The Xojo.Connect conference will take place March 25-27 in Nashville, TN. On our way to Nashville we stop in New York for a few days and we like to organize another Xojo developer meeting, this time in New York City. Please vote on the day: Survey ... [More]

There are some deprecations and removals coming for the FileMaker platform and we may follow with the MBS Plugin. Currently we would like to learn who uses deprecated technologies and continues to need updated plugins from us in the future: FileMak... [More]

We got some interest from customers about our JavaScriptEngineMBS class and requests for better Memoryblock handling and threading. So for next prerelease of our 20.1 plugins, we include better handling of Memoryblocks. You can pass a memory block t... [More]

We got a new example database to show how to merge PDFs. One of the feature beside adding page numbers is to build a table of contents for the document with clickable entries: Set Variable [ $pdf ; Value: MBS("DynaPDF.New") ]  #... [More]

Just one month till the XOJO.CONNECT 2020 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. Tickets are still available for $999 USD. It will be held March 25-27, 2020 in Nashville, TN at the Sheraton Music City Hotel. This conferences is the best place to meet Xojo... [More]

New in this prerelease of the 20.1 plugins: Added EvaluateMT and CallFunctionMT methods to JavaScriptEngineMBS class. Added SkipMode parameter to constructors for FileListMBS class to skip over files/folders and hidden items. Disabled a warning fr... [More]

New in this prerelease of version 10.1 of the MBS FileMaker Plugin: Fixed tray setting for PDFKit.SetPrintSetting function. Added ScriptWorkspace.StyledScriptText and ScriptWorkspace.CopyScriptText functions. Added Clipboard.DetectFileMakerDataTyp... [More]

For next MBS Xojo Plugins we add new methods to JPEGImporterMBS class to read thumbnail from EXIF data in a JPEG file. This allows you to very quickly get a thumbnail image. We support ScaleFactor property for some years now, which allows you to rea... [More]

Bis heute gilt der Frühbuchertarif zur elften deutschsprachigen FileMaker Konferenz 2020 in Malbun (Liechtenstein), vom 17. bis 20. Juni 2020. Wer noch nicht angemeldet ist, sollte eventuell heute buchen und ein Hotelzimmer reservieren. Aktuell gibt... [More]

Stefanie wrote another blog post for the official Xojo blog: Programming your own Solar System with Xojo and MBS SceneKit If you join Xojo Connect conference next month, please come to Stefanie's presentation: Scenekit - Stefanie Juchmes, 4 pm o... [More]

Monkeybread Software signed up as a conference sponsor for the upcoming Claris Engage conference in Nashville, USA. Details for the conference including the new website should be online early March, but please mark the dates in the calendar and kee... [More]

As you may have seen Xojo 2019r3 uses a newer version of Chromium Embedded Framework for WebKit support on Windows. For us this means we have to put the upgrade of our Chromium plugin classes on the todo list. For MBS Xojo Plugins 20.1 we upgrade ... [More]

New in this prerelease of the 20.1 plugins: Added WKPreferencesMBS, WKWebViewConfigurationMBS and WKHTTPCookieStoreMBS classes. Fixed bug when reading parameters for MidiThruConnectionMBS class. Changed MidiThruConnectionMBS and related classes t... [More]

New in this prerelease of version 10.1 of the MBS FileMaker Plugin: Added CURL.Features function. Added wait parameter for CLGeocoder.GeocodeAddressString or CLGeocoder.ReverseGeocodeLocation function. Added CLGeocoder.JSON to return JSON for a ge... [More]

To improve the balance between work and live, some simple things can help: First, it's a great idea to set a rule in the household to have no phones for meals. So I just leave my iPhone in the office, so it doesn't grab my attention. Some families... [More]

Back in July, I was wondering aloud how I could help improve RB and whether I should start up and host a testing suite.Well I had a few abortive attempts at designing the suite and never really came up with a decent spec.I don't have extensive knowle... [More]

Low-level security is often needed in a compiled app.Things like hiding a secret string from the casual hacker with a hex-editor.When the pro edition of RB of allowed me to use IDEScripts, I had a simple script that changed the currently selected cod... [More]

When I was developing large apps for other people to use, one of my recurring nightmares was that old bugs, once fixed, would return in a future version and make me look unprofessional.Consequently, one of my most important tools was an ever-growing ... [More]

I've been creating a number of EditFields lately where the TextChange event of each updates all the others.I pretty soon got fed up with wrapping every bit of update code in "alreadyUpdating" flags, so I decided to create a simple EditField subclass ... [More]

I went through a patch when I tried to answer quite a number of questions on the forums and one or two on the NUG.Whenever I post code, I always try to test that it at least compiles.Many of the test projects I used ended up on a website that is alas... [More]

We all know that REAL Software can't be bothered to document REALbasic properly, so it comes as no surprise that I can find no reference in the docs to the pairs class, the only new feature RS is advertising for 2008r2.Of course, Aaron has stepped in... [More]

I probably should not write this first paragraph publicly. The beta list has been awash lately with phrases like, "I really like this new spirit of openness," "thanks for keeping us informed" and even "thanks for listening, the changes are much bette... [More]

I've been playing with Yuma and it's great fun.I've got a lot of learning to do but I thought I'd mention one or two bits I've found useful.I have an include file called myGlobals.yuma which includes methodsSub MsgBox(s As String)Function MsgBox(s As... [More]

A question that comes up a lot in REALbasic is What is the difference between the Self and Me keywords?Everybody eventually thinks they have it sorted out in their own minds but it's surprising how many of us then find we're wrong.I think that essent... [More]

Lots of developers talk about multiple processors in the same dubiousway they've always spoken of bigger screens and higher screen resolutions. If the user happens to have more, how can I fill it up?All those resources aren't there so the computer ca... [More]