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[ANN] 25.2pr1
by Christian Schmitz 01 Apr '25

01 Apr '25

Hi, Let's start a new round for MBS Plugin development: * Added AbortProc and an event processing loop to DynaPDF printing to help with updating a progress dialog. * Added DynaPDFRenderJobMBS class. * Added MongoStreamMBS, MongoGridFSFileMBS, MongoGridFSFileListMBS, MongoGridFSFileOptionsMBS and MongoGridFSMBS classes. * Added more properties to PythonMBS class to query time and library information. * Added Present method to AVPlayerViewControllerMBS class. * Added Recipients and Files functions to MapiMessageMBS class. * Fixed a memory leak in ChromiumCookieManagerMBS' destructor for one of the Chromium versions. * Fixed a problem with an integer overflow in RegisterClipboardFormat function in WindowsClipboardMBS class. * Fixed SSH2 library for Windows to use OpenSSL instead of Windows API again. Broken in last release. * Fixed UnzipMBS classes handling of password protected zip archives, broken since 25.0. * Fixed WindowsSharePanelMBS' constructor to be not marked as private. * Improved Records function in MongoCursorMBS class to not raise exception if there is data. * Updated DynaPDF to version 4.0.98.281. * Updated expat library to version 2.7.1. * Updated libarchive to version 3.7.9. * Updated Saxon library to 12.5.1 pre-release. Download at https://www.monkeybreadsoftware.de/xojo/download/plugin/Prerelease/ or ask for being added to the DropBox shared folder. New functions here: https://www.monkeybreadsoftware.net/newinversion252.shtml 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 25.1
by Christian Schmitz 11 Mar '25

11 Mar '25

Nickenich, Germany - (March 11th, 2025) -- Monkeybread Software today is pleased to announce MBS Xojo Plugins 25.1 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: We have our Bonjour classes for macOS, iOS and Windows to find computers on the local network by publishing and browsing for services. For Linux we use Avahi library and there we added new AvahiAddressResolverMBS, AvahiEntryGroupMBS, AvahiHostNameResolverMBS and AvahiRecordBrowserMBS classes to publish and find services. You may have a linux service running on a Raspberry Pi, which can then by a desktop application on macOS, Windows or Linux or an iOS application. For Windows we have a set of classes to query diagnostic information about application and system memory, disk and CPU usage. The WindowsPowerManagerMBS class allows you to query battery status and get events for updates. Use the WindowsSharePanelMBS class to share files to contacts using the Windows share sheet. The WindowsAVIWriteMBS class helps to write AVI files from pictures. The AVPlayerViewControllerMBS class for iOS is great to play fullscreen video. With the AVPlayerViewControllerControlMBS control we have a way to use it for videos playing on a screen. You can use PHPickerMBS to show a window for the user to pick photos from his library without your application requiring permissions to do so. With the PHPickerControlMBS control, you can embed this picker in your own window. For PHPhotoLibraryMBS we added methods to ask for permissions with level, so you can ask for add-only access instead of asking for full access. If you have multiple Python installations, you can use AddSysPath method to point to the directory where to find libraries. On macOS and iOS you can use Genmojis with the NSAdaptiveImageGlyphMBS class. We can render images using NSAdaptiveImageGlyphImageMBS class. You can use supportsAdaptiveImageGlyph property on NSTextViewMBS or WKWebViewConfigurationMBS classes to enable Genmojis support. When you send emails using CURLEmailMBS class, you can decide to use 8bit encoding instead of quoted printable. The ECKeyMBS class got ES256 sign and verify functions. For arrays we have a ReverseMBS function in addition to more variants for CopyMBS and AddMBS array methods. The CURL feature for MQTT can keep the connection alive. Updated avahi library, CURL to 8.12.1, DynaPDF to 4.0.98.278, jsoncons to 1.3.0, lcms to 2.17, OpenSSL to 3.3.3, png to 1.6.47 and SQLite to version 3.49.1. See release notes for a complete list of changes: https://monkeybreadsoftware.de/xojo/newinversion251.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] 25.1pr7
by Christian Schmitz 06 Mar '25

06 Mar '25

Hi, * Updated jsoncons library to version 1.3.0. * Added more constants to PHAssetMBS, PHAssetCollectionMBS and PHAssetCreationRequestMBS classes. * Added hasAdjustments and adjustmentFormatIdentifier properties to PHAssetMBS class. * Added pixelHeight and pixelWidth properties to PHAssetResourceMBS class. * Added allowSecondaryDegradedImage property to PHImageRequestOptionsMBS class. * Added requestAuthorizationForAccessLevel and authorizationStatusForAccessLevel methods for PHPhotoLibraryMBS class. Best regards, Christian -- Read our blog about news on our plugins: http://www.mbsplugins.de/

