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[ANN] MonkeyBread Software Releases the MBS Xojo Plugins in version 25.2
by Christian Schmitz 05 May '25

05 May '25

Nickenich, Germany - (May 6th, 2025) -- Monkeybread Software today is pleased to announce MBS Xojo Plugins 25.2 for macOS, Linux and Windows, the latest update to their product that is easily the most powerful plugin collection currently available for Xojo. MBS Xojo Plugins have been updated and now includes over 3000 classes and 82,000 documented features, and the versatile plugins have gained more new functions: Our Integration of the Saxon XML processing library into Xojo completed with the Saxon 12.6 release. You can use XSLT 3.0 for transformations, XQuery 3.1 for queries, XSD 1.1 for document validation and XPath 3.1 for navigation within documents. We improved our MongoDB integration with adding grid fiel classes around MongoGridFSMBS class. It allows you to store files in a database inside records. For Windows we add WindowsDecompressorMBS and WindowsCompressorMBS classes to use built-in compression and decompression functionality. We added more methods and events to WinSparkleMBS class to do in-app updates. Since we got more threading in Xojo, we found a need for atomic integers, flags and a queue or stack. The AtomicIntegerMBS class allows you to have a value to read and write atomically from multiple threads. Similar the AtomicFlagMBS can be used to with multiple threads. And the AtomicQueueMBS can be used as a queue with threads to manage jobs as well as serving as a thread safe stack. On macOS you can use VNGeneratePersonInstanceMaskRequestMBS and VNGenerateForegroundInstanceMaskRequestMBS to identify a person or object in an image and get a mask for it. We added the XLTableMBS class to define styled tables in an Excel files. New methods help to add a table and find tables by name or index. For DynaPDF we have a new DynaPDFRenderJobMBS class to perform rendering pages in a background thread. This keeps the main thread free while you receive events for page pictures. The DynaPDF class can now incrementally update PDF documents and better handle big TIFF images. We improved CFBinaryDataMBS class to include new methods to get data pointer. Use the base64 encode or decode methods or the compression methods to use built-in compression on macOS and iOS. Use CountValueMBS method to count values in an array quickly, we added a present method to AVPlayerViewControllerMBS class to show it right away and we added an execution time limit to JSContextMBS class. Finally we updated the CURL library to version 8.13.0, DynaPDF to 4.0.100.285, expat to 2.7.1, libarchive to 3.7.9, LibXL to 4.6, Saxon to 12.6 and SQLAPI to 5.3.6. See release notes for a complete list of changes: https://monkeybreadsoftware.de/xojo/newinversion252.shtml If you have questions, please don't hesitate to contact us. The plug-ins requires Xojo 2017 release 3 and newer. While all plug-in parts compile on macOS, Linux and Windows, each function may depend on additional system requirements to work successfully. Only used plugin parts of plugins are added to your application. Plugin licenses are available for components or for the complete collection. Please visit the website store for prices and join us on the next conferences to ask questions in person. The plugins can be downloaded on MBS' website as one big package or several smaller ones: https://monkeybreadsoftware.de/xojo/plugins.shtml The online documentation can be found here: https://monkeybreadsoftware.net/ 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 2000-2025 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. Xojo is a trademark of Xojo, Inc. Other trademarks and registered trademarks may be the property of their respective owners. Greetings Christian Schmitz Monkeybread Software

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[ANN] 25.2pr7
by Christian Schmitz 30 Apr '25

30 Apr '25

Hi, * Updated DynaPDF to version 4.0.100.285. * Added krfPremulAlpha constant to DynaPDFRasterImageMBS class. * Added ShouldTerminate event and SetExecutionTimeLimit method to JSContextMBS class. Greetings Christian — See you at the EngageU conference 9th to 11th November 2025 in Antwerpen, Belgium https://engageu.eu/

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[ANN] 25.2pr6
by Christian Schmitz 25 Apr '25

25 Apr '25

Hi, * Added string variation for CountValueMBS for arrays to count how often a given value is in the array. * Fixed formatting with links not being able to disabled, broken in earlier pr. * Fixed a problem with linux and endless loop with BeginLayer function in DynaPDFParseInterfaceMBS class. * Added PopFirst and PopLast in AtomicQueueMBS class. * Fixed a few memory leaks in AtomicQueueMBS class. * Added Operator_Compare method to AtomicQueueMBS class. * Fixed some memory leaks in AUPlayerMBS class. A few more bug fixed and we may release 25.2 on 6th May. Greetings Christian — See you at the EngageU conference 9th to 11th November 2025 in Antwerpen, Belgium https://engageu.eu/

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[ANN] Xojo Conference planning
by Christian Schmitz 22 Apr '25

22 Apr '25

Hello everyone, We wonder if we should organize another Xojo conference. Read more in blog: https://www.mbsplugins.de/archive/2025-04-22/Xojo_Conference_planning/monke… Or on the forum: https://forum.xojo.com/t/xojo-conference-planning/85088 Greetings Christian — See you at the EngageU conference 9th to 11th November 2025 in Antwerpen, Belgium https://engageu.eu/

