Nickenich, Germany - (May 24th, 2016) -- MonkeyBread Software today is pleased to announce
MBS FileMaker Plugin 6.2 for Mac OS X or Windows, the latest update to their product that is easily the most powerful plugin currently available for FileMaker Pro. As the leading database management solution for Windows, Mac, and the web, the FileMaker Pro Integrated Development Environment supports a plugin architecture that can easily extend the feature set of the application. MBS FileMaker Plugin 6.2 has been updated and now includes over 3900 different functions, and the versatile plugin has gained more new functions:
Our latest plugin has been tested and optimized for latest FileMaker 15 release. While we support FileMaker 15 since version 6.0 already, a few issues have been found and fixed when using FileMaker 15. Finally as FileMaker 15 now runs 64-bit on Mac, we fixed a few issues related to 64-bit, too.
We got new functions for
RSA signatures and
encryption. You can
generate a new private key and extract the public key. Using the private key you can sign some data and later check signature with public key. For
encryption you can use either private or public key to encrypt. On the other side you decrypt using the other key. This way you can encrypt on one side using private key and decrypt on other side with public key.
Our new
Events functions allow you to query calendars on Mac OS X for events and reminders. You can create, modify and delete entries as needed. Those new functions are 64-bit only. For 32-bit you can use existing
Calendar functions.
For
SQL we got new functions to convert BLOB to container value. New XML functions allow you to
format XML or
create a canonical version.
Our Mac Audio and Video recording can now provide a
still photo on Mac. And the video exporter can
merge several videos into one file while exporting.
The webviewer may block loading websites with invalid SSL certificate. We can
put some hosts in the white list to load the website anyway. As the Webviewer on Windows doesn't accept the @ key with some keyboard layouts (e.g. German), we got a new function to
send key events to Webviewer. This way you can send key strokes to Webviewer and press @ for the user if needed, including with @ as hotkey.
Our DynaPDF users can now
extract text of only a rectangle part of the page. Our
difference showing feature for PDF pages now handles transparent areas and recognizes smaller changes. You can
define replacement ICC profiles for PDF/A creation.
Our
dialog functions got updated to show an icon on Windows. We added options for
timeout and
custom buttons. The parent window is now set for Windows, so the FileMaker window stays behind the dialog.
The
print dialog modifications on Mac OS X can now set options for
copies, first/last/all pages. You can
query last options as XML and
set/
get any options by name.
When working with files and folders, we can now query the size of a folder efficiently. On Mac we can set/get the
Finder comment and the
label color.
We also have improved
list functions,
query scrolling position, more
CURL options, you can
automatically click buttons or
press keys with delay.
Finally we updated DynaPDF to version 3.0.52.156, libJPEG auf 9b, SQLAPI++ auf 4.1.9, libSSH auf 1.7.0, CURL auf 7.47.1, OpenSSL to version 1.0.2f and SQLite to version 3.13.0.
See
release notes for a complete list of changes.
As you know I collect on my events page a list of
FileMaker related events. Beside DevCon from FileMaker, there are a couple of user organized events and from time to time I invite for dinner meetings:
- FileMaker Developer Meeting, 30th May 2016 in Stockholm, Sweden, see mbsplugins.de (Register)
- .fmp[x]Berlin, English, 2nd to 4th June 2016 in Berlin, Germany, see dotfmp.com
- FileMaker Developer Meeting, 13rd June 2016 in Kopenhagen, Denmark, see mbsplugins.de (Register)
- FileMaker Bärencamp, German, 7th to 9th July 2016 in Leinefelde-Worbis, Germany, see mkv.de
- FileMaker DevCon, English, 18th to 21st July 2016 in Las Vegas, USA, see filemaker.com/developers/devcon/
- FileMaker Conference, English, 10th to 11th October 2016 in ?, UK
- FM Summit, Dutch, 10th to 11th October 2016 in Antwerpen, Belgium, see fmsummit.info
- FileMaker Conference, Italian, 11th to 13rd October 2016 in Bolonga, Italy, see fmdevcon.com
- MBS FileMaker Plugin Workshop, 12th October 2016 in Salzburg, Austria, see mbsplugins.de (Register)
- FileMaker Konferenz, German, 13rd to 15th October 2016 in Salzburg, Austria, see filemaker-konferenz.com
- FileMaker Conference, Swedish, 17th to 18th October 2016 in ?, Sweden
- FM Conférence, French, 19th to 21st October 2016 in Avignon, France, see fmconf.com
- MBS Workshop, German, 3rd November 2016 in Hofheim (Taunus), Germany, see denkform.net (Register)
If you have information about other events, please tell me.
