MBS FileMaker Plugin 14.1 development

[MonkeybreadSoftware]

Hello,

in this thread I want to post to you what's new in development of MBS Plugin, version 14.1.

Download is available as usual here:

monkeybreadsoftware.com/filemaker/files/Prerelease/

or from Dropbox: Dropbox folder

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New functions in documentation.

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Greetings
Christian

[MonkeybreadSoftware]

14.1pr1:

• Improved DynaPDF.GetEmbeddedFileAsContainer to return images with preview.
• Added Events.RequestFullAccessToEvents, Events.RequestFullAccessToReminders and Events.RequestWriteOnlyAccessToEvents functions.
• Added DynaPDF.CreateGoToEAction function.
• Fixed a problem with auto completion with underscore variables on macOS Sonoma.
• Fixed a problem with Command - - shortcut in FileMaker.
• Improved formula formatting to keep comments on the end of the line there and better handle inline comments.
• Improved dialog functions on macOS to show buttons with borders if you have more than three buttons.
• Enabled auto complete for dialog to specify output file. Use Option-ESC or F5 depending on macOS version to trigger auto complete.
• Updated dyncall library to version 1.4.
• Added GMImage.Statistics function.
• Improved Data Detector example to include a contextual menu routine for showing actions based on RegEx.DataDetector function.
• Fixed a possible crash with deactivated MBS FileMaker Plugin. Still we welcome if you keep MBS FileMaker Plugin activated in FileMaker.
• Improved documentation to better list constants. More in table views now.
• Added Overlay functions to show little graphics on screen independent of FileMaker.
• Fixed a problem in Container.Decompress function.
• Improved ImageCapture functions to connect scan dialogs with other functions. This allows you to set parameters without the GUI.
• Fixed a problem where relationship graph search didn't work for macOS.
• Improved calculation formatting code.
• Updated SQLite to version 3.45.1.
• Added KeyToCopy parameter to JSON.JSONPatch.FromDiff to copy primary keys.
• Fixed a problem with Socket.SendMessageHex function.
• Fixed headers in ListDialog functions to not show check boxes.
• Added ListDialog.SetCloseDialogOnDoubleClick and ListDialog.GetCloseDialogOnDoubleClick to decide whether the dialog closes on double click.
• Improved ListDialog functions to not show empty header lines if you filter entries.
• Improved ListDialog functions to match headers with all their items if you search for them.

[MonkeybreadSoftware]

14.1pr2:

• Added LastErrorDetail function for Get() function links.
• Added empty check for debugger tooltips, so we show "$variable is empty", if IsEmpty() returns true for the variable.
• Updated our headers for NetSNMP library.
• Fixed bug in StoreKit.FinishTransaction function not finding the transaction.
• Fixed bug in Events.Item.SetTimeZone function.
• Fixed a problem with SendMail.AddAttachmentContainer function where the file name included the remote: prefix for external containers.
• Added SyntaxColoring.FormatCalculation function.
• Added CF function as a shortcut for FM.CF function, which assumes you store custom functions in a dictionary named CF.
• Added support for orientation in WebView.SetPrintParameter function for iOS.
• Changed Trace function to not shorten texts with CURL.DebugMessages or returned error.
• Added DynaPDF.GetActionsAsJSON function.
• Improved IKScannerDevicePanel.Reset to clear values set with IKScannerDevicePanel.SetDocumentName, IKScannerDevicePanel.SetScanControlLabel and IKScannerDevicePanel.SetOverviewControlLabel, too.
• Updated DynaPDF to version 4.0.83.242.

[MonkeybreadSoftware]

14.1pr3:

• Updated DynaPDF to version 4.0.83.243.
• Implemented better MovableByWindowBackground for Overlay functions on Windows to work with mouse events.
• Added Overlay.SetMouseClickEvaluate, Overlay.SetMouseClickScript, Overlay.SetMouseEnterEvaluate, Overlay.SetMouseEnterScript, Overlay.SetMouseExitEvaluate, and Overlay.SetMouseExitScript functions.
• Improved variable check to run better for smaller scripts.
• Fixed an issue in SQL functions where an error message would be cut on the first character improperly encoded.
• Improved SQL functions to better return error messages if the ODBC driver provided them with ASCII instead of UTF16/32 encoding.
• Changed JSON.Replace to accept text or number as replacement and convert it to JSON internally automatically instead of returning a parsing error.

