MBS @ FMTraining.TV - The FileMaker MonkeyBread Plug-in - 14.3 Update with Christian Schmitz

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 talk about the new version 14.3 of our plugin: Announcement, release notes and new functions.

Let us show you how to combine DragDrop functions with the Overlay functions, run Python scripts with our Python functions and check the other smaller enhancements.

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MBS Xojo Plugins, version 24.4pr5

New in this prerelease of the 24.4 plugins: Download: monkeybreadsoftware.de/xojo/download/plugin/Prerelease/.
Or ask us to be added to our shared DropBox folder.

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MBS FileMaker Plugin, version 14.4pr5

New in this prerelease of version 14.4 of the MBS FileMaker Plugin: Download at monkeybreadsoftware.com/filemaker/files/Prerelease/

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Insert or update with JSON

Recently clients asked to get a quick way to insert records with JSON data. As soon as that was done, the next one asked for updating and then of course for our insert and update.

We had these functions for years:

And all these functions are very handy, but how about passing parameters as JSON?

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MBS FileMaker Plugin, version 14.4pr4

New in this prerelease of version 14.4 of the MBS FileMaker Plugin: Download at monkeybreadsoftware.com/filemaker/files/Prerelease/

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MBS Xojo Plugins, version 24.4pr3

New in this prerelease of the 24.4 plugins: Download: monkeybreadsoftware.de/xojo/download/plugin/Prerelease/.
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MBS FileMaker Plugin, version 14.4pr3

New in this prerelease of version 14.4 of the MBS FileMaker Plugin: Download at monkeybreadsoftware.com/filemaker/files/Prerelease/

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QuickList.JSONArray vs. QuickList.JoinJSON

Did you know that in Release 14.3 we have added the option in the Quicklist area to output the Quicklist entries as a JSON text array? You can simply use the QuickList.JSONArray function to do this. Today I would like to introduce you to this function in comparison to a function that was added last year: QuickList.JoinJSON.

Quicklist entries as JSON array

Let's take a look at an example where we want to write entries in a quicklist and have them returned later as a JSON array. First we create a quicklist and enter a few entries there. We can then extend this list as needed afterwards, as we do with blackberry, for example. Finally, we want to get this quicklist back as a JSON array. To do this, we use the new function QuickList.JSONArray, which returns an array with all the texts in the quicklist.

Set Variable [ $QL ; Value: MBS("QuickList.New";"apple¶pineapple¶orange¶apricot¶banana") ]
Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS("QuickList.AddValue"; $QL; "blackberry") ]
Set Variable [ $JSON ; Value: MBS("QuickList.JSONArray"; $QL) ]
Show Custom Dialog [ "JSON Array" ; $JSON ]
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MBS SQLite Extension in version 1.7

NICKENICH, Germany (August 8th, 2024) -- Monkeybread Software releases version 1.7 of the MBS SQLite Extension.

The MBS SQLite Extension is a multifunctional extension to any SQLite powered application.

Our SQLite Extension supports Mac OS, Windows and Linux. You can use it
  • in MBS SQL Plugin with SQLite,
  • in Cube SQL 4.0 and newer,
  • in Studio Stable Database Server 2.0 and newer,
  • in Xojo with the SQLiteDatabase class (needs LoadExtensions property set to true),
  • in Real Studio with the REALSQLDatabase class,
  • with SQLiteManager
  • or any other SQLite application using load_extension.

New in Version 1.7:
  • Changed EncodeHex, DecodeHex and RemoveAccents functions to pass through NULL values.

  • Fixed problem in EncodeHexMBS and DecodeHexMBS returning error.

  • Upgraded Linux builds. Now 32+64 and Intel+ARM versions available.
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Layouts in FileMaker

Und noch ein Video von der FMK 2023 in Basel. Bekommen Sie einen Einblick in das Erstellen von Layouts. Diese Video soll besonders FileMaker Anfänger ansprechen.

Auch dieses Jahr sind wir wieder mit mehren Vorträgen auf der FMK in Malbun vertreten und freuen uns, wenn wir Sie dort mal persönlich treffen können.

Sie haben noch kein Ticket für die nächste FMK? Dann folgen Sie doch gerne dem folgenden Link: FileMaker Konferenz


MBS Xojo Conference - Xojo Update

We recorded the presentations at the MBS Xojo Conference in April 2024 and here is the last video with Geoff Perlman talking about DBKit:

We got a bonus session where Geoff Perlman, CEO of Xojo Inc, talks about DBKit and how it is built and answers questions.

Watch on YouTube. All videos go into the playlist.


Drag and drop in combination with overlays

Today I would like to introduce you to a really cool function from the latest release of the MBS FileMaker Plugin. It's about the DragDrop.AttachToOverlay function. This function combines 2 areas from our plugin. The possibilities of drag and drop and our overlay windows.

We introduced our overlays for the first time at the beginning of this year. These are areas that you can create on the screen, give them a background, which you can move freely as you wish and which you can use with several mouse events, such as click, enter or exit. At the beginning of the year, we published the blog article Overlay windows for FileMaker. The second part we want to talk about today is drag and drop. This plugin part allows you to create drop zones into which you can drag files, for example, which can be processed with a script trigger. You can now also create a drop zone on an overlay.

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Phone system down

We are switching from DSL to fiber and that broke the phone system.
Currently you can’t call us via phone.

Should be fixed in the next days.
For the time being, please contact us per email.

PS: Problem was fixed. Phone works once again!

Unsere erste eigene App in FileMaker

Was man machmal noch alles auf der Festplatte findet. Das ist ein Video zu Stefanies Vortrag auf der FMK 2023. Ihr Nachname hat sich inzwischen geändert, aber der Inhalt des Video ist aktueller denn je. Wenn Sie also Anfänger sind und die ersten Grundlagen anhand dem Bau einer App nachvollziehen möchten, ist dieses Video genau das richtige für Sie. Auch dieses Jahr sind wir wieder mit mehren Vorträgen auf der FMK in Malbun vertreten und freuen uns, wenn wir Sie dort mal persönlich treffen können.

Sie haben noch kein Ticket für die nächste FMK? Dann folgen Sie doch gerne dem folgenden Link: https://filemaker-konferenz.com


MBS Xojo Plugins, version 24.4pr2

New in this prerelease of the 24.4 plugins:
  • Added ClearSharedInstance method to CURLSMultiMBS class.
  • Improved CURLSMultiMBS class to clear buffers before transfer and flush output files after transfer automatically.
  • Updated DynaPDF to version 4.0.90.257.
  • Fixed a problem with DynaPDF and a full width space character not working correctly.
Download: monkeybreadsoftware.de/xojo/download/plugin/Prerelease/.
Or ask us to be added to our shared DropBox folder.

You can subscribe to our Xojo mailing list to get notified for new pre-release and release versions.


MBS FileMaker Plugin, version 14.4pr2

New in this prerelease of version 14.4 of the MBS FileMaker Plugin:
  • Added OptionsJSON parameter for MongoDB.ReplaceOne function.
  • Added FM.FieldStatistics function.
  • Fixed incorrect returning of result for DynaPDF.SetRenderingIntent, DynaPDF.SetUserUnit and DynaPDF.SetLineWidth functions.
  • Updated DynaPDF to version 4.0.90.257.
  • Changed plugin to return empty results as really empty and trace to log that as nothing. It makes a difference whether we return nothing or empty text.
  • Added shortcut for layout editor to use Command-Option-Shift-F on macOS to jump to the objects search field.
Download at monkeybreadsoftware.com/filemaker/files/Prerelease/

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