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OmegaBundle 2025
by Christian Schmitz 22 Sep '25

22 Sep '25

Hello everyone, OmegaBundle is back for summer 2025. https://www.omegabundle.net/ And keep an eye on the Xojo forums where we post updates to the OmegaBundle News thread. Greetings Christian — See you at the EngageU conference 9th to 11th November 2025 in Antwerpen, Belgium https://engageu.eu/

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[ANN] MonkeyBread Software Releases the MBS Xojo Plugins in version 25.4
by Christian Schmitz 09 Sep '25

09 Sep '25

Nickenich, Germany - (September 9th, 2025) -- Monkeybread Software today is pleased to announce MBS Xojo Plugins 25.4 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 83,000 documented features, and the versatile plugins have gained more new functions: Since C++ compilers support 128-bit integers, we added these as classes for Xojo: Use Int128MBS and UInt128MBS classes to calculate with huge numbers. If you need even more digits, check the LargeNumberMBS and BigNumberMBS classes. For macOS and iOS we started working on support for the StoreKit 2 framework from Apple to integrate it into Xojo. For this we add StoreKit2MBS module with all the methods. We bridge from the Swift based framework to C++ plugin code to Xojo with a modern implementation using asynchronous callbacks via delegates. Once implemented in your application on the Apple App Store, you can process in-app purchases. The older Store Kit classes continue to work fine. We updated our WebView2ControlMBS for Windows to handle favorite icons. Use the FaviconURI property to learn what is the current URL for the favorite icon. Implement the FaviconChanged event to learn when the website changes and a new icon is available. Use GetFavicon method to asynchronously load the icon to display. When running under macOS on an Apple Silicon based Mac, you can use MacProductSOCName and MacProductName methods in SystemInformationMBS module to query the product name and the system-on-chip name. For our MBS Xojo SQL Plugin, we got OLEDB: as a new prefix for SQLDatabaseMBS class. This allows you to pick the OLEDB connection type for Microsoft SQL Server directly. For SQLConnectionMBS class, please use the kOLEDBClient constant here. Alternatively you can still connect to SQL Server using the kSQLServerClient or SQLServer: prefix. With ODBC, OLEDB and native SQL Server interface, we have three ways to connect to your Microsoft SQL Server. For WMI queries, we updated the WMIObjectMBS class. Use the new functions to query properties with arrays directly. Previously we could only read array properties with strings. The SetupAWS method in CURLSMBS class can handle COPY and MOVE verbs to move or copy objects in AWS S3, we added beginAppearanceTransition and endAppearanceTransition methods to UIViewControllerMBS class for iOS. We added recursion limit for PythonMBS class, a SkipDeletedText property for WordFileMBS class and a performChangesAndWait method for PHPhotoLibraryMBS to may changes synchronously. Finally we updated DynaPDF to version 4.0.102.295, SQLAPI to version 5.4.0 and SQLite to version 3.50.4. See release notes for a complete list of changes: https://monkeybreadsoftware.de/xojo/newinversion254.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/ Get OmegaBundle which includes ChartDirector and DynaPDF Starter licenses. https://www.omegabundle.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 -- See you at the MBS Xojo conference in Andernach 22nd to 24th April 2026 https://www.monkeybreadsoftware.de/andernach

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[ANN] 25.4pr6
by Christian Schmitz 05 Sep '25

05 Sep '25

Hi, * Changed performChanges in PHPhotoLibraryMBS class to run change delegate on the helper thread. * Added performChangesAndWait method to PHPhotoLibraryMBS class. * Added kPDFTableResizeArea and kPDFTableArea constants to PDFViewMBS class. * Added MacProductSOCName and MacProductName to SystemInformationMBS module. New version will ship next Tuesday. Greetings Christian — See you at the EngageU conference 9th to 11th November 2025 in Antwerpen, Belgium https://engageu.eu/

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[ANN] 25.4pr3
by Christian Schmitz 19 Aug '25

19 Aug '25

Hi, * Added Int128MBS and UInt128MBS classes. * Updated SQLite to version 3.50.4. Greetings Christian — See you at the EngageU conference 9th to 11th November 2025 in Antwerpen, Belgium https://engageu.eu/

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[ANN] 25.4pr2
by Christian Schmitz 12 Aug '25

12 Aug '25

Hi, * Improved NSSearchFieldControlMBS control to make the willShowContextualMenu event work. * Added insertText method for NSResponderMBS class. * Fixed a bug in SystemInformationMBS.ProcessorCount function. * Improved GetProperty method in WMIObjectMBS class. * Added WMIObjectMBS GetPropertyBooleanArray, GetPropertyUInt64Array, GetPropertyInt64Array, GetPropertyUInt32Array, GetPropertyInt32Array, GetPropertyUInt8Array, GetPropertyInt8Array, GetPropertyUInt16Array, GetPropertyInt16Array, GetPropertyDoubleArray and GetPropertySingleArray methods to WMIObjectMBS class. * Added COPY and MOVE verbs for SetupAWS function in CURLSMBS class. * Improved Text in WordFileMBS class to skip a couple of node types. Greetings Christian — See you at the EngageU conference 9th to 11th November 2025 in Antwerpen, Belgium https://engageu.eu/

