How about I create a FileMaker Go with MBS?

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My clients with iOS licenses usually build their own iOS app using the FileMaker iOS SDK and embed the MBS Plugin.

Now I could build such an app and put it in the App Store as a free item. The app would need to have to get some name and icon, since I can’t reuse Claris’.

On first launch a welcome screen may ask for a database to start or an URL. Maybe with barcode scanning.

You would put in your database or point to your server and we store that in the preferences for the next launch. In the start script you set the MBS license.

What do you guys think about this?

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Great idea

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How would that differ from Go?

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It would have MBS Plugin included.
And some start database, where you could put in the file to use or URL to server database.

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In terms of end user advantage, why use this instead of using Go?

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You would be able to use MBS functions in the scripts running in the app without the need to build your own app with the iOS SDK.

e.g. to use MBS locally on iOS to do something like scanning documents, using CURL in the background or control a WebViewer.

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