Deprecation of TLS 1.0 and 1.1

Anyone still needs TLS 1.0 and 1.1 when working with MBS Plugins?

OpenSSL plans to disable them by default. We should do the same.

Everyone moved to TLS 1.2 and 1.3 as far as we know, so nobody should need the older one. The version 1.2 was published in 2008 and most browser already removed support for the older ones.
The older versions had weak ciphers and digest algorithms which shouldn't be used anymore. It's too easy to attack such connections and be the man in the middle, who could decipher the content.

Let us know if you still need older versions. Otherwise they will get disabled in future plugins, probably next year.

18 years since MBS FileMaker Plugin version 1.0

Today eighteen years ago we released the MBS FileMaker Plugin in Version 1.0.
Here the original announcement:

[ANN] MBS Plug-in For FileMaker

Make FileMaker Windows Semi Transparent!
Take Screenshots from FileMaker
Run an Applescript on field exit
and more...

Monkey Bread Software, maker of the popular MBS Plug-in for RealBasic and geist interactive have teamed up to bring the extensive MBS function library to FileMaker. The MBS RealBasic plug-in contains over 10000 functions, and this release represents the first step in a project to bring as many of those functions to FileMaker as make sense. Many many more features to com in the future.

The plug-in is available for FileMaker 8 and 8.5. It is available for Windows XP and as Universal Binary for Mac OS X There is a Developer Tool available to help you get started quickly with documentation and Calculation builder. Demos are available on the website

more info: geistinteractive.com
download: monkeybreadsoftware.de/filemaker/

Read also: 4000 functions in 10 years and 5000 Functions in MBS Plugin.

Thanks for the support over years.

Things learnt about FileMaker

Going to a FileMaker conference teaches you a lot of things. You talk with a lot of experienced developers and enjoy some great presentations. Let's think about a few I remember:

PSoS vs. job queue

The call to PSoS takes time to start the session, open files, load schema, run open and close script triggers. It can be quicker to use a job queue table and run one script server side to check every few seconds if the queue has new entries and trigger scripts to process the jobs. This script just pauses most of the time and still is very responsible.

More OData

Claris looks into improving their OData support for the next releases. And then eventually the ODBC/JDBC support will internally go through OData to provide connectivity for older systems, that can't yet do OData.

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MBS FileMaker Plugin - Brisbane 2024

Please watch our short presentation for Reconnect.fm conference in Brisbane, Australia. We show a few new things in 2024 for MBS Plugin for Claris FileMaker.

More movies   Watch on YouTube.

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MBS @ FMTraining.TV - MonkeyBread Plug-in Q&A 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 answer questions from the live stream. This includes Overlay functions with Drag & Drop or hosting a web viewer. We check file dialogs and Drag & Drop as way to import lots of files into FileMaker. We check MapKit functions, progress bar in portals, cropping images and try a window moved script trigger. Thanks to everyone bringing questions!

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Reconnect.fm in Brisbane Australia

Greetings from the Australian FileMaker conference. It just started and we are happy to meet so many developers from the Asia Pacific area. Lots of attendees from Australia and New Zealand, but also up to Japan or Dubai. And some usual suspects from USA, Canada and Europe, who just like me love to explore the world. In total 110 people came including the Claris representatives.



There will be a short MBS Presentation to highlight a few new things in the plugin. Learn what is new in MBS Plugins this year. (more)

Unlocking the Power of Database Analysis with MBS FileMaker Plugin Functions

When managing and optimizing FileMaker databases, understanding the details of your data is crucial. Whether you’re looking to optimize performance, audit data quality, or get insights into database structure, having precise statistical information about your database can be invaluable. The MBS FileMaker Plugin offers powerful functions for querying detailed statistics on fields, records, and entire tables. In this blog post, we’ll explore three key functions — FM.FieldStatistics, FM.RecordStatistics, and FM.TableStatistics — and how to use them to gain deep insights into your FileMaker databases.

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