When using MBS Xojo DynaPDF Plugin, you can set the draw mode with the SetTextDrawMode function in DynaPDFMBS class.
Each mode has one of three flags set:
- Whether to draw the outline of the glyphs.
- Whether to fill the outline of the glyphs.
- Whether to apply the outline as clipping path.
The text draw mode specifies how text should be rendered. Texts can be used as clipping paths such as normal vector graphics; however, the usage is not the same. To use a text as clipping path save the graphics state, set the text draw mode to a clipping mode, paint the objects which should be clipped into the path and restore the graphics state.
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In this article I want to introduce you the new functionalities from the MBS Xojo Plugins in version 25.4.
Math
The Int128MBS and UInt128MBS classes are brand new and allow you to handle large 128-bit numbers. You can use them with or without a sign. The classes also provide operations for working with these numbers. If you are interested in this topic, please take a look at our blog article 128-bit math in Xojo.
Favicon
When you are surfing the Internet, you will often see small images displayed next to website names. These small images are called favicons. You can now query them in the WebView for a website. To do this, use the GetFavicon methods from the DesktopWebView2ControlMBS and WebView2ControlMBS classes to get the actual image data of the favicon. This method raises the FaviconCompleted events.
Then we have the new FaviconChanged events from the same classes. When the favicon had a different URL than the previous URL, this event is raised. The events give us the data as JPEG or PNG data. You can find the current URI for a favicon in the FaviconURI property.
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Seven months until our MBS Xojo conference in Andernach starts. Since we basically repeat the 2024 event, a lot of details are already set except what to do on Thursday evening.
Evening event
For Thursday evening, we had these dinner events in the past:
- Walk to a nearby specialty restaurant for dinner
- Have a boat trip on the river to enjoy the views
- Take the bus to a castle to see it and enjoy a meal
- Rent a party location for dinner
- Went to a brewery with optional tour of the facility
- Went to a facility where everyone could use a digger
- Went underground to discover the Vulcan cellars in Mendig
What would you like to enjoy with the conference?
If you like to join, please register as we need to know how many people come to decide which event to do this year.
Speaker
We got a few presentations, but we would love to see more. Looking on the roadmap, we expect to have Xojo 2026r1 be in testing or shipped at the time of the conference next year.
Would you be interested to learn at the conference or present on one of the following topics?
- Improving Xojo applications for macOS 26
- Xojo Libraries introduction
- Grid Control introduction and how to use
- Using AI assistant with Xojo
Feel free to sign up for the conference and submit your topic to us.
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We got an updated ChartDirector plugin to build for Windows ARM 64-bit target.
You can download a test plugin here: ChartDirectorWinARM.zip.
ChartDirector is our solution for Xojo to create professional charts:
- 29 types of charts including gantt, box-wisker and 3D charts
- Per developer royalty free license for Mac OS X, Windows and Linux
- Full Unicode support
- No external DLLs
- One year of free updates with each license
- Create vector graphics as PDF and SVG files.
- Export chart as PNG, JPEG, GIF, WMP and BMP.
- Track cursor movements with a dynamic layer.
- Use custom fonts.
- Available for macOS, Windows and Linux with Intel and ARM architectures.
This will be included with next MBS Xojo Plugin pre-releases and ship with 25.5 release.
If you need a license, please check out the OmegaBundle 2025, which includes ChartDirector.
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Nickenich, Germany - (September 9th, 2025) -- Monkeybread Software today is pleased to announce MBS Xojo Plugins 25.4 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 83,000 documented features, and the versatile plugins have gained more new functions:
Since C++ compilers support 128-bit integers, we added these as classes for Xojo: Use Int128MBS and UInt128MBS classes to calculate with huge numbers. If you need even more digits, check the LargeNumberMBS and BigNumberMBS classes.
For macOS and iOS we started working on support for the StoreKit 2 framework from Apple to integrate it into Xojo. For this we add StoreKit2MBS module with all the methods. We bridge from the Swift based framework to C++ plugin code to Xojo with a modern implementation using asynchronous callbacks via delegates. Once implemented in your application on the Apple App Store, you can process in-app purchases. The older Store Kit classes continue to work fine.
We updated our WebView2ControlMBS for Windows to handle favorite icons. Use the FaviconURI property to learn what is the current URL for the favorite icon. Implement the FaviconChanged event to learn when the website changes and a new icon is available. Use GetFavicon method to asynchronously load the icon to display.
When running under macOS on an Apple Silicon based Mac, you can use MacProductSOCName and MacProductName methods in SystemInformationMBS module to query the product name and the system-on-chip name.
