MBS REALbasic Plugins Version 10.4 release notes

Added MacUSBDeviceMBS class.
Added XLS* classes to read binary excel files.
Added WindowsClipboardMBS class.
Added NSPasteboardMBS class.
Added WindowsDiscInfoMBS class.
Added WindowsDeviceMBS class.
Added QTPrerollMBS class.
Added ComplexSingleMBS and ComplexDoubleMBS classes for complex numbers.
Added FFT functions: FFTSingleMBS, FFTDoubleMBS, FFTDoubleAbsMBS and FFTSingleAbsMBS.
Added new NotificationObserverMBS class.
Added new NotificationReceiverMBS interface.
Added new NotificationMBS class.
Added CallMethodOnThreadMBS, CallMethodOnMainThreadMBS and CallMethodMBS functions.
Added BackgroundThreadMBS class.
Added ExecuteCommandMT, ExecuteMT methods and Working event to the SQLCommandMBS class.
Added SQLExecuteMT, SQLSelectMT methods and Working event to the SQLConnectionMBS class.

Added to CFDictionaryMBS class a Constructor taking a dictionary.
Added CFDictionaryMBS.Dictionary to create a dictionary based on a CFDictionary.
Added ColorSyncProfileLocationMBS.FilePath property.
Added ExchangeFilesMBS function.
Added InStrByteRangeMBS and InStrBytesMBS functions.
Added window.CGColorSpaceMBS.
Added RegistryKeyMBS.Item with name parameter.
Added RegistryKeyMBS.ValueName.
Added WindowsSystemTrayMBS.InstallEvent.
Added PictureEditor32ConsoleMBS, PictureReaderConsoleMBS and PictureWriterConsoleMBS classes.
Added ThreadMBS.StackSize property.
Added NSTextFieldMBS.bezelStyle property and constants.
Added SetAnnotOpenState, SetAnnotIcon, SetAnnotHighlightMode, SetAnnotFlagsEx, SetAnnotColor, SetAnnotBorderWidth, SetAnnotBorderStyle, RenameSpotColor, AddRenderingIntentEx to DynaPDFMBS.
Added a lot of new methods for DiscRecording plugin affecting the following classes: DRTrackMBS, DRSetupPanelMBS, DRFSObjectMBS, DRFileMBS, DREraseProgressPanelMBS, DREraseMBS, DRDeviceMBS, DRBurnSetupPanelMBS, DRBurnProgressPanelMBS and DRBurnMBS.
Added more write methods to DynaPDF so you can pass arrays of values.
Added ProcessMBS.CurrentProcessID.
Added GifExtensionMBS.FirstData and GIFMBS.FirstBlock for easier debugging.
Added GifPictureMBS.CopyData, GifBlockMBS.Clone, GifDataMBS.Clone, GifExtensionMBS.Clone, GIFMBS.Clone, GifPaletteMBS.Clone, GifPictureMBS.Clone, GifPictureMBS.HasPalette and GifScreenMBS.Clone.
Added TraceFile and TraceHandle to the DynaPDFMBS class.
Added DynapdfMBS.PageCoords property.
Added more folder functions: (Create)AppleshareAutomountServerAliasesFolderMBS, (Create)AudioDigidesignFolderMBS, (Create)AudioPresetsFolderMBS, (Create)AudioVSTFolderMBS, (Create)AutomatorWorkflowsFolderMBS, (Create)AutosaveInformationFolderMBS, (Create)BootTimeStartupItemsFolderMBS, (Create)ClassicPreferencesFolderMBS, (Create)ColorPickersFolderMBS, (Create)CompositionsFolderMBS, (Create)DownloadsFolderMBS, (Create)FindByContentIndexesFolderMBS, (Create)FontCollectionsFolderMBS, (Create)iMovieFolderMBS, (Create)iMoviePlugInsFolderMBS, (Create)iMovieSoundEffectsFolderMBS, (Create)IndexFilesFolderMBS, (Create)InputManagersFolderMBS, (Create)InputMethodsFolderMBS, (Create)KeyboardLayoutsFolderMBS, (Create)LibraryAssistantsFolderMBS, (Create)MagicTemporaryItemsFolderMBS, (Create)ManagedItemsFolderMBS, (Create)QuickLookFolderMBS, (Create)SpotlightImportersFolderMBS, (Create)SpotlightMetadataCacheFolderMBS, (Create)SpotlightSavedSearchesFolderMBS, (Create)TemporaryItemsInCacheDataFolderMBS and (Create)TemporaryItemsInUserDomainFolderMBS.