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[ANN] 25.1pr5
by Christian Schmitz 24 Feb '25

24 Feb '25

Hi, * Updated SQLite to version 3.49.1. * Added WindowsProcessCpuUsageReportMBS, WindowsProcessDiagnosticExceptionMBS, WindowsProcessDiagnosticInfoMBS, WindowsProcessDiskUsageReportMBS, WindowsProcessMemoryUsageReportMBS, WindowsSystemCpuUsageReportMBS, WindowsSystemDiagnosticInfoMBS and WindowsSystemMemoryUsageReportMBS classes. * Added Use8BitMime property to CURLEmailMBS class. * Fixed an edge case in DateDifferenceMBS class. * Added WindowsPowerManagerMBS class. * Added supportsAdaptiveImageGlyph property to WKWebViewConfigurationMBS class. * Added supportsAdaptiveImageGlyph property to NSTextViewMBS class. * Added NSAdaptiveImageGlyphMBS and NSAdaptiveImageGlyphImageMBS classes for genmojis. Best regards, Christian -- Read our blog about news on our plugins: http://www.mbsplugins.de/

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[ANN] 25.1pr4
by Christian Schmitz 17 Feb '25

17 Feb '25

Hi, * Fixed memory leak in SQLDatabaseMBS where tag value was not freed in destructor. * Fixed an issue in SQLGlobalsMBS being deallocated too early. * Updated CURL library to version 8.12.1. * Implemented keep alive for MQTT feature in CURLSMBS class. Use OptionUpkeepIntervalMS property to enable. * Added Date/DateTime/Variant overloads for AddArrayMBS and AddMBS methods in SortMBS module. * Added Date/DateTime overloads for CopyArrayMBS and CopyMBS methods in SortMBS module. * Added DateTime/Object/Variant overloads for ReverseMBS methods in SortMBS module. * Added AVPlayerViewControllerControlMBS control. Best regards, Christian -- Read our blog about news on our plugins: http://www.mbsplugins.de/

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[ANN] 25.1pr3
by Christian Schmitz 12 Feb '25

12 Feb '25

Hi, * Applied fix for CURL 8.12 to avoid server timeout after STARTTLS for SMTP. * Updated SQLite to version 3.49.0. * Added usesAdaptiveColorMappingForDarkAppearance property for NSTextViewMBS class. * Added SetDllDirectoryMBS function to set folder for Windows to find DLL files. * Added SetDllDirectory function to SQLGlobalsMBS module. * Added SetDllDirectory function to TessEngineMBS class. * Updated DynaPDF to version 4.0.97.276. * Added check to AVSpeechSynthesizerMBS class to raise an exception if you try to use on an older macOS version before 14.0. * Added download links to our example files on the web. * Removed old Phidget classes. Please move to newer Phidget classes. * Removed old Tesseract classes. Please move to newer Tesseract classes. * Removed InternalPostgreSQLLibraryMBS module. * Updated lcms library to version 2.17. * Added WindowsSharePanelMBS class. Best regards, Christian -- Read our blog about news on our plugins: http://www.mbsplugins.de/

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Deprecate CURLNMBS
by Christian Schmitz 09 Feb '25

09 Feb '25

Hello, Anyone using CURL classes with N for native? Since SecureTransport is deprecated on macOS since 2019 and doesn't do TLS 1.3, we should stop using it. The curl project may remove the support next year. Best regards, Christian -- Read our blog about news on our plugins: http://www.mbsplugins.de/

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[ANN] 25.1pr1
by Christian Schmitz 01 Feb '25