For our MBS Xojo SQL Plugin, we got OLEDB: as a new prefix for SQLDatabaseMBS class. This allows you to pick the OLEDB connection type for Microsoft SQL Server directly. For SQLConnectionMBS class, please use the kOLEDBClient constant here. Alternatively you can still connect to SQL Server using the kSQLServerClient or SQLServer: prefix. With ODBC, OLEDB and native SQL Server interface, we have three ways to connect to your Microsoft SQL Server.
For WMI queries, we updated the WMIObjectMBS class. Use the new functions to query properties with arrays directly. Previously we could only read array properties with strings.
The SetupAWS method in CURLSMBS class can handle COPY and MOVE verbs to move or copy objects in AWS S3, we added beginAppearanceTransition and endAppearanceTransition methods to UIViewControllerMBS class for iOS. We added recursion limit for PythonMBS class, a SkipDeletedText property for WordFileMBS class and a performChangesAndWait method for PHPhotoLibraryMBS to may changes synchronously.
Finally we updated DynaPDF to version 4.0.102.295, SQLAPI to version 5.4.0 and SQLite to version 3.50.4.
See release notes for a complete list of changes.
New in this prerelease of the 25.4 plugins:
Download: monkeybreadsoftware.de/xojo/download/plugin/Prerelease/.
Or ask us to be added to our shared DropBox folder.
New functionality in documentation.
You can subscribe to our Xojo mailing list to get notified for new pre-release and release versions.
Would you like to be able to plan your projects better? How about using a suitable Gantt chart to display the individual tasks in a project in relation to the schedule? Would you like to create this in Xojo? With the MBS Xojo ChartDirector Plugin, that's no problem.
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For years we had support for in-app purchases in MBS Xojo Plugins using the StoreKit framework from Apple for macOS or iOS. You can use that to have users try your application and then pay for them to unlock the full version of the app. The StoreKit framework got deprecated, but is still working well.
A few years ago Apple started to write a new StoreKit framework in Swift. The new framework offers many more features developer asked for:
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The September/October (23.5) issue of
xDev Magazine is now available. Here's a quick preview of what's inside:
Artificial "Intelligence" and the Future by Marc Zeedar
Like it or not, "AI" is here and it isn't going away. Just what does it mean for the future of technology and software development?
Getting Raspberry Pi Drive Information by Eugene Dakin
There are many aspects of Raspberry Pi that can't be obtained via built-in methods. To access these, we need to use Declares. Eugene shows you how.
Real-Time Collaboration with Xojo Web by Felix Lilly
Using Websockets and Xojo Web, Felix shows how to create a simple shared notes app. Now you and others can collaborate on the same note!
From 2002 to 2025 by Marc Zeedar
Marc originally wrote his subscriber database app in REALbasic back in 2002. It's basically been unchanged for two decades, but now it's time to get it working on modern hardware. What challenges will he face? Will 20-year-old code run in Xojo?
Plus: An interview with Paul Lefebvre, exploring open-source software, fixing ChatGPT Document Analyzer, Polar charts, and more!
Just a quick note to everyone interested in DynaPDF Lite/Pro license.
If you get the
OmegaBundle, you receive a DynaPDF Starter license. You can upgrade that license to Lite/Pro for a discounted price.
If you are interested in the upgrade, please email us.
We'll remind everyone later about the available upgrade paths, when the bundle offer ends and all licenses are delivered.
OmegaBundle is available for another 3 weeks, so get your bundle soon!
PS: The upgrade offer is valid for September 2025.
New in this prerelease of the 25.4 plugins:
- Updated DynaPDF to version 4.0.102.295.
- Updated SQLAPI to version 5.4.0.
- Added kOLEDBClient constant for SQLConnectionMBS class.
- Added OLEDB: prefix for SQLDatabaseMBS class.
- Added AllTransactions and CurrentEntitlements methods taking product ID to StoreKit2MBS module.
Download: monkeybreadsoftware.de/xojo/download/plugin/Prerelease/.
Or ask us to be added to our shared DropBox folder.
New functionality in documentation.
You can subscribe to our Xojo mailing list to get notified for new pre-release and release versions.
About 18 years ago we started the development of our
DynaPDF Plugin.
After a year of development, the plugin was released to the public on 1st Sep 2007 with MBS Plugin 7.6pr1.
This plugin has been a big success for us and provides the PDF engine to thousands of Xojo applications around the world. Based on user feedback we got a lot of functions over the years like the raster engine, PDF/A conversion and ZUGFeRD support.
Please make sure you try the plugin, make it part of your toolbox and start to enjoy all the PDF features you can add to your application.
Currently you can get a DynaPDF Starter license with
OmegaBundle.