New in this prerelease of the 6.2 plugins:
- Added XML.Canonical and XML.Format.
- Fixed bug in DynaPDF.SetReplaceICCProfile.
- Added Webview.AllowsAnyHTTPSCertificateForHost to allow ignoring bad SSL certificates.
- Updated SQLite to 3.13.0.
- Updated libJPEG to version 9b.
- Added SQL.GetFieldAsContainer and SQL.GetParamAsContainer.
- Added Files.GetFinderLabel and Files.SetFinderLabel.
- Added mode to Window.RemoveMenu to clear menu.
- Added Menubar.RemoveMenuCommand function.
- Added CURL.GetDebugWithData, CURL.GetDebugWithTime, CURL.SetDebugWithData and CURL.SetDebugWithTime.
- Changed SerialPort.List to return on Mac the full device name which may include an ID to make it unique if you have several devices with same name. The SerialPort.Open function accepts full name and shorter name.
Download at
monkeybreadsoftware.de/filemaker/files/Prerelease/ or ask for being added to the dropbox shared folder.
The FileMaker Webviewer on Mac OS X checks SSL certificates. All browser do the same. If the browser encounters a certificate mismatch, it will show a warning dialog and you can decide what to do:
In the browser you can click continue and see the website. Someone may read your traffic and the connection is not secure. Of course you can request the website to install a properly certificate file or add the used certificate to the keychain and accept it always. In FileMaker the webview will show an error about the SSL certificate and not load the page. That is bad for us when we just want to grab some values for lookup. In some cases an insecure connection is better for us than no connection.
Now with our new function
Webview.AllowsAnyHTTPSCertificateForHost we can allow specific domains to ignore the certificate problem. We can add the domains to the white list and connect anyway. This allows the solution to grab the data from the website. On the long run we request the website to fix the certificate, but for today we are good.
The new function will be in 6.2pr10 in the next days. Please email us if you want to try it today.
PS: For Xojo you can use the
NSURLRequestCertificateFilterMBS class to do the same.
New in this prerelease of the 6.2 plugins:
- Added RightShift, RightOption and RightControl for hotkey registration as modifiers.
- Added Webview.PressKey function to press @ key on Windows. Works also on Mac/Win to press other keys.
- Updated DynaPDF to version 3.0.52.156.
- Changed Files.ListRecursive on Mac to include trailing slash in folder paths.
Download at
monkeybreadsoftware.de/filemaker/files/Prerelease/ or ask for being added to the dropbox shared folder.
In several languages the typing of an @ symbol is by using AltGr key. The FileMaker Webviewer on Windows in FileMaker 12, 13, 14 and 15 does not allow you typing anything with AltGr key. At least in my testings.
You can read about the bug on the FileMaker community (
here and
here). We know FileMaker has probably more urgent bugs to fix, but we hope this gets fixed eventually.
With MBS FileMaker Plugin we can offer a workaround. Our new
WebView.PressKey function can be used to send a key event to the webviewer. You can specify which webviewer and pass any key you like to be pressed. Now that is great and you can make a button to press @ key of your user.
If you combine this with our hotkey feature, you can create a hotkey on Windows for alt-q (for German keyboard) to trigger a script or an evaluate. There you can press @ for the user and it appears to the user like the bug is fixed.
This will be available soon with 6.2pr9. If you like to try, send me an email for a test plugin today.
Auch 2017 biete ich wieder eine MBS FileMaker Schulung auf Deutsch an.
Am Tag vor der
FileMaker Konferenz in Salzburg, am 11. Oktober 2017 (Mittwoch) von ca. 9 bis 17 Uhr.
Inhalt:
- Neues im MBS Plugin.
- Rundgang durch Beispiele
- MBS Plugin verwenden mit FileMaker Cloud
- MBS Plugin verwenden mit dem FileMaker iOS SDK
- Erweiterungen im Skript Workspace
- Beliebte Pluginfunktionen
- FTP/SFTP Up/Download
- Webservices einbinden
- Bildbearbeitung
- Barcodes generieren und erkennen
- Arbeiten mit dem Webviewer
- SQL Anfragen in FIleMaker oder an andere Datenbanksysteme
- Zeit für Fragen
Anmeldung bei mir. Kosten 99 Euro + MWSt. inklusive Mittagessen und Kaffeepausen.
