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.
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.
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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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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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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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.
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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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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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New in this prerelease of version 14.4 of the
MBS FileMaker Plugin:
Download at
monkeybreadsoftware.com/filemaker/files/Prerelease/
You can subscribe to our FileMaker mailing list to get notified for new pre-release and release versions.
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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New in this prerelease of version 14.4 of the
MBS FileMaker Plugin:
Download at
monkeybreadsoftware.com/filemaker/files/Prerelease/
You can subscribe to our FileMaker mailing list to get notified for new pre-release and release versions.
New in this prerelease of version 14.4 of the
MBS FileMaker Plugin:
Download at
monkeybreadsoftware.com/filemaker/files/Prerelease/
You can subscribe to our FileMaker mailing list to get notified for new pre-release and release versions.
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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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
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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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!
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
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/
You can subscribe to our FileMaker mailing list to get notified for new pre-release and release versions.
Wir freuen uns auf einen neuen Stammtisch mit
72solutions:
Nach einem heißen Sommer starten wir Ende September in die nächste Stammtisch-Runde.
Bitte Mittwoch, den 25. September 2024 um 18 Uhr für den FileMaker Stammtisch in Wien reservieren!
Wir freuen uns über ...
- Personen, die den Begriff FileMaker schon einmal gehört haben und nähere Informationen möchten;
- FirmenmitarbeiterInnen/Inhouse-EntwicklerInnen, die sich über Input für ihre Individuallösungen freuen;
- erfahrene und unerfahrene ProgrammiererInnen, die sich fachlichen Austausch wünschen;
- ExpertInnen, die gerne über den Tellerrand hinaus blicken.
Hinweis FB-Gruppe:
Zusätzlich haben wir eine Facebook-Gruppe. Parallel zur E-Mailbenachrichtigung werden wir hier ebenfalls die aktuellen Informationen zu den jeweiligen Stammtischen veröffentlichen.
Anmeldung hier
Der genaue Veranstaltungsort wird, je nach Anzahl der teilnehmenden Personen, noch bekannt gegeben.
Wir möchten darauf hinweisen, dass jeder für seine eigenen Kosten verantwortlich ist.
Dieses mal kann auch Christian Schmitz von Monkeybread Software dabei sein!
Ich hoffe man sieht sich in Wien.
New in this prerelease of version 14.4 of the
MBS FileMaker Plugin:
Download at
monkeybreadsoftware.com/filemaker/files/Prerelease/
You can subscribe to our FileMaker mailing list to get notified for new pre-release and release versions.