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Xojo pricing changes
by Christian Schmitz 21 Jul '25

21 Jul '25

Hello everyone, Xojo Inc. increases their prices. If you have a license, you may go and extend it for another a few years to get the old pricing. See blog post https://www.mbsplugins.de/archive/2025-07-21/Xojo_pricing_changes Greetings Christian — See you at the EngageU conference 9th to 11th November 2025 in Antwerpen, Belgium https://engageu.eu/

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CURL removes Secure Transport
by Christian Schmitz 16 Jul '25

16 Jul '25

Hello, Anyone using CURLSMBS or CURLNMBS classes on macOS with Secure Transport? Since CURL removes support for Secure Transport, we will deprecate CURLNMBS now and remove it later this year. Anyone using it, please move to CURLSMBS. There you can pick the backend dynamically in code. You can still pick Secure Transport there as well as Windows Secure Channel. Greetings Christian — See you at the EngageU conference 9th to 11th November 2025 in Antwerpen, Belgium https://engageu.eu/

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[ANN] MonkeyBread Software Releases the MBS Xojo Plugins in version 25.3
by Christian Schmitz 15 Jul '25

15 Jul '25

Nickenich, Germany - (July 15th, 2025) -- Monkeybread Software today is pleased to announce MBS Xojo Plugins 25.3 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 83,000 documented features, and the versatile plugins have gained more new functions: Use Sign in with Apple to get an user identifier without making your own. Show a button to sign in and receive an identifier for the account. Use ASAuthorizationControllerMBS class to manage the whole interaction. Enjoy text recognition in audio files using the whisper open source library. Check the WhisperMBS module to load the library, pass in audio data and receive recognized text. Asynchronous I/O allows you to have multiple read and write operations running simultaneously. Check the DispatchIOMBS class to use asynchronous I/O for macOS and iOS. For SQLite we got extensions to enable: Base64, CSV and uuid functions. For SQLite we add a DumpToStrings function to InternalSQLiteLibraryMBS class. In preparation for macOS Tahoe we added an isTahoe function for SystemInformationMBS. We added properties and methods for Tahoe to NSSliderMBS, NSViewMBS, NSControlMBS, NSScreenMBS and NSToolbarItemMBS classes. For Java we have functions to query the list of loaded classes in JavaVMMBS class. You can inspect the available methods and fields to dynamically call them. To handle pasteboard permissions on macOS, we got new methods for NSPasteboardMBS class to ask for access and check contents of the pasteboard before asking for permission. If you like creating certificates, you can use GenerateRootCertificate method with PKeyMBS class to create a root certificate. Then you use GenerateCertificateSigningRequest method to generate a certificate signing request. Then use SignCertificateSigning to sign the leaf certificate. We improved barcode recognition with Vision framework on macOS and iOS, we added a search button to find function on documentation website, added methods to NSPrintInfoMBS class to get/set/remove custom properties and you can pick active signing field for DynaPDF. Use bzip2 and zstd as filter for zip archives and check WindowDisplayAffinityMBS property on a window to disallow screen capture for it. Finally we updated the CURL library to version 8.14.1, DynaPDF to 4.0.102.292, LibArchive to 3.8.1, mongo-c-driver to 1.30.5, Saxon to 12.8, SQLAPI to 5.3.7, SQLite to 3.50.2, Xcode 16.4 and we updated the Unikey library to a newer version. See release notes for a complete list of changes: https://monkeybreadsoftware.de/xojo/newinversion253.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/ Get OmegaBundle which includes ChartDirector and DynaPDF Starter licenses. https://www.omegabundle.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 -- See you at the MBS Xojo conference in Andernach 22nd to 24th April 2026 https://www.monkeybreadsoftware.de/andernach

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[ANN] 25.3pr7
by Christian Schmitz 10 Jul '25

10 Jul '25

Hi, * Updated DynaPDF to version 4.0.102.291. * Changed WKPolicyForNavigationResponseDecisionHandlerMBS and WKPolicyForNavigationActionDecisionHandlerMBS to call Allow if developer missed to do so. * Added Decided and DefaultPolicy properties to WKPolicyForNavigationActionDecisionHandlerMBS and WKPolicyForNavigationResponseDecisionHandlerMBS class. New version will ship next Tuesday. Greetings Christian — See you at the EngageU conference 9th to 11th November 2025 in Antwerpen, Belgium https://engageu.eu/

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[ANN] 25.3pr6
by Christian Schmitz 07 Jul '25

07 Jul '25

Hi, * Fixed compilation issue for console projects with ASAuthorizationAppleIDButtonMBS class (broken in pr5). * Changed NextHeader in ArchiveReaderMBS class to return entry object, even if a warning is issued. * Added Description property to VNRequestMBS and VNObservationMBS classes. * Updated Saxon library to version 12.8. * Changed NSControlMBS class to pass editor as variant to avoid dependency between NSControl and NSText plugin parts. * Added a search button to find function on documentation website. Greetings Christian — See you at the EngageU conference 9th to 11th November 2025 in Antwerpen, Belgium https://engageu.eu/

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