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London Calling by Richard & Trisha Duke
A report from the April 2012 RSUL Conference in London.
Extreme Programming with Real Studio by Tam Hanna
Extreme Programming (XP) is one way to manage programming projects. Is it the right strategy for your needs?
Using Materialized Views by Craig Boyd
Most database management systems include a handy but frequently overlooked tool in Materialized Views. Find out what they are and how to use them.
HOTP Authentication by Mattias Sandström
When you need real security, instead of static passwords, you need to use dynamic ones. Here's how to use Google Authenticator with Real Studio.
When Threads Share by JC Cruz
How to use mutual exclusion so that different threads can share the same resources.
In our regular columns we've got articles on how to handle consulting projects that go bad, cookies in web apps, the art of simplicity, adding a user interface to RBScripts, and much more. Enjoy!
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| May 19, 2012 | ||
| (Blog: Brad Rhine) At The Trailer | 02:24:43 | |
from Instagram: http://instagr.am/p/Kyntzgy9t0/... [More] | ||
| May 18, 2012 | ||
| (Blog: Monkeybread Software) MBS Real Studio Plugins, version 12.3pr2 | 18:44:00 | |
New in this prerelease of the 12.3 plugins: Added drawFocusRingMask and focusRingMaskBounds events to CustomNSViewMBS class. Changed functions for printing htmlviewer/webview on Mac to not reset page settings too often. Updated DynaPDF to version 3... [More] | ||
| (Blog: Monkeybread Software) MBS Filemaker Plugin, version 2.8pr1 | 16:45:00 | |
New in this prerelease of the 2.8 plugins: Fixed crash with Path.FilemakerPathToNativePath on Windows. Added Files.CopyFile, Files.MoveFile and Files.MoveToTrash. Fixed bug on Mac in Webviewer callback handler. Please check that your projects will ... [More] | ||
| (Blog: Monkeybread Software) DynaPDF Improvements | 12:43:00 | |
A couple of users are receiving notifications this month about their DynaPDF license expiring. While you can continue to use old plugin with old license, we ask everyone to order an update to benefit from new features and bug fixes in the future. To... [More] | ||
| (Blog: RS Blog) Remote Debugging | 10:43:00 | |
Did you know that Real Studio includes a Remote Debugger that can make your cross-platform development even simpler than it already is?When creating cross-platform software, a question I am frequently asked is how to test projects on a platform other... [More] | ||
| May 17, 2012 | ||
| (Blog: RS Blog) Getting better performance from SQL | 21:25:00 | |
Here's a great website with information on how to get the best performance from SQL.... [More] | ||
| May 16, 2012 | ||
| (Blog: Monkeybread Software) MBS Real Studio Plugins, version 12.3pr1 | 21:30:00 | |
New in this prerelease of the 12.3 plugins: Updated DynaPDF to version 3.0.15.38. Download: macsw.de/plugin/Prerelease ... [More] | ||
| (Blog: Monkeybread Software) Access Web Services (with SOAP) from Filemaker using MBS Plugin | 15:24:00 | |
With our MBS FIlemaker plugin we have CURL functions which can do various network things. One of them is to send requests to a web service. Now it can be a little bit tricky to get this done in a Filemaker script, so we made an example for one servi... [More] | ||
| (Blog: Monkeybread Software) MonkeyBread Software Releases the MBS Real Studio plug-ins in version 12.2 | 12:30:00 | |
NICKENICH, Germany (May 16th, 2012) -- Monkeybread Software releases version 12.2 of the MBS plug-in for Real Studio. The MBS plug-in comprises a collection of several plug-in parts which extend the Real Studio development environment with 1,500 cl... [More] | ||
| May 15, 2012 | ||
| (Blog: Monkeybread Software) MBS Real Studio Plugins, version 12.2fc1 | 17:58:00 | |
New in this prerelease of the 12.2 plugins: Added more NSImageMBS methods. Added DynaPDFMBS.GetMissingGlyphsString function. Fixed LineMBS control to show color on Cocoa target, too. Added OptionTCPKeepAlive, OptionTCPKeepIdle and OptionTCPKeepInte... [More] | ||
| May 14, 2012 | ||
| (Blog: Monkeybread Software) SOAP Kit & Fedex | 20:21:00 | |
