MBS Filemaker Plugin 2.7

We develop Filemaker plug-ins for Mac OS X and Windows.

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New in version 2.7 2.6 2.5 2.4 2.3 2.2 2.1 2.0

The MBS is easily the most powerful plug-in available for FileMaker today. There are over 1000 functions that allow FileMaker developers to extend their solutions in some amazing ways. Each function does a little task and in their combination you can unleash the full power of our plugin. To learn how to use them together, please check our reference and our more than 100 example databases. A quick overview:

SQL Connectivity
- Connect to multiple SQL databases: Oracle, SQL Server, DB2, Sybase, Informix, InterBase, SQLBase, MySQL, PostgreSQL and ODBC, SQLite.
- Read values, changes values, add new records, call stored procedures.
- Use prepared statements for increased security.
- Use bulk row fetching for maximum speed.
CURL Library
- Download and upload files or data from/to http/https/ftp/ftps/sftp.
- Send emails over smtp and receive emails over pop3 or imap.
- Perform several transfers simultaneously in background.
- Send form data directly without Webviewer.
- Parse and build JavaScript Object Notation encoded data with out JSON functions. (new in 2.7)
Control the Webviewer
- Print website, Fill and submit forms.
- Run Javascript in Webviewer and call back Filemaker Scripts from Javascript.
- Disable Javascript Alerts in the Webviewer.
- Register WebDownloadDelegate and WebPolicyDelegate scripts to control downloads in Webviewer on Mac. (new in 2.7)
Image editing with GraphicsMagick
- Load pictures from file, container value or create a blank one.
- Compose pictures together, e.g. add an overlay or watermark.
- Edit images with crop, rotate, scale and other operations.
- Use lots of image effects like blur, sharpen, swirl and others.
- Save result to container or file.
Use PDF functions from Mac OS X
- Render an image from a page of a PDF.
- Extract text from PDF.
- Create new PDF with pages from existing PDF.
Encryption and Hash
- Calculate MD5 and SHA512 hashes for text. (new in 2.7)
- Encrypt/Decrypt text with AES .
- Encrypt/Decrypt text with Blowfish .

Files
- Show file/folder selection or save dialogs. (new in 2.7)
- Get icon from file or folder and previews with QuickLook (Mac only)
- Set Icons on Mac with our plugin. (new in 2.7)
- Launch files, query file size or file existents, create directories. (new in 2.7)
- Query the last used file path in Mac file dialogs.
Lock your app for Kiosks
- Query which USB devices are connected and allow only the start of your runtime if special USB stick is connected.
- Hide system GUI like Dock and menubar with System UI Functions
- Show a backdrop behind your Filemaker window so user does not see the desktop.
- Color window content to focus user on a dialog.
Control windows in Filemaker
- Show progress dialogs.
- Add Drag and Drop functions to your Mac solutions.
- Enumerate windows and control any window in Filemaker.
- Disable close, minimize and maximize widgets.
- Show and hide any window.
- Use window transitions on Mac OS X like Apple's applications. (See video)
Mac Integration
- Query location of a Mac with CoreLocation functions. (new in 2.7)
- Set your application's dock tile badge text. (new in 2.7)
- Put your solution into Apple's Mac App Store and use plugin functions to verify the package receipt.
- Query printers and their print jobs. Cancel print jobs or send raw printer commands to raw printers, like label printers.
Register your own URL Scheme
- Have your solution start with a click on an email or website and process the URL as you need. Plugin calls a script with the name you define when registering.
Query system information
- Need to know computer name, memory size, serial number, OS Version or something else?
Powerful text functions
- Get/Set text on the clipboard.
- Remove accents from texts for easier search.
- Use SoundEx to have searches for Maier also show results for Meyer, Meier and Mayer
Utility
- Send and receive notifications from other applications or part of your solution.
- Start a script now or after some time and pass file name, script name and parameter as texts.
- Set and Get variables which you can see in all files of your solution.
- List screens and take screenshot from whole screen or from rectangle.
- Run AppleScript and WindowsScript scripts in Filemaker.
- Store global preferences for your solution. (new in 2.7)

And a log of more stuff like Container utility functions. If you miss something, please email us and we may add another function for you.

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MBS Filemaker Plugin 2.7 Release notes

MBS Filemaker Plugin, version 2.7fc

Download the MBS Filemaker Plugin
Mac OS X MBSFMPlugin27.dmg ( 16M )		Windows MBSFMPlugin27.zip ( 17M )

Installation.pdf Individual files Alpha and Beta releases

Tutorial videos

	Filemaker Window Transitions (Mac OS X) 1:26 minutes
	Filemaker WebView Example project source code FilemakerCurrency project and database files (Mac OS X) 7:45 minutes
	Filemaker, AppleScript and iChat Example project source code AppleScriptChat project files (Mac OS X) 4:09 minutes

For more examples see the other videos

New in version 2.7

Added FileDialog functions.
Added JSON functions.
Added CoreLocation functions to query location of a Mac.
Added Encryption.DecryptBlowfish and Encryption.EncryptBlowfish.
Added Encryption.DecryptAES and Encryption.EncryptAES.
Added Hash.MD5 and Hash.SHA512 functions to get hashes of UTF-8 text.
Added WebPolicyDelegate functions to decide which files should be downloaded.
Added WebDownloadDelegate functions so you can get downloads from WebViewer on Mac.
Added functions Files.AppPath, Files.Launch, Files.LaunchFile and Files.RevealFile.
Added duration parameter for Mac OS X to Window.Resize and Window.Move.
Added WebView.EstimatedProgress.
Added Icon.SetIcon and Icon.ClearIcon for Mac to set/remove file icons.
Added new CURL functions: CURL.AddInputFile, CURL.AddInputJPEG, CURL.AddInputPNG and CURL.AddInputText.
Added Files.FileSize function.
Added more parameter for Mac to Webview.LoadURL function.
Added Window.ScrollbarsVisible function.
Added Window.GetAlpha.
Added Preferences.SetValue and Preferences.SetValue functions.
Added Files.DirectoryExists, Files.FileExists and Files.ItemExists functions.
Added PDFKit.Watermark function.
Added PDFKit.GetPDFPageFormattedText function.
Fixed crash on Windows with CURL options using lists.
Fixed Window.HideScrollbar function for Filemaker 12 on Mac and Windows.
Fixed GraphicsMagick functions to no longer crash if you call them with Destroyed image reference.
Changed CURL.SetUpdateProgressDialog to now also work for uploads.
Changed CURL debug output to no longer contain SSL raw data of transfer.
Changed Webview and Window functions on Mac so they better check if a handle is no longer valid. We now track which windows are closed and invalid window references so they can't be used.
Changed plugin to use more Unicode APIs for better file name handling.
Improved Drag and Drop. You can now specify email and receive email drags from Apple Mail.
Improved hidden scrollbars on Mac for Filemaker 12 so they stay hidden even with resizing window.
Implemented Path.NativePathToFilemakerPath and Path.FilemakerPathToNativePath for Windows.

Read about older releases in our release notes.

Support

You can of course send us questions by email.

Or subscribe to our mailing list: MBS Filemaker Plugin Mailinglist

Pricing

See pricing page and order page.

System requirements

The Plugin requires Mac OS X 10.4 or Windows 2000.

Filemaker version 7 to 12 is supported.

Last version with PowerPC support on Mac: 2.4.

The plugin runs locally on a Filemaker installation or on a server installation. If you use Instant Web Publishing or Filemaker to Go, the plugin still needs to be run on the server, but results can be viewer on browser or iOS devices.

Links
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