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[ANN] 25.2pr5
by Christian Schmitz 22 Apr '25

22 Apr '25

Hi, * Added WindowsDecompressorMBS and WindowsCompressorMBS classes. * Added constructor to CFBinaryDataMBS class to take ptr and size. * Added Data property to get ptr for CFBinaryDataMBS object. * Added compressedDataUsingAlgorithm and decompressedDataUsingAlgorithm methods to CFBinaryDataMBS class for LZ4, LZFSE, LZMA and ZLib. * Added base64EncodedData and base64DecodedData methods to CFBinaryDataMBS class. * Fixed exception in NSKeyValueObserverMBS class if no event is defined. * Fixed a memory leak in observedValueForKeyPathChanged event in NSKeyValueObserverMBS class. * Added AtomicIntegerMBS class. * Added AtomicQueueMBS class. * Added AtomicFlagMBS class. * Added FilterSwissQRCode method to BarcodeGeneratorMBS class. * Added more events and methods for WinSparkleMBS class. * Improved operators for right side add, sub, mul and div for BigNumberMBS class. Greetings Christian — See you at the EngageU conference 9th to 11th November 2025 in Antwerpen, Belgium https://engageu.eu/

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Birthday sale ends 30th April
by Christian Schmitz 22 Apr '25

22 Apr '25

Hello, You may have seen the blog posts about our 25 year celebration. If anyone needs a new license, you can still use the coupon code Birthday in our web shop. Valid until end of April. Greetings Christian — See you at the EngageU conference 9th to 11th November 2025 in Antwerpen, Belgium https://engageu.eu/

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[ANN] Priority Support
by Christian Schmitz 21 Apr '25

21 Apr '25

Hello everyone, We got asked by clients for support contracts or options. In general we offer support to all our clients at a best effort level. You know, as time permits. Usually that tends to be within minutes or hours when someone is in the office. But sometimes when traveling, vacation, holidays or similar, there is a delay. And some more complex support requests may take days until we get an answer. Our clients in general appreciate our responsiveness. We get praises about having a very complete documentation and functions working as advertised or documented. Since we got asked, we will introduce a priority support level. If you get priority support for a fee, we make sure your support requests are flagged as important and answered quicker. Usually this may not make a difference, except when time for support is tight and we have to pick who to answer first. Our priority support comes in two variants. General MBS Plugin support and separated DynaPDF support. And if you order priority support for DynaPDF, we include the priority support from DynaForms with 24h reaction time and 7 days fix time. Beside standard or priority support, there is also paid support available. Some clients prefer to pay by the hour to get their problems resolved or a helping hand implementing a plugin feature. We'll see how well this is received and appreciated. Let us know if you have a question. Greetings Christian — See you at the next Xojo conference!

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[ANN] 25.2pr4
by Christian Schmitz 16 Apr '25

16 Apr '25

Hi, * Updated DynaPDF to version 4.0.99.284. * Fixed ReadFileMBS function, broken in 25.2pr1. * Fixed Compression plugin, which missed a linux part for LZW in pr3. And we changed our package tool to check plugin archives to prevent this in future. * Changed OptionFollowLocation property in CURLSMBS class to be integer instead of boolean since you can now use flags there to specify the behavior. * Updated CURL library to version 8.13.0. * Added OptionTCPKeepCount and OptionUploadFlags properties for CURLSMBS class and related constants. * Added CountValueMBS for arrays to count how often a given value is in the array. * Removed BackgroundThreadMBS class. Greetings Christian — See you at the EngageU conference 9th to 11th November 2025 in Antwerpen, Belgium https://engageu.eu/

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[ANN] 25.2pr3
by Christian Schmitz 10 Apr '25

10 Apr '25

Hi, * Updated DynaPDF to version 4.0.99.283. * Rewrote parts of CalculateTOTPMBS, broken with Xcode upgrade. * Fixed BOF of RecordSet when used with our SQLDatabaseMBS class to report BOF = true on the first row of the result set. * Added kifmBigTIFF and kif2IncrementalUpd constants to DynaPDFMBS class. * Updated SQLAPI to version 5.3.6. * Added VNGeneratePersonInstanceMaskRequestMBS, VNGenerateForegroundInstanceMaskRequestMBS and VNInstanceMaskObservationMBS classes. Greetings Christian — See you at the EngageU conference 9th to 11th November 2025 in Antwerpen, Belgium https://engageu.eu/

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[ANN] 25.2pr2
by Christian Schmitz 06 Apr '25

06 Apr '25

Hi, * Updated to Xcode 16.3 with the newer clang and stdc++ library. * Updated LibXL to version 4.6. * Added XLTableMBS class. * Added AddTable, ApplyFilter, SetBorder, TableByIndex and TableByName methods to XLSheetMBS class. * Fixed a bug in DuckDB client for our SQL Plugin. Greetings Christian — See you at the EngageU conference 9th to 11th November 2025 in Antwerpen, Belgium https://engageu.eu/

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