Did you know that Fedex has a web service? You can integrate your application directly with the Fedex web services and for example register packages for pick up with them. So the good thing is that you can take their WSDL and send it through our S... [More] | ||
| (Blog: Brad Rhine) Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-05-14 | 19:00:00 | |
"And he sailed off through night and day and in and out of weeks and almost over a year to where the wild things are." # Let the wild rumpus start. RIP Maurice Sendak. # likes Let Me In by … Continue reading →... [More] | ||
| (Blog: RS Blog) Debugging Tips | 11:18:00 | |
In this article I am going to share a nifty way to help with debugging your code. There are times when you need to figure out which methods of your code are called when. A common solution for this is to add lines like this to your code: Sub... [More] | ||
| May 13, 2012 | ||
| (Blog: Brad Rhine) Current Status | 17:53:59 | |
Today, special thanks to three great Moms: my own Mom (who is always there for me even today), my wife (an absolutely awesome mother to my kids), and my mother-in-law (who I pick on but really count myself lucky to … Continue reading →... [More] | ||
| (Blog: Monkeybread Software) Filemaker Conference 2012 in Salzburg | 12:32:00 | |
I just signed up as gold sponsor for the conference. So if you come to Salzburg for this conference, it would be nice to meet you and talk about plugins with Filemaker. For more details, please check the filemaker-konferenz.de website. ... [More] | ||
| May 12, 2012 | ||
| (Blog: Bob Keeney) Hiring Good Developers | 16:39:23 | |
It’s been a while since I’ve posted. We’ve been very busy (this is good) but it cuts down on my writing time. Here’s a random thought that popped up into my head this morning. BKeeney Software has three full-time Real Studio... [More] | ||
| (Blog: Brad Rhine) Painted Floor | 15:54:59 | |
from Instagram: http://instagr.am/p/KiECbQS9ta/... [More] | ||
| (Blog: Brad Rhine) My Girls | 14:40:06 | |
from Instagram: http://instagr.am/p/Kh65D6y9pS/... [More] | ||
| (Blog: Monkeybread Software) Real Studio User Groups on a Map | 11:59:00 | |
I hope I have them all here: Please join a group near you, so you can talk to other Real Studio developers. ... [More] | ||
| May 11, 2012 | ||
| (Blog: Monkeybread Software) Real Studio Meeting in Wiesbaden | 22:12:00 | |
We had a nice meeting here in Wiesbaden with the Rhein-Main Real Studio group. Everyone told what he does with Real Studio and also we did a little bit of coding on the big screen. Exchanging ideas and showing solutions to problems in the group is r... [More] | ||
| (Blog: Monkeybread Software) Reducing cookies | 13:17:00 | |
Browsers store cookies for websites, so they identify you. Looking in a typical browser's cookie list, you see thousands of them. So either you don't care for that or you manage it. I now got the Cookies app from Mac app store. What you can do is to... [More] | ||
| May 10, 2012 | ||
| (Blog: RS Blog) Adding a CommandLink Button on Windows | 08:20:00 | |
This brief tutorial will show you how to add native controls on Windows using only Realbasic code. This assumes some basic knowledge of Win32 APIs. You can download the complete project here.In this example we'll be adding a native Comman... [More] | ||
| May 09, 2012 | ||
| (Blog: Monkeybread Software) Events in Hamburg, Germany | 12:46:00 | |
Real Studio 6th June 2012, 19:30 o'clock, Block House Othmarschen, See website Filemaker 7th June 2012, 19 o'clock Block House Wandsbeck. See website If you are interested in an extra meeting with me, we can arrange something for 7th June. ... [More] | ||
| May 08, 2012 | ||
| (Blog: Brad Rhine) Nasty Blue Tongue | 23:55:21 | |
from Instagram: http://instagr.am/p/KYmpcgS9mR/... [More] | ||
| (Blog: Monkeybread Software) New Example for Cocoa Toolbar | 21:14:00 | |
Check this cool example from David Della Rocca with a nice toolbar made in Real Studio with our plugins: It supports toolbar items with segmented buttons, normal buttons, buttons with menu and search fields. Also you can have flexible space and sho... [More] | ||
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