are usually 50% off already, so they are not included in the sale. Sincerely Christian -- Read our blog about news on our plugins: http://www.mbsplugins.de/

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[ANN] FileMaker 2023, version 20.3 and MBS Plugin
by Christian Schmitz 20 Nov '23

20 Nov '23

Hello everyone, Claris released FileMaker 2023 in version 20.3.1. You get better layout calculations, better performance, the new FMDeveloperTool command line tool and HTTPS tunneling for easier cooperate deployment. FileMaker is compatible to macOS Sonoma with some known issues and you may enjoy a few bug fixes. But please read details in the release notes: Announcement https://community.claris.com/en/s/group/0F90H000000Xx78/claris-product-anno… FileMaker Pro 20.3.1 release notes https://help.claris.com/en/pro-release-notes/content/index.html FileMaker Go 20.3.1 release notes https://help.claris.com/en/go-release-notes/content/index.html FileMaker Server 20.3.1 release notes https://help.claris.com/en/server-release-notes/content/index.html You can download it on the ESD website. The link is in the license email from Claris. For MBS Plugin, just make sure you have a 13.x version. We fixed a few minor things over the beta test period, so recommended version is 13.5. Older versions may not work and even crash, so please upgrade the plugin before you upgrade users to the new version. Best regards, Christian -- Read our blog about news on our plugins: http://www.mbsplugins.de/

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Version check warning
by Christian Schmitz 10 Nov '23

10 Nov '23

Hello, Seems like the Windows version reports itself as 13.5.0.07, while the others have 13.5.0.08. Sorry for this mismatch. If you automatically update plugin, you could change your version comparison to not be as strict and check for >= "13.5.0.07" instead of = "13.5.0.08" here. Or better MBS( "VersionAutoUpdate" ) >= 13050007 which avoids trouble with dots in the number. Best regards, Christian -- Read our blog about news on our plugins: http://www.mbsplugins.de/

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[ANN] MBS Plugin 13.5 for Claris FileMaker - More than 7200 Functions In One Plugin
by Christian Schmitz 07 Nov '23