01 Feb '25

Hi, Let's start a new round for MBS Plugin development: * Added AddSysPath method to PythonMBS class. * Added AvahiAddressResolverMBS, AvahiEntryGroupMBS, AvahiHostNameResolverMBS and AvahiRecordBrowserMBS classes. * Added mitigation against buffer overflow in Windows for snprintf function. * Added more methods and properties for AVCaptureDeviceMBS class. * Added PHPickerControlMBS control. * Added ReverseMBS function for arrays. * Added SetLicense, License and ClearLicense methods for SaxonMBS module. * Added SourceWithoutAttachments method to MimeEmailMBS class. * Added State property to AvahiClientMBS class. * Added View and ViewController properties to PHPickerViewControllerMBS class. * Added WindowsAVIWriteMBS class. * Changed SetLicenseKey in XLBookMBS class to raise exception if you pass invalid license, e.g. Windows license on macOS, instead of ignoring it. * Fixed a memory leak in AddInkList, InkAnnot and SetAnnotQuadPoints methods in DynaPDFMBS class. * Fixed a memory leak of a DynaPDFRectMBS object when calling UpdateWindow event in DynaPDFRasterImageMBS class. * Fixed crash in SortByFileName method in FileListMBS class introduced in v25.0. * Fixed PopOverWidth and PopOverHeight for PHPickerViewControllerMBS class. * Improved MidiPlaybackMBS class to raise exceptions if it wasn't initialized properly. * Improved Optimize() function in DynaPDFMBS class to automatically set kofInMemory flag if you have no open file. * Improved TrueItemsMBS function to be quicker. * Removed dependency to CXXABI_1.3.13 for Linux, introduced in 15.0. * Updated DynaPDF library to version 4.0.97.274. * Updated lcms library to version 2.17rc0. * Updated SQLite to version 3.48.0. * Updated avahi library. * Improved setting Baudrate in SerialPortMBS class to not try to change if the baud rate if the old and new rate are the same. * Implemented keep alive for MQTT feature in CURLSMBS class. Use OptionTCPKeepAlive property to enable. Download at https://www.monkeybreadsoftware.de/xojo/download/plugin/Prerelease/ or ask for being added to the DropBox shared folder. New functions here: https://www.monkeybreadsoftware.net/newinversion251.shtml Best regards, Christian -- Read our blog about news on our plugins: http://www.mbsplugins.de/

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[ANN] MonkeyBread Software Releases the MBS Xojo Plugins in version 25.0
by Christian Schmitz 17 Jan '25

17 Jan '25

Hello everyone, Nickenich, Germany - (January 14th, 2025) -- Monkeybread Software today is pleased to announce MBS Xojo Plugins 25.0 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: For macOS Sequoia we like to use more of Apple Intelligence. As part of that you can now show the image playground window to have the user generate a picture based on a prompt and an input image using ImagePlaygroundMBS class. If you like to add writing tools features to your application, you can set allowsWritingTools to true for your text fields using NSTextFieldMBS class. You can show the writing tool item in the toolbar and you can exclude text to be rewritten by writing tools using the NSWritingToolsExclusionAttributeName in NSAttributedStringMBS class. To show the writing tools panel when needed, you can use showWritingTools method on NSTextViewMBS class. We work on integrating the Saxon XML processing libraries into Xojo. Once completed this will allow you to 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. This version includes a preview of the classes for you to try. In XL Plugin we added ways to get and set properties for a document like title or subject with the XLCorePropertiesMBS class. You can also remove the properties and query the default format for a row or column. For DynaPDF we got the CheckEmbeddedFileCheckSum function to validate whether a checksum for an embedded file inside a PDF is valid. The ConvToFreeTextCallout allows you to convert a regular FreeText annotation to a FreeTextCallout annotation. And with DeleteOutputIntent you can delete an output intent, e.g. if you like to define a different colorspace as output intent. We updated the Phidgets library and added PhidgetMotorVelocityControllerMBS class as well as numerous properties, constants and methods to our phidget classes. For iOS we added MPNowPlayingInfoCenterMBS and MPMediaItemArtworkMBS classes, so your iOS app can update the now playing screen. The AVPlayerViewControllerMBS class provides you the possibility to easily play videos fullscreen. Our Bluetooth classes for Windows got a new WindowsDeviceInformationCustomPairingMBS class to start a custom pairing of BluetoothLE devices. We improved the stack trace logging and exception handling for Windows in SignalHandlerMBS class. For the WebView2ControlMBS control on Windows we added the BasicAuthenticationRequested event, so you can pass username and password to websites for basic authentication. You can use Shell class and merge error and output streams, the TagLibFileRefMBS class got a ID3v2Tags method, and UTTypeMBS module got constants for JPEG XL, HEIF and HEIC. Finally we updated the curl library to version 8.11.1, DynaPDF to 4.0.96.273, expat to 2.6.4, LibXL to 4.5.0, mongo-c-driver to 1.29.1, SQLAPI to 5.3.5, SQLite to 3.47.2, ssh2 to 1.11.1, taglib to 2.0.2, zlib to 1.3.1 and zxing to 2.3. See release notes for a complete list of changes: https://monkeybreadsoftware.de/xojo/newinversion250.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] 25.0pr9
by Christian Schmitz 10 Jan '25

10 Jan '25

Hi, * Fixed an issue with WebView2ControlMBS control not initializing sometimes. * Fixed crash with DynaPDFImageMBS destructor. * Fixed an issue in MemoryBlock.AppendMBS copying wrong data if one of the MemoryBlock has no size set. * Added more methods to Saxon classes. Best regards, Christian -- Read our blog about news on our plugins: http://www.mbsplugins.de/

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