MBS FileMaker Plugin 16.1 development

[MonkeybreadSoftware]

Hello,

in this thread I want to post to you what's new in development of MBS Plugin, version 16.1.

Download is available as usual here:

monkeybreadsoftware.com/filemaker/files/Prerelease/

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If not, well you can ignore it.

New functions in documentation.

Thanks for supporting our plugin.

For questions please do not answer here, but start a new discussion.

Greetings
Christian

[MonkeybreadSoftware]

16.1pr1:

• Changed PageSetupDialog and PrintDialog functions to return an error if called on server.
• Changed DynaPDF.InitColorManagement and DynaPDF.InitColorManagementEx, so you can call without profiles to deactivate color management.
• Improved search window to show an error message if the WebView can't be created (on Windows).
• Fixed a crash with Translation functions for macOS 15.x.
• Changed Vision.RecognizeText and Vision.RecognizeTextJSON to auto detect the language
• Added Translation.DetectLanguage function.
• Fixed a problem with the search box for relationship graph disappearing on Windows.
• Added Files.OpenFiles function.
• Added group parameter to ScriptWorkspace.OpenScript function.
• Improved Matrix.InsertRecordsToSQL and FM.SQL.InsertRecordsToSQL functions to pass NULL if a number or date field is empty. Otherwise SQL would complain about passing invalid date or number.
• Implemented Files.USBSerialNumber for Windows.
• Improved Hash.CRC16 function to better handle some special variants.
• Added SyntaxColoring.GetFormatAddSpaceBeforeSemicolon and SyntaxColoring.SetFormatAddSpaceBeforeSemicolon function to set whether to add space before semicolon for our calculation formatting.
• Updated curl to latest pre-release and patched an IMAP regression.
• Improved ClearRegistration to clear more keys on the Registry on Windows.
• Updated LibXL to version 5.1.
• Changed XL.Book.AddConditionalFormat function to take area as parameters.
• Added XL.Book.Clear and XL.Book.ErrorCode functions.
• Added XL.Book.ConditionalFormat and XL.Book.ConditionalFormatSize functions.
• Added XL.Sheet.ConditionalFormatSize and XL.Sheet.ConditionalFormatting functions.
• Added XL.Sheet.RemoveConditionalFormatting function.
• Rewrote FM.SQL.InsertRecords and Matrix.InsertRecords functions to use same code internal.
• Rewrote FM.SQL.InsertRecordsToSQL and Matrix.InsertRecordsToSQL functions to use same code internal.
• Changed tag to tagValue for PhidgetsRFID values to report the tag for a RFID card.
• Improved the field picker link to allow it to link to current table.
• Deprecated FM.GetSQLBatchMode and FM.SetSQLBatchMode.
• Rewrote FM.InsertRecordQuery and FM.InsertRecordQueryIgnoreDuplicates to use newer code base.
• Rewrote SQL.InsertRecords to use newer code base.
• Fixed a text encoding problem with copy & paste of XML from Script Workspace on Windows.
• Improved Files.USBSerialNumber function on Windows to report hard disk and SSD serial numbers, too.
• Added grouping to script search.
• Rewrote FM.InsertOrUpdateRecordQuery to use newer code base.
• Added FM.SQL.InsertOrUpdateRecords and Matrix.InsertOrUpdateRecords functions.
• Added a tool button for search window with a copy results command.
• Added XL.LoadBookInfo function.
• Fixed a bug where the search window could trigger a license dialog even if you have a license.
• Improved Files.RenameFile on Windows to try an alternative way if the rename failed.
• Added FM.SQL.InsertOrUpdateRecordsToSQL and Matrix.InsertOrUpdateRecordsToSQL functions.
• Patched CURL for the check reuse of sessions for verify status with Apple SecTrust.
• Improved functions taking path to report an error about an empty text passed as path instead continuing normally.
• Improved Printer.Print function to wait a bit if the combobox is not yet loaded on Windows.
• Improved search field in relationship graph to resize better on macOS.
• Updated Phidgets library headers to current version (28th January 2026).
• Added CurrentOutput and LEDArray as device for Phidget.Create function.
• Changed XL.Sheet.AddConditionalFormatting so you pass the first range with the function call.
• Improved formatting rules for calculations to better handle ${} in the formulas.
• Added ScriptWorkspace.SelectGroup function.
• Added Phidget.ClearLEDs, Phidget.SetAnimation, Phidget.SetLED, Phidget.SetLEDs, Phidget.StopAnimation and Phidget.SynchronizeAnimations functions.
• Added JSON.ToToon function.
• Updated Xcode to version 26.2.