[barefoot]

Hi @MonkeybreadSoftware,

Your brilliant plug in does overwhelm me frankly. Is there a light version of it or a decaf?
Maybe a feature request like a toggle button to turn off all 'advanced' features and have the basic (maybe just the freeebee-stuff) in there

Thanks anyway for offering your enhancements!

[MonkeybreadSoftware]

If you don't use a feature, it doesn't interfere.

For the script workspace enhancements, well just go to preferences dialog and turn on/off what you like.

You can absolutely stay with the free enhancements to FileMaker and the 2000 free functions and never call one of the other 5000 functions.

But of course we appreciate if you have a license. Trial licenses are a great way to try the full plugin for a while.

[MonkeybreadSoftware]

14.1pr4:

• Improved Clipboard.GetRTFText, Clipboard.GetHTMLText, Clipboard.GetStyledText and Clipboard_GetText for Windows to strip out an ending NULL character if the other application added it to the clipboard text.
• Fixed a crash in ListDialog.Sort when there is no list to sort.
• Marked path functions to be free to use.
• Added check to LibXL.Initialize to return error if you use the license key for a different platform.
• Added JSON.AddValueToArray and JSON.AddValueToObject functions.
• Added fallback to Clipboard.GetText for Windows to read ANSI text if unicode text is not available.
• Added Clipboard.Clear function.
• Added possibility to hold option key for format button to get a calculation made compact for faster evaluation.
• Added parameter for SyntaxColoring.FormatCalculation to get compact output.
• Improved our RTF parser for Text.TextToRTF and Clipboard.GetStyledText function.
• Added Flags parameter to Window.List to return names instead of IDs and filter for database windows only and/or visible windows.
• Added RemoteControl.IsAltKeyDown, RemoteControl.IsCapsLockKeyDown, RemoteControl.IsCommandKeyDown, RemoteControl.IsControlKeyDown, RemoteControl.IsFunctionKeyDown, and RemoteControl.IsShiftKeyDown functions to check if a modifier key is down.

[weetbicks]

• Added possibility to hold option key for format button to get a calculation made compact for faster evaluation.

Are you saying compact as in removing white-space? Does that really make the evaluation faster? Never heart of this before, will have to try it out. I find it hard to believe!

[MonkeybreadSoftware]

I'll remove the "for faster evaluation." from the release notes.
The effect is there, but probably too small to make a difference in real usage.

[weetbicks]

Thanks, I've just tested and noted a difference in this release than previous w hen just using standard format button (not using option).

In the below calc, when I use format, I end up with a large area at the top of the calc missing. if I then click int his area the remainder of the calculation does appear. Kind of like a refresh issue of sorts.

[MonkeybreadSoftware]

Thanks. We keep an eye on this. If this happens more often, we may add some code to request a redraw of a window.

[MonkeybreadSoftware]

14.1pr5

• Changed PageSetupDialog.GetLastSettings, PrintDialog.GetLastSettings and PDFKit.GetPrintLastSettings to log all text for trace log.
• Disabled syntax coloring explicitly for preferences and file option dialogs.
• Fixed an edge case with JSON.Replace where it didn't catch all spots.
• Improved SendMail functions to allow the creation of attachment only emails.
• Improved font mapping for DynaPDF.WriteStyledText to better handle bold fonts.
• Updated DynaPDF to version 4.0.84.246.
• Added DynaPDF.Parser.SelectionText function.
• Updated to newer plugin SDK.
• Added timeout for CLGeocoder.GeocodeAddressString and CLGeocoder.ReverseGeocodeLocation functions.
• Fixed Window.FindByName to return first matching window in case of a prefix match, not last.
• Fixed Window.FindByName for Windows to not find other applications windows.
• Fixed a bug in our syntax check button when using fancy quotes.

[MonkeybreadSoftware]

14.1pr6:

• Added AVRecorder.GetVideoOrientation and AVRecorder.SetVideoOrientation function.
• Improved copying table contextual menu command to copy checkboxes as 0 or 1.
• Changed Text.TextToRTF function to use RTF parser from macOS/iOS and Windows for these platforms.
• Added "Copy Full Field Specification" menu command for field specify dialog in FileMaker.
• Changed Audit.Changed to ignore empty field names.

[MonkeybreadSoftware]

And released:

MBS Plugin 14.1 for Claris FileMaker