For years we had XLST 1.0 and XQuery in the plugins using open source libraries. We could add the Saxon processor library for XLST, XQuery and XML Schema functionality. But that library has a cost as a commercial library, so making a plugin would only work if we have enough people taking it. We are collecting a list of developers interested in this to know whether it is feasible to do this.
(more)Sometimes you may work on a project for macOS where it would be useful to know the location of the computer. You can use CoreLocation classes in MBS Xojo Plugins to query the location, but maybe it is not available, so lets check status.
We can ask locationServicesAvailable to check whether the API is available and use locationServicesEnabled to check whether it is enabled. Nowadays most Macs have location enabled, but sometimes in a cooperate environment, it may be turned off. If turned off, we can stop bothering asking the user.
Nickenich, Germany - (September 17th, 2024) -- Monkeybread Software today is pleased to announce MBS Xojo Plugins 24.4 for macOS, Linux and Windows, the latest update to their product that is easily the most powerful plugin collection currently available for Xojo. MBS Xojo Plugins have been updated and now includes over 3000 classes and 82,000 documented features, and the versatile plugins have gained more new functions:
Use the ZxingBarcodeMBS module with the functions there to read barcodes from images. We support 18 different types of barcodes including EAN, UPC and QRCodes.
We improved our Linux support by using newer compilers for all 4 Linux targets: 32- and 64-bit on ARM or x86 architecture. This enables 32-bit Linux support for newer parts of our plugins. You can use JSONMBS class, Phidget classes, LibUSBTransferMBS class and XL classes there.
Use Handoff to continue tasks on your other devices with macOS or iOS. The NSUserActivityMBS class helps you to implement this in your Xojo project and pass the current state from one device to the other device.
If you use CURL to retrieve emails from your IMAP server, please use the DecodeIMAPFolderName function to decode folder names from UTF-7 encoding. You can specify not just the minimum required TLS version, but also the maximum and we have new constants for these. We improved CURLSMultiMBS class to let you better reuse CURL objects.
Showing a statusitem in the Mac menubar can be done with our NSStatusItemMBS class. Use the new DidMove and DidResize events to notice if the statusitem moved. The DidChangeOcclusionState event tells you if the statusitem got hidden when the screen resolution is too low to show all statusitems.
With DynaPDF you can query the encryption state of the file with the GetInEncryptionInfo function and the DynaPDFEncryptInfoMBS class. The TestPassword function and verify whether a password is correct.
We improved the MongoDB classes with better trace logging. The MongoCursorMBS class can now provide all records as one big JSON string.
The TidyDocumentMBS class got a Tidy() function to make the usage easier and tidy up XML and HTML with a function call. You can list all option names with the OptionNames function.
The NetSNMPMBS class got new properties for SNMPv3 support, the NSViewMBS class got a hitTest() function to find a view in the hierachie based on screen coordinates and in SceneKit you can specify shader modifiers with new properties in SCNMaterialMBS and SCNGeometryMBS classes.
Finally we updated CURL to version 8.10.0, DynaPDF to 4.0.92.261, LibXL to 4.4.0, openssl to 3.1.6, SQLAPI to 5.3.4 with DuckDB 1.0 support, SQLite to 3.46.1 and Tidy library to version 5.8.
See release notes for a complete list of changes.
In general we recommend you use a recent Windows version and a recent Linux distribution, so you have all the security fixes. But sometimes we get asked about support of older versions.
We tried the upcoming 24.4 plugins on Windows 7, Windows 8 and Ubuntu 18 to verify what works. Here are the results:
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Wer hat Interesse an einem Xojo Entwicklertreffen im September in Wien?We had zxing classes in our plugins to recognize barcodes for many years. The older zxing library we used got outdated, but there is a successor. The zxing library got branched and we can use the newer versions with a different interface to make new classes and a module for Xojo:
The new module has two methods to take a picture and find barcodes:
New in this prerelease of the 24.4 plugins:
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In the realm of cross-platform development, handling file access consistently across different operating systems can be a challenging task. For Xojo developers working on macOS or iOS, NSFileCoordinatorMBS and NSFilePresenterMBS from the Monkeybread Software’s Xojo plugins offer a powerful way to manage file access while avoiding conflicts with iCloud. In this blog post, we’ll delve into a practical example of using these classes in a Xojo project.
Introduction to NSFileCoordinatorMBS and NSFilePresenterMBS
Before we dive into the code, let’s briefly understand what NSFileCoordinatorMBS and NSFilePresenterMBS do:
Example Scenario
Let’s walk through a simple Xojo application example where a user selects a file, and the application reads its contents. We will use NSFileCoordinatorMBS and NSFilePresenterMBS to manage file access on macOS or iOS while skipping these steps on Windows and Linux.
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The September/October (22.5) issue of xDev Magazine is now available. Here's a quick preview of what's inside:
About 17 years ago we started the development of our DynaPDF Plugin.