When using DynaPDF in FileMaker with MBS FileMaker Plugin, you can set the draw mode with the DynaPDF.SetTextDrawMode function.
Each mode has one of three flags set:
- Whether to draw the outline of the glyphs.
- Whether to fill the outline of the glyphs.
- Whether to apply the outline as clipping path.
The text draw mode specifies how text should be rendered. Texts can be used as clipping paths such as normal vector graphics; however, the usage is not the same. To use a text as clipping path save the graphics state, set the text draw mode to a clipping mode, paint the objects which should be clipped into the path and restore the graphics state.
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In this article we want to introduce you the new functions from the MBS FileMaker Plugin in version 15.4.
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In the last release, we talked about the possibility of registering FileMaker functions and script steps so that they can be used across multiple FileMaker databases. In the latest release, the functions for registering functions and script steps were added. To allow you to unregister them again, we have added the new functions Plugin.UnregisterFunction and Plugin.UnregisterScriptStep.
You can now register functions to use JavaScript for the implementation. That may provide bigger performance for certain functions like processing JSON.
see also Register custom functions with MBS Plugin.
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Check out the FMTraining.tv website. Richard Carlton and his team do a daily free live stream about FileMaker to watch.
A few days ago Christian Schmitz from Monkeybread Software joined a live episode to talk a bit about the MBS FileMaker Plugin. Watch it on YouTube.
We show what is new in the MBS Plugin version 15.4: Announcement, Release Notes, New Functions.
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If you need to read RFID cards in your FileMaker solution, you can use the Phidgets functions in
MBS FileMaker Plugin and a PhidgetRFID device.
You may start with one of our examples, like the one for temperature sensors. There you load the phidget library for the platform you are on.
The call for
Phidget.Create is modified to pass "RFID" as device type. Then you may connect script triggers for attachment of the device and call
Phidget.Open function to open a connection.
Set Variable [ $$phidget ; Value: MBS( "Phidget.Create"; "RFID" ) ]
Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS( "Phidget.SetScriptTrigger"; $$phidget; "Attach"; Get(FileName); "Attached" ) ]
Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS( "Phidget.SetScriptTrigger"; $$phidget; "Detach"; Get(FileName); "Detached" ) ]
#
# open asynchronously
Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS( "Phidget.Open"; $$phidget ) ]
Once connected, the attached script trigger runs. There you may install the script trigger for a tag being found or lost:
Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS( "Phidget.SetScriptTrigger"; $phidget; "Tag"; Get(FileName); "TagFound" ) ]
Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS( "Phidget.SetScriptTrigger"; $phidget; "TagLost"; Get(FileName); "TagLost" ) ]
The TagFound script runs when a card comes close to the reader. The parameter to the script is a JSON and the "tag" key contains the text read from the card.
To actually receive something, you need to turn on the antenna for the RFID reader, so please set the AntennaEnabled property to true:
Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS( "Phidget.SetProperty"; $phidget; "AntennaEnabled"; 1 ) ]
We implemented this with a client last week and it works just fine.
Probeaufnahme des MBS Plugin Vortrags von der FileMaker Konferenz in Hamburg im September 2025. Christian Schmitz präsentiert neue Funktionen im MBS Plugin für 2025.
Man sieht sich auf der FileMaker Konferenz in Salzburg nächstes Jahr.
Mehr videos in der YouTube Playlist.
Check out the FMTraining.tv website. Richard Carlton and his team do a daily free live stream about FileMaker to watch.
A few days ago Christian Schmitz from Monkeybread Software joined a live episode to talk a bit about the MBS FileMaker Plugin. Watch it on YouTube.
We show you how to make an application with the FileMaker iOS SDK. This gives you a branded iOS app similar to FileMaker Go, but with your own name, icon and you can embed the MBS Plugin to run on the device. Your app can be configured to run on iPhone, iPad, Vision Pro or Mac.
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Check out the FMTraining.tv website. Richard Carlton and his team do a daily free live stream about FileMaker to watch.
A few days ago Christian Schmitz from Monkeybread Software joined a live episode to talk a bit about the MBS FileMaker Plugin. Watch it on YouTube.
We answer functions about Shell, DynaPDF and CURL functions. We use SOAP UI to parse the wsdl file for Fedex web service to learn about how to use that with CURL. Then we check XML functions, talk about mounting file sharing drives with Files.Mount and talk about various ways to insert data via SQL functions.