07 Nov '23

[ANN] MBS Plugin 13.5 for Claris FileMaker - More than 7200 Functions In One Plugin Nickenich, Germany - (November 7th, 2023) -- Monkeybread Software today is pleased to announce MBS Plugin 13.5 for Claris FileMaker for macOS, iOS, Linux and Windows, the latest update to their product that is easily the most powerful plugin currently available for Claris FileMaker produce line. As the leading database management solution for Windows, macOS, iOS and the web, the Claris FileMaker Pro Integrated Development Environment supports a plugin architecture that can easily extend the feature set of the application. MBS FileMaker Plugin 13.5 has been updated and now includes over 7200 different functions, and the versatile plugin has gained more new functions: To help with JSON processing, we have JSON functions to search, replace and query. Use JSON.Query function for JSON Path queries and JSON.Replace to replace found values with new values. Use JSON.Search to perform JMESPath queries in FileMaker. Our ListDialog functions can show check boxes in the dialog. Turn them on with ListDialog.SetShowCheckboxes function, mark a few rows a pre-checked before showing the dialog. When the dialog finished, you can query checked entries. Combine this feature with our filter field to find various items and check them all. The DynaPDF library can create PDF/A documents in versions 4, 4e and 4f and we improved our DynaPDF.CheckConformance and DynaPDF.SetPDFVersion functions for this. For DynaPDF.SetGStateFlags we added the SkaleAnnotIcons flag and we added DynaPDF.CreateGeospatialMeasure function. We added Phidget functions in the last version. We rewrote the script trigger handling to work better for events happening quickly. To clear an event trigger, please use Phidget.ClearScriptTrigger function. For macOS we added a format button to calculation dialog. This takes the current formula, parses it and produces a new formatted version. Please try and report edge cases. You can use Command-Shift-F to go to the replace field for the find panel in a calculation. Press Command-Option-Shift-C to copy the current formula as html. If you enjoy our URL recognition for Script Workspace on macOS, you can use goto: and field: URLs there. Clicking on the URL button for a goto: URL jumps to a line in the script while clicking on a script: URL jumps to a different script. When checking variable names in the Script Workspace on macOS, you can declare new variables with a comment before a Let statement to tell our plugin about the new variables. For Windows we have the Window.AddToTaskbar and Window.RemoveFromTaskbar functions to hide windows from the taskbar if needed. We improved the use of our WindowsOCR functions for server. Since MacOS Sonoma introduces reactions for video recording, you can configure this via AVRecorder functions. When running on macOS 14 or iOS 17, your application can check for effect availability and beside gesture also run effects via script via AVRecorder.PerformEffectForReaction function. We added a MongoDB Audit sample database to the examples. For linux we use the more secure libc functions. Use Matrix.Lookup to look for a value in a matrix with a fallback to a default value, use the Text.TextToHTML function to convert styled text to html including highlighted ranges and use XML.Import with new flags to skip UUID fields or ignore duplicate primary key errors. Finally we updated CURL library to version 8.4.0, DynaPDF to 4.0.80.232, SQLAPI to 5.2.6 and SQLite to 3.44.0 and Xcode to version 15.0. See release notes for a complete list of changes: https://monkeybreadsoftware.com/filemaker/releasenotes135.shtml More details in the release notes. Please take the time to check our 600 example databases and check where you can use our plugin features in your solutions. System Requirements: * macOS 10.13 or later * Windows 8 and newer * FileMaker Pro 7 to 20.2 * FileMaker iOS SDK * FileMaker Server for Linux, Windows or macOS * Claris Pro * Claris Server Pricing and Availability: MBS FileMaker Plugin is available directly from the MonkeyBread Software website with licenses starting at just $149 USD. You can just download and try the plugin without a license or request a trail license. Not all functions are available in all platforms, please check specifications. Please join us on the next conferences and visit our booth. Monkeybread Software Website https://monkeybreadsoftware.com/filemaker/ Documentation: https://mbsplugins.eu/ Release notes: https://monkeybreadsoftware.com/filemaker/releasenotes.shtml Located in beautiful Nickenich, Germany, MonkeyBread Software is a privately held company founded in 2000 by Christian Schmitz. MonkeyBread Software focuses on the Macintosh, Linux and Windows platforms. With over twenty years as a software developer, Christian's aim is developing unique and useful utilities, complemented by first-class customer support. Copyright 2000-2023 Christian Schmitz Software GmbH. MonkeyBread Software is a registered trademark of Christian Schmitz, Nickenich. All Rights Reserved. Apple, and the Apple logo are registered trademarks of Apple Computer in the U.S. and/or other countries. FileMaker Pro and FileMaker are trademarks of Claris International, Inc. Other trademarks and registered trademarks may be the property of their respective owners. Greetings Christian Schmitz Monkeybread Software

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[ANN] Neues MBS Plugin 13.5 für Claris FileMaker - Über 7200 Funktionen in einem Plugin
by Christian Schmitz 07 Nov '23