Added more methods and constants to QTMetaDataMBS class.
Added PNGOptimizerMBS.Panic event.
Added GetPropertyCode and SetPropertyCode to QTMetaDataItemMBS class.
Added functions for Windows: WindowsGetProcessIntegrityLevelMBS, WindowsIsApplicationRunAsAdminMBS, WindowsIsProcessElevatedMBS and WindowsIsUserInAdminGroupMBS.
Added CDBaseChartMBS.LoadLibrary.
Added CURLMBS.LoadLibrary.
Added EyeOneMBS.LoadLibrary.
Added GhostScriptMBS.LoadLibrary.
Added Phidgets.LoadPhidgetLibraryMBS.
Added PHPMBS.LoadLibrary.
Added PatchedRuntimeObjectLocking, PatchedRuntimeStackChecking, PatchedRuntimeStringLocking, RestoreRuntimeStackChecking to ThreadMBS class.
Added new LookupHostbyNameMBS method which takes a AddressType parameter.
Added ParseIPv6, ParseIPv4 and FormatIP shared methods to DNSLookupMBS class.
Added constants AddressTypeIPv4 and AddressTypeIPv6 to DNSLookupMBS class.
Added CIFilterMBS.Constructor to take a handle.
Added CIFilterMBS.FilterWithHandle.
Added CGGetOnlineDisplayListMBS.
Added LinuxHIDInterfaceMBS.Available
Added Picture.RotateMemoryMBS
Added GetDefaultPrinter and SetDefaultPrinter to WindowsPrinterMBS class.
Added ChangePrinterSettings, GetPrinterSettings, GetPrinterTechnology and CanPrinterPassThroughPostScript to WindowsPrinterMBS class.
Added WindowsDeviceModeMBS class.
Added WindowsPrinterMBS.DevMode.
Added GetPropertyCode and SetPropertyCode to QTMetaDataItemMBS class.
Updated DynaPDF to version 2.5.1.535.
Updated GraphicsMagick to version 1.3.12 on Mac and Linux.
Updated lintiff to version 3.9.4.
Updated OptiPNG to version 0.6.4.
Updated libpng to version 1.4.3.
Much more classes/modules have been modified to work on console applications.
Improved Movie.SaveMBS to work better on Windows. With flatten movies, there is no longer a resource file. And with reference movie files, there is now only a dummy res file which you can delete (size 286 bytes).
CoreImage classes are now console safe.
Internal conversion from picture to CGImage improved so it works now on Cocoa.
Implemented OverlayMBS for Cocoa.
Improved SmoothResizeMBS to work on Cocoa, too.
Improved ColorSyncProfileLocationMBS so it works with newer locationt types.
Changed MutexMBS.Tag to Variant.
Changed DisplayMBS.SwitchTo to work with multiple displays on Windows.
Changed RegistryValueMBS.asLong64 to use Int64 instead of double.
Changed RegistryMBS methods to now be shared methods.
Rewrote most part of the registry classes so they now support unicode.
Replaced REALBuildPictureFromGWorld from the plugin SDK with my own replacement for Cocoa so all plugin functions using it, will now work on Cocoa. for example: StringtoPictureByOSTypeMBS and StringtoPictureMBS.