[MonkeybreadSoftware]

16.1pr2:

• Added OCR.RenderPDF function.
• Added Command-W for the search all scripts window on macOS to close the dialog via shortcut.
• Updated openssl to version 3.5.5.
• Updated expat to version 2.7.4.
• Fixed an issue with If/Loop highlighting causing a crash on MacOS Tahoe.
• Clipboard is now preserved when opening the script search.
• Fixed an issue with JSON.InsertRecord where we passed date as timestamp and FileMaker complained about incompatible types.

[MonkeybreadSoftware]

16.1pr3:

• Added Llama functions to load local large language models to query them.
• Fixed Archive functions to recognize zstd library within the plugin, so Archive.ZStdVersion reports the version.
• Rebuild libarchive to dynamically load lzma library on macOS/iOS.
• Fixed script search to select scripts on macOS if folder and script names are the same.
• Improved Text.ReadTextFile and other functions to read files on Windows instead of complaining about file in use.
• Added groups for SystemInfo.ADSystemInfo function.
• Changed install name for our plugin on macOS and iOS to be correct with @rpath.
• Implemented Files.GetPathFromNodeID for iOS and Linux. Linux uses recursive search.
• Updated SQLite to version 3.51.2.
• Added EnvironmentVariables.JSON function.
• Changed how we load python on linux to improve handling of custom installations.
• Updated DynaPDF to version 5.0.0.1
• Please note that DynaPDF 5 sets UseTransparency to false by default instead of true in version 4 and the UseImageColorSpace flag is now enabled by default, instead of disabled.
• Changed DynaPDF.ImportPDFPage to only require a Lite instead of a Pro license.

[MonkeybreadSoftware]

16.1pr4:

• Changed iOS deployment target to iOS 15.0 as minimum, since that is Xcode's minimum. That is iPhone 6S and newer.
• Improved script search to allow scripts to collapse.
• Changed script search results to show commented lines better.
• Changed script search results to number the search results and allow you to click them to mark where you are in the list.
• Enabled Dialog.ClearFields, Dialog.AddField, Dialog.GetFieldText and Dialog.SetFieldText functions for Windows since we got an alternative dialog with edit fields, which does most of our dialog functions.
• Added Files.ApplicationPathWithBundleIdentifier function.
• Improved variable check to ignore Set Variable lines with $index = $index + 1.
• Updated DynaPDF to version 5.0.0.2.

[MonkeybreadSoftware]

16.1pr5:

• Improved dialog functions for Windows to better handle placeholder text.
• Updated zlib to version 1.3.2.
• Updated taglib to version 2.2.
• Improved Hash.Digest and Hash.DigestFile functions to work with shake128 and shake256.
• Improved NSDate passing to return date with milliseconds, e.g. for Files.CreationDate.
• Added OutputType and Duplex as options for WebView.SetPrintParameter for iOS.
• Added HeaderTitle, FooterUri, ShouldPrintHeaderAndFooter and ShouldPrintSelectionOnly as options for WebView.SetPrintParameter for Windows.
• Changed Files.List, Files.ListAsJSON and Files.ListRecursive to accept a list for ExtensionFilter parameter.
• Changed the script search button on Windows to be the right side of the window and move with resizing.