07 Nov '23

7. November 2023 - Monkeybread Software veröffentlicht heute das MBS Plugin für Claris FileMaker in Version 13.5, mit inzwischen über 7200 Funktionen eines der größten FileMaker Plugins überhaupt. Hier einige der Neuerungen: Um die JSON-Verarbeitung zu erleichtern, haben wir JSON-Funktionen zum Suchen, Ersetzen und Abfragen. Verwenden Sie die Funktion JSON.Query für JSON-Pfadabfragen und JSON.Replace, um gefundene Werte durch neue Werte zu ersetzen. Verwenden Sie JSON.Search, um JMESPath-Abfragen in FileMaker durchzuführen. Unsere ListDialog-Funktionen können Checkboxen im Dialog anzeigen. Schalten Sie sie mit der Funktion ListDialog.SetShowCheckboxes ein, markieren Sie einige Zeilen als angekreuzt, bevor Sie den Dialog anzeigen. Wenn der Dialog beendet ist, können Sie die angekreuzten Einträge abfragen. Kombinieren Sie diese Funktion mit unserem Filterfeld, um verschiedene Einträge zu finden und sie anzuklicken. Die DynaPDF Bibliothek kann PDF/A Dokumente in den Versionen 4, 4e und 4f erzeugen und wir haben unsere DynaPDF.CheckConformance und DynaPDF.SetPDFVersion Funktionen dafür angepasst. Für DynaPDF.SetGStateFlags haben wir das SkaleAnnotIcons Flag hinzugefügt und wir haben eine neue DynaPDF.CreateGeospatialMeasure Funktion. Wir haben in der letzten Version Phidget-Funktionen hinzugefügt. Wir haben die Handhabung von Skript-Triggern überarbeitet, damit sie bei schnell auftretenden Ereignissen besser funktionieren. Um einen Script Trigger zu löschen, verwenden Sie bitte die Funktion Phidget.ClearScriptTrigger. Für macOS haben wir dem Berechnungsdialog eine Schaltfläche zum Formatieren hinzugefügt. Diese nimmt die aktuelle Formel, analysiert sie und erzeugt eine neue formatierte Version. Bitte probieren Sie es aus und melden Sie Sonderfälle. Sie können Befehl-Umschalt-F verwenden, um zum Ersetzen-Feld für das Suchfeld in einer Formel zu wechseln. Drücken Sie Befehl-Option-Umschalt-C, um die aktuelle Formel als html zu kopieren. Wenn Ihnen unsere URL-Erkennung für Script Workspace unter macOS gefällt, können Sie goto: und field: URLs dort verwenden. Mit einem Klick auf die URL-Schaltfläche für eine goto: URL springen Sie zu einer Zeile im Skript, während ein Klick auf eine Skript: URL springen Sie zu einem anderen Skript. Bei der Überprüfung von Variablennamen im Skriptarbeitsbereich unter macOS können Sie neue Variablen mit einem Kommentar vor einer Let-Anweisung deklarieren, um unser Plugin über die neuen Variablen zu informieren. Für Windows gibt es die Funktionen Window.AddToTaskbar und Window.RemoveFromTaskbar, um bei Bedarf Fenster aus der Taskleiste auszublenden. Wir haben die Verwendung unserer WindowsOCR-Funktionen für den Server verbessert. Da MacOS Sonoma Reaktionen für Videoaufnahmen einführt, können Sie diese über unsere AVRecorder-Funktionen konfigurieren. Unter macOS 14 oder iOS 17 kann Ihre Anwendung die Verfügbarkeit von Effekten prüfen und neben der Geste auch Effekte per Skript über die Funktion AVRecorder.PerformEffectForReaction ausführen. Wir haben eine MongoDB Audit-Beispieldatenbank zu den Beispielen hinzugefügt. Für Linux verwenden wir die sichereren libc-Funktionen. Verwenden Sie Matrix.Lookup, um nach einem Wert in einer Matrix mit einem Fallback auf einen Standardwert zu suchen, verwenden Sie die Funktion Text.TextToHTML, um gestylten Text in HTML zu konvertieren, einschließlich hervorgehobener Bereichen, und verwenden Sie XML.Import mit neuen Flags, um UUID-Felder zu überspringen oder doppelte Primärschlüssel zu ignorieren. Schließlich haben wir die CURL-Bibliothek auf Version 8.4.0, DynaPDF auf 4.0.80.232, SQLAPI auf 5.2.6 und SQLite auf 3.44.0 und Xcode auf Version 15.0 aktualisiert. Alle Änderungen in den Release Notes: https://monkeybreadsoftware.com/filemaker/releasenotes135.shtml Mehr Details zu den Änderungen finden Sie in den Release Notes. Nehmen Sie sich ruhig einmal die Zeit das Plugin näher anzuschauen. Probieren Sie die über 600 Beispieldatenbanken und überlegen Sie einmal, wo Sie welche Funktion in ihren Lösungen einbauen können. Systemvorraussetzungen: * macOS 10.13 oder neuer * Windows 8 und neuer * FileMaker Pro 7 bis 20.2 * FileMaker iOS SDK * FileMaker Server für Linux, Windows oder macOS * Claris Pro * Claris Server Lizenzen gibt es ab 119 Euro (zuzüglich MWSt) direkt auf unserer Webseite. Sie können die Plugins gerne ohne Lizenz einmal testen oder eine Trial Lizenz anfordern. Bei Fragen können Sie sich gerne auf Deutsch oder Englisch an uns wenden, per Email oder Telefon. Gerne können Sie auch auf einem FileMaker Stammtisch oder auf einer der nächsten FileMaker Konferenzen mehr erfahren. Mehr Informationen auf unserer Webseite: https://monkeybreadsoftware.com/filemaker/ Dokumentation: https://mbsplugins.eu/ Release Notes: https://monkeybreadsoftware.com/filemaker/releasenotes.shtml Mit freundlichen Grüßen Christian Schmitz Monkeybread Software

