Monday 08 February 2010 at 11:51 pm
one of the most common request I have is more examples. So over the past weeks I added a lot of small example code pieces to the documentation.
In September 2009 we had 2000 samples and today we have
3000 samples.
If you need an example project for something or a sample in the documentation, please send us an email or use one of the feedback links.
Sunday 07 February 2010 at 6:42 pm
For version 0.4 I added this math functions:
LogMBS(value as double) as double
The log() function computes the value of the natural logarithm of argument x.
Log10MBS(value as double) as double
The log10() function computes the value of the logarithm of argument x to base 10.
SqrtMBS(value as double) as double
sqrt(x) returns a NaN and generates a domain error for x < 0.
PowMBS(x as double, y as double) as double
The pow() functions compute x raised to the power y.
ExpMBS(value as double) as double
The exp() function computes e**x, the base-e exponential of x.
TruncMBS(value as double) as double
The trunc() functions return the integral value nearest to but no larger in magnitude than x.
RoundMBS(value as double) as double
The round() functions return the integral value nearest to x rounding half-way cases away from zero, regardless of the current rounding direction.
FloorMBS(value as double) as double
The floor() functions return the largest integral value less than or equal to x.
CeilMBS(value as double) as double
The ceil() functions return the smallest integral value greater than or equal to x.
More information:
monkeybreadsoftware.de/realserver
Saturday 06 February 2010 at 11:54 am
I updated my Extract Movie Soundtrack 2.0 freeware app. Now it is an universal application.
This small utility application was created to export the sound track of QuickTime movie files into AIFF files. This way I can take some of my movies and get the sound track into iTunes. In iTunes you can use the Advanced menu to convert the AIFF to MP3 or AAC to save space. Chapters in the movie are preserved.
Extract Movie Soundtrack Website
Friday 05 February 2010 at 7:51 pm
If you want to pay plugins using Paypal and you pay in US Dollar, you can take the chance and order now.
We calculate our prices in Euro and if the exchange rates between USD and Euro changes, we adjust our dollar prices.
So today the Complete License dropped from $284 to $274.
Thursday 04 February 2010 at 11:25 am
If you use the Statusitems in REALbasic (NSStatusItemMBS class in Cocoa plugin) and you can't get mouse clicks in your document windows, you need to upgrade.
At least with current plugins and the NSStatusItem project you can test this. In RB 2009r2 everything works nice on Snow Leopard, but with RB 2007r2 it does not work.
Tuesday 02 February 2010 at 2:25 pm
Call it Bonjour, Zeroconfig or DNSService. The plugin for doing Bonjour on Mac and Windows was rewritten the last days and now is more object orientated (= has a base class), uses newer REALbasic features (= uses shared methods), adds new constants for easier usage and lost a lot of old stuff (Mac OS Classic stuff).
If you like to try it, download 10.1pr9 later today.
For Windows you'll need to install iTunes or the Bonjour package.
Thursday 28 January 2010 at 2:23 pm
Today I added a QCViewMBS class to my plugin collection which allows you to play Quartz Compositions in a REALbasic window on Mac OS X 10.4 and newer:
If you run "locate .qtz" in the terminal, you'll see hundreds of Quartz Compositions. Apple is using them a lot in iChat, iMovie, Photo Booth, iDVD and screen savers. So take a look in this folders on your hard disc:
/System/Library/Compositions
/Developer/Library/Quartz Composer/Examples
And don't forget to install Developer Tools to get the Quartz Composer application.
Wednesday 27 January 2010 at 11:39 pm
On the Appstore you find already two applications I made as contract work: MacTipps and Zucker.
As I got the new Xcode version running, I'm available for contract work. Whatever you need: Mac, iPhone, Windows, Linux or now iPad. I can help you creating good software for all kinds of needs. Send me an email if you have a project.
Tuesday 26 January 2010 at 4:45 pm
Since December PDFlib 8 is available and today I finished our REALbasic for PDFLib. So in 10.1pr5 and newer you'll find a PDFLib8MBS class.
PDFlib 8 supports various PDF features according to Acrobat 9, such as Reference XObjects, layer variants, PDF Portfolios, georeferenced PDF, AES-256 encryption, and Unicode passwords.
New typographical features include complex script shaping and bidirectional formatting, fallback fonts, OpenType layout features, wrap text around paths, and text on a path.
More about PDFLib 8
Tuesday 19 January 2010 at 11:58 am
Today we release our plugins for REALbasic in version 10.0. Take some time and check the new functions. The WindowsScriptMBS class which allows you to run Windows Scripts in VBScript or JavaScript. Also the JSONMBS class which is useful if you nee to handle Javascript Object Notation strings. Third the UniversalCharacterDetectionMBS class may be useful to detect text encodings of unknown data. On Mac OS X the NSTimerMBS class can give you a more precise timer than the built in timers. And it fires while the user is clicking which the RB timer does not.
Also useful may be the other additions which we can't really list here. The SpotLightTextContentMBS function gives you the text content of a file using the Spotlight importers. And MacGlobalIdleTimeMBS gives you the global idle time which the screen savers use to get started.
Enjoy the new version:
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