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Nickenich, Germany - (September 9th, 2025) -- Monkeybread Software today is pleased to announce MBS FileMaker Plugin 15.4 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 15.4 has been updated and now includes over 7700 different functions, and the versatile plugin has gained more new functions:
With this release we add automatically clipboard conversions for the XML FileMaker uses when copying script steps, layout elements and more. You can copy something in FileMaker, paste it in a text editor, make changes and copy & paste back to FileMaker. On top of this we added Copy XML buttons to our snippets in the documentation, so you can copy examples directly from our documentation to your Script Workspace. There is a checkbox in the preferences dialog to enable this feature as well as a SyntaxColoring.ClipboardConverter.SetEnabled function.
When running under macOS on an Apple Silicon based Mac, you can use SystemInfo.MacProductSOCName and SystemInfo.MacProductName functions to query the product name and the system-on-chip name.
For our SQL functions, we got OLEDB: as a new prefix for SQL.Connect function. This allows you to pick the OLEDB connection type for Microsoft SQL Server directly. Alternatively you can still connect to SQL Server using the SQLServer: prefix. With ODBC, OLEDB and native SQL Server interface, we have three ways to connect to your Microsoft SQL Server.
When you create your own custom functions via plugin, you can use JavaScript to define the functions. Pass the new flags to Plugin.RegisterFunction function to decide whether it is a FileMaker calculation or JavaScript.
We updated our WebView functions for Windows to handle favorite icons. Use the WebView.FaviconURI function to learn what is the current URL for the favorite icon or WebView.Favicon to load the icon as container value to show it. Use the WebView.SetMemoryUsageTargetLevel function to set a WebViewer to low memory mode.
On macOS, when you pick a style for a layout part, we sort the list of styles. Check the SyntaxColoring.SortStyleMenu.SetEnabled function to enable or disable this feature. When using our field picker enhancements, you can now press Command-G key combination to jump to the last table occurrence.
For iOS, we improved the ListDialog functions, added support for Window.SetRoundCorners to product round corners for card windows on iOS and we implemented WebView.SetZoom and WebView.GetZoom for macOS and iOS.
The CURL.SetupAWS function can handle COPY and MOVE verbs to move or copy objects in AWS S3, the Python functions got a recursion limit, the QR-Code detection in AVRecorder functions got Windows support and DNSLookup functions can output results as JSON.
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.
9. September 2025 - Monkeybread Software veröffentlicht heute das MBS FileMaker Plugin für Claris FileMaker in Version 15.4, mit inzwischen über 7700 Funktionen eines der größten FileMaker Plugins überhaupt. Hier einige der Neuerungen:
Mit dieser Version fügen wir automatische Zwischenablage-Konvertierungen für die XML-Daten hinzu, die FileMaker beim Kopieren von Skriptschritten, Layoutelementen und mehr verwendet. Sie können etwas in FileMaker kopieren, in einen Texteditor einfügen, Änderungen vornehmen und dann wieder in FileMaker kopieren und einfügen. Darüber hinaus haben wir unseren Snippets in der Dokumentation Buttons zum Kopieren von XML hinzugefügt, sodass Sie Beispiele direkt aus unserer Dokumentation in Ihren Skript-Arbeitsbereich kopieren können. Im Einstellungsdialog gibt es ein Kontrollkästchen zum Aktivieren dieser Funktion sowie eine Funktion „SyntaxColoring.ClipboardConverter.SetEnabled“.
Wenn Sie unter macOS auf einem Apple Silicon-basierten Mac arbeiten, können Sie die Funktionen SystemInfo.MacProductSOCName und SystemInfo.MacProductName verwenden, um den Produktnamen und den System-on-Chip Namen abzufragen.
Für unsere SQL-Funktionen haben wir OLEDB: als neues Präfix für die Funktion SQL.Connect eingeführt. Damit können Sie den OLEDB-Verbindungstyp für Microsoft SQL Server direkt auswählen. Alternativ können Sie weiterhin mit dem Präfix SQLServer: eine Verbindung zu SQL Server herstellen. Mit ODBC, OLEDB und der nativen SQL Server-Schnittstelle stehen Ihnen drei Möglichkeiten zur Verfügung, um eine Verbindung zu Ihrem Microsoft SQL Server herzustellen.
Wenn Sie Ihre eigenen benutzerdefinierten Funktionen über ein Plugin erstellen, können Sie JavaScript verwenden, um die Funktionen zu definieren. Übergeben Sie die neuen Flags an die Funktion Plugin.RegisterFunction, um zu entscheiden, ob es sich um eine FileMaker-Berechnung oder JavaScript handelt.