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[ANN] 13.5pr7
by Christian Schmitz 01 Nov '23

01 Nov '23

Hi, * Added Window.AddToTaskbar and Window.RemoveFromTaskbar function. * Fixed XML.Import.ErrorCount and XML.Import.Errors to work better. * Added new flags 512 to ignore duplicates (with FileMaker's validation) and 1024 to not create UUID fields to XML.Import and JSON.Import functions. * Improved syntax coloring to recognize variable names in calculation comments, if a comment color and variable color is defined. * Fixed an exception in syntax coloring for empty texts. * Added Files.IsApplication and Files.IsPackage functions. * Added IsApplication and IsPackage for Files.ListAsJSON function. * Added /* in addition to // for variable detection before Let. * Added goto: and script: for comment URLs in script workspace to quickly jump to lines or scripts. * Enabled WindowsOCR functions for server usage. * Enabled support for WebP pictures to GraphicsMagick functions for macOS ARM target. * Improved IKDeviceBrowserPanel.Show and IKScannerDevicePanel.Show functions to internally call ImageCapture.Initialize if needed. Best regards, Christian -- Read our blog about news on our plugins: http://www.mbsplugins.de/

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[ANN] 13.5pr6
by Christian Schmitz 26 Oct '23

26 Oct '23

Hi, * Added functions to work with reaction effects on macOS 14 and iOS 17 with AVRecorder: AVRecorder.AvailableReactionTypes, AVRecorder.CanPerformReactionEffects, AVRecorder.PerformEffectForReaction, AVRecorder.ReactionEffectGesturesEnabled and AVRecorder.ReactionEffectsEnabled functions. * Fixed Files.ListAsJSON function to filter not filter invisible files on macOS without asked to do that. * Fixed error message for Text.FileExtensionToMimeType function. * Fixed problem with ListDialog functions on Windows * Changed DynaPDF.Table.SetFont to have Style, Embed and CodePage parameters be optional with default style, embed = 1 and CodePage = Unicode. * Fixed a problem with AVRecorder.AddPreviewWithControl and AVRecorder.StartRecording functions when they returned OK instead of the error. * Fixed a problem with AVRecorder.AddPreviewWithControl picking wrong window if layout and window had same name. * Improved variable check to recognize // @var $test or similar in front of Let statements to define new variables in a comment. Works with @constant, @variable or @parameter like normal comments and with multiple variables. * Fixed Shell.Terminate for Windows to work better. Best regards, Christian -- Read our blog about news on our plugins: http://www.mbsplugins.de/

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