In SQLDatabaseMBS the database error is now better cleared after an operation was successful.
Changed picture handling code to work better with Cocoa and Console targets in REAL Studio 2010r3.
Changed linking of ChartDirector plugin to work better in the future with Windows 64 bit.
Updated PictureEditor24MBS, PictureEditor32MBS, PictureReaderMBS and PictureWriterMBS classes.
Unregistered plugin dialogs now show version number and process ID.
Most EyeOneMBS methods are shared methods now.
Improved resolution handling in DisplayMBS class and ResolutionMBS class on Windows.
The PDFAnnotationMBS constructor is now private. This is to make sure you don't create instances from this class. You should only create instances of the subclasses.
Changed loading of libhid and libusb in Linux HID Plugin part to make it compatible to more linux versions.
Changed a few internal unicode functions. I hope this has no side effects.
Changed WinHIDMBS class. Now returns more devices even if you can't access them, but this way we see all devices.
Updated HasNoTitleBarMBS, HasCloseBoxMBS, HasCollapseBoxMBS, IsResizableMBS and IsMetalWindowMBS on window class to work on Cocoa targets.
Changed the library loading code in several plugin parts to work with folderitems and strings for passing the path.
PDFDocumentMBS.outlineRoot is now setable.
ScreenshotMBS, ScreenshotDisplayMBS and ScreenshotRectMBS updated to support multiple displays on Windows.
The Linux HID Plugin part now loads libhid.so and libusb.so at runtime. So your app launches if this libraries are missing and you can ask the user to install them.
Fixed a few memory leaks in the WindowsWMIMBS class.
Fixed a check in Tiff plugin so opening corrupt tiff pictures (too short data) from a string does no longer crash.
Fixed crashes in CFXMLParserMBS, CFXMLNodeMBS and CFTreeMBS.
GraphicsMagick is now initialized properly.
Changed Picture.BitmapMBS to fix pictures with a depth of 0 on Mac even if the bitmap behind is 32 bit.
Fixed SQLDatabaseMBS.ErrorCode to be initialized to zero.
Fixed CGOpenPDFDocumentMBS with data provider.
Fixed OpenColorSyncProfileMBS function.
Fixed NSTableViewMBS constructor, so it works again.
Fixed a leaked CFURL object in CGOpenPDFDocumentMBS.
Fixed crash on Linux and Windows related to picture access.
Fixed crash related to new picture code in NSImageMBS constructor.
FileListMBS sort methods no longer crash if you have no files.
Fixed DRFileMBS.symLinkPointingTo function.
Fixed FontActivateMBS and FontDeactivateMBS on Windows to work again. Also console safe now.
Fixed PDFActionGoToMBS constructor.
Fixed bug in PDFDestination constructor.
Fixed WebViewMBS constructor to work again.
Renamed PhyiscalDeviceObjectName to PhysicalDeviceObjectName in WindowsDeviceMBS class.
Renamed RegistryKeyMBS.ValueItem to RegistryKeyMBS.Value.
Renamed NotificationMBS to MacNotificationMBS.
Renamed initWithLinkType to linkWithLinkType in DRFileMBS class.
Removed a couple accessors for 32 bit and 64 bit integers from the memoryblock as you can do the same since 2006 with built-in REAL Studio methods: Int64DoubleEndianMBS, Int64DoubleMBS, Int64StrEndianMBS, Int64StrMBS, UInt64DoubleEndianMBS, UInt64DoubleMBS, UInt64StrEndianMBS, UInt64StrMBS, ULongEndianMBS and ULongMBS.
Removed WindowsPrinterListMBS class.
Removed Base64MBS.close.
Deprecated LoadAPI and LoadDLL in PHPMBS class.
Deprecated LoadFrameworkFile, LoadFramework and LoadDLL in EyeOneMBS class.
Deprecated LoadAPIframework, LoadAPIdll and LoadAPIlibrary in GhostScriptMBS class.

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