Wir haben unsere WebView-Funktionen für Windows aktualisiert, damit sie Favoriten-Symbole verarbeiten können. Verwenden Sie die Funktion WebView.FaviconURI, um die aktuelle URL für das Favoriten-Symbol zu ermitteln, oder WebView.Favicon, um das Symbol als Containerwert zu laden und anzuzeigen. Verwenden Sie die Funktion WebView.SetMemoryUsageTargetLevel, um einen WebViewer in den Modus für geringen Speicherverbrauch zu versetzen.
Unter macOS sortieren wir die Liste der Stile, wenn Sie einen Stil für einen Layoutteil auswählen. Aktivieren oder deaktivieren Sie diese Funktion mit der Funktion „SyntaxColoring.SortStyleMenu.SetEnabled“. Wenn Sie unsere Verbesserungen für die Feldauswahl verwenden, können Sie jetzt die Tastenkombination „Befehl-G“ drücken, um zum letzten Vorkommen in der Tabelle zu springen.
Für iOS haben wir die ListDialog-Funktionen verbessert, Unterstützung für Window.SetRoundCorners hinzugefügt, um abgerundete Ecken für Kartenfenster unter iOS zu erzeugen, und WebView.SetZoom und WebView.GetZoom für macOS und iOS implementiert.
Die Funktion CURL.SetupAWS kann COPY- und MOVE-Verben verarbeiten, um Objekte in AWS S3 zu verschieben oder zu kopieren, die Python-Funktionen haben eine Rekursionsbeschränkung erhalten, die QR-Code-Erkennung in AVRecorder-Funktionen wird nun von Windows unterstützt und DNSLookup-Funktionen können Ergebnisse als JSON ausgeben.
Schließlich haben wir DynaPDF auf Version 4.0.102.295, SQLAPI auf Version 5.4.0 und SQLite auf Version 3.50.4 aktualisiert.
Alle Änderungen in den Release Notes.
Here is a list of which FileMaker version includes which CURL version:
| FileMaker version | CURL Version |
|---|
| 11.0.4 | 7.19.4 |
| 12.0.5 | 7.21.6 |
| 13.0.9 | 7.21.6 |
| 14.0.4 | 7.38.0 |
| 15.0.3 | 7.44.0 |
| 16.0.4 | 7.51.0 |
| 17.0.3 | 7.58.0 |
| 18.0.3 | 7.62.0 |
| 19.0.1 | 7.62.0 |
| 19.1.3 | 7.62.0 |
| 19.2.1 | 7.62.0 |
| 19.3.1 | 7.62.0 |
| 19.3.2 | 7.62.0 |
| 19.4.1 | 7.62.0 |
| 19.5.3 | 7.76.0 |
| 19.6 | 7.83.0 |
| 20.1 | 7.83.0 |
| 20.2 | 7.83.0 |
| 20.3 | 7.83.0 |
| 21.0 | 8.4.0-DEV |
| 21.1 | 8.4.0-DEV |
| 22.0 | 8.13.0-DEV |
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New in this prerelease of version 15.4 of the
MBS FileMaker Plugin:
Download at
monkeybreadsoftware.com/filemaker/files/Prerelease/
You can subscribe to our FileMaker mailing list to get notified for new pre-release and release versions.
Which menu variation do you prefer?
With MBS FileMaker Plugin 15.4 we have a feature to sort the menu for the part styles in addition to the menus for object styles.
This helps people to find the style in the list by sorting them alphabetically.
Not as impressive with a small menu, but once your solution grows and you have 20 or even 50 styles, this really helps!
Use SyntaxColoring.SortStlyeMenu.SetEnabled function to turn this on or off. And if the menu is already sorted, we don't modify it.
New in this prerelease of version 15.4 of the
MBS FileMaker Plugin:
- Updated DynaPDF to version 4.0.102.295.
- Improved the clipboard converter feature.
- Added DNSLookup.JSON function.
- Added sorting for the part style submenu in the layout editor.
- Added QRCode detection for AVRecorder for Windows.
- Updated SQLAPI to version 5.4.0.
- Added OLEDB for the client types in SQL.SetClient.
Download at
monkeybreadsoftware.com/filemaker/files/Prerelease/
You can subscribe to our FileMaker mailing list to get notified for new pre-release and release versions.