Bitte Umsatzsteuer ID angeben bei der
Anmeldung.
Alternativ können Sie gerne auch zum
MBS Workshop bei der Denkform kommen am 2. März und 7. Dezember 2017 in Hofheim (Taunus) in der Nähe von Frankfurt.
FileMaker 15 was released today by FileMaker Inc.
Our MBS Plugin supports FileMaker 15 for a few months already.
Version 6.0 was updated to support FileMaker 15 by using the latest Plugin SDK.
The upcoming release 6.2 will include a few little bug fixes we will find now when testing with final FileMaker 15 version.
So please update to version 6.x if you haven't already.
Am Tag vor der
FileMaker Konferenz in Salzburg bieten wir einen MBS Workshop an. Kommen Sie einfach einen Tag früher zur Konferenz und nehmen Sie am 12. Oktober 2016 an einer eintägigen Schulung teilnehmen. Lernen Sie die über 3500 Funktionen einmal näher kennen und wie Sie sie effektiv einsetzen. Sammeln Sie Ideen und verbessern Sie ihre FileMaker Lösungen durch den Einsatz unseres Plugins.
Das Monkeybread Software Plugin für FileMaker stellt eine vielseitige Erweiterung der eigenen Datenbank dar. Der Kurs bietet nicht nur einen tiefgreifenden Überblick in die Benutzung und Entwicklung, sondern bietet auch die Chance das Plugin günstiger zu erstehen.
- Einführung in das MBS Plugin
- Überblick über die Funktionsbereiche
- Neues im MBS Plugin dieses Jahr
- Rundgang durch ausgewählte Beispiele
- Gemeinsames Implementieren von Plugin Funktionen in eine Datenbank:
- Upload/Download mit CURL auf einen HTTP/FTP Server
- Ausfüllen eines Formulares auf einer Webseite
- Bilder bearbeiten
- PDF Verarbeitung
- Druckerfunktionen
- Adressbuch und Kontakte abfragen bei Mac OS X.
- Fragen und Antworten
Die Teilnahme kostet 99 Euro zuzügl. MWSt.. Veranstaltungsort ist das Crown Plaza Hotel (gleiches wie Konferenz).
Wir beginnen gegen 9:00 Uhr und die Schulung geht bis 17 Uhr. Natürlich können Sie auch früher gehen. Mittagessen und Kaffeepausen sind inklusive.
Anmeldung hier.
(Mindestteilnehmerzahl erreicht. Die Schulung findet definitiv statt.)
New in this prerelease of the 6.2 plugins:
- Fixed an issue with ODBC and SQL functions read CLOB fields.
- Fixed an issue in WordFile functions to handle more special cases.
- Fixed XML.Import.Cancel to clear the insert command list, too.
- Updated SQLAPI++ 4.1.9.
- Added AVRecorder.CaptureStillPhoto function.
- Added Dictionary.SetList function.
- Added PrintDialog.ClearOption, PrintDialog.ClearOptions, PrintDialog.GetLastSettings, PrintDialog.GetOption, PrintDialog.SetOption to set low level print options.
- Added DynaPDF.ExtractPageRectText function.
- Fixed a text encoding problem on Mac with Log method. Now umlauts show properly.
Download at
monkeybreadsoftware.de/filemaker/files/Prerelease/ or ask for being added to the dropbox shared folder.
Nickenich, Germany - (May 4th, 2016) -- MonkeyBread Software today is pleased to announce MBS FileMaker iOS SDK Extension 0.1, the first extension available for FileMaker's iOS SDK used to create branded iOS apps based on FileMaker Go.
Currently we have no plugin SDK for FileMaker iOS SDK or FileMaker Go, so we can't port our
MBS FileMaker Plugin with over 3900 functions to iOS. But we created a different way to add a few useful functions for iOS SDK. The result is this new library for you!
By installing our library into your iOS app, you can now use 4 new commands:
version: Shows version of the extension.
events.authorize: Asks iOS for permissions to access calendars.
events.newevent: Creates a new calendar event for the calendar on iOS.
events.newreminder: Creates a new reminder.
We may add more commands in the future based on feedback of users.
So far this works fine for creating events/reminders in our iOS SDK based solutions.
Download
MBS FileMaker iOS SDK Extension.dmg
Please try and provide your feedback to use. If you need assistants, help of custom functions, we are available for hire. This extension is currently provided as-is without cost.
Join us at
FileMaker DevCon in Las Vegas, July 18-21, 2016.
