Version history:

Release notes for version 9.2 - 21st May 2019

New functions in 9.2 and Announcement in blog.

• Added new ContinuityCamera functions for taking picture and scanning documents with iPhone or iPad to use on your Mac.
• Added PageSetupDialog functions to change paper format on MacOS.
• Added TextView functions to have our own text control for Mac, iOS and Windows.
• Added Matrix functions for a two dimensional list with FileMaker native data types.
• Added 20ms pause after setting copies in Printer.Print to let dialog notice the change.
• Added AddPageBreak parameter for WordFile.Append.
• Added Archive.Verify function.
• Added Calendar.Initialize function.
• Added check to Files.Delete to prevent you using paths ending in // or \\, which may unexpectedly delete a whole folder.
• Added Command-R to calculations to show ruler to define tabs.
• Added DragDrop.CreateOnPopoverWithControl and DragDrop.CreateOnPopoverWithSize.
• Added DragDrop.GetHTML and DragDrop.GetRTF functions.
• Added DynaPDF.ConvertColors function.
• Added DynaPDF.GetViewerPreferences and DynaPDF.SetViewerPreferences functions.
• Added FM.RunSaveAsXML function.
• Added GMImage.GetAttributeNames and GMImage.GetAttributesJSON functions.
• Added Hash.DigestFile function to calculate hashes of big files.
• Added ListDialog.ClearColumnHeaders, ListDialog.GetColumnHeader andListDialog.SetColumnHeader functions.
• Added ListDialog.ColumnCount and ListDialog.SetColumnCount for multi column list dialogs.
• Added MapView.FormatDistance, MapView.ParseDistance and MapView.PlanRoute functions.
• Added Math.PolylineEncode and Math.PolylineDecode functions for Google's Encoded Polyline Algorithm Format.
• Added new optional type parameter to PrintDialog.SetOption and PDFKit.SetPrintOption to set data type.
• Added new parameter for Files.CreateAlias to specify icon for the alias/link file.
• Added PaperSize option to RichText.SetAttribute and RichText.Attribute functions.
• Added PDFKit.GetPrintLastSettings function.
• Added PDFKit.GetPrintOption and PDFKit.SetPrintOption functions to set custom options.
• Added PKCS12.ShowDialog and X509.ShowDialog functions.
• Added Printer.CurrentNumberOfCopies function.
• Added ProgressDialog.GetImageHeight, ProgressDialog.GetImageWidth, ProgressDialog.SetImageHeight, ProgressDialog.SetImageWidth to show bigger images.
• Added Screen.Scale function.
• Added Socket.List function.
• Added support for passing automatically string, int and long arrays to/from our Java functions.
• Added Text.DecodeIMAPFolderName function.
• Added UserNotification.removeAllScheduledNotifications function.
• Added withEXIF parameter to ImagePicker.MediaEditedImage and ImagePicker.MediaOriginalImage functions.
• Added workaround for SerialPort.Open to avoid Windows bug with COM ports >9
• Adjusted offsets for DragDrop.CreateWithControl to position on top of control better.
• Changed Archive.Content to return error if archive is broken.
• Changed Dialog.Run to return error if called on Server.
• Changed DragDrop functions on Windows to allow transparent area for drop area.
• Changed DynaPDF.Initialize to load dylib on iOS, too.
• Changed JSON.SetPathItem to create objects if they are missing.
• Changed plugin to not link to EventKit functions, CalendarStore and TWAIN frameworks directly.
• Changed Printer.Print to only set collatePages is 0 or 1 and ignore parameter otherwise.
• Changed ProgressDialog on Windows to respect DPI of display.
• Changed SQL functions to not complain about missing functions with freetds.
• Changed SQL.SetConnectionOption to pass more options to commands for MS SQL: SQL_ATTR_CURSOR_TYPE, SQL_ATTR_QUERY_TIMEOUT, SQL_ATTR_CONCURRENCY, SQL_ATTR_CURSOR_SCROLLABLE and SQL_ATTR_CURSOR_SENSITIVITY.
• Changed syntax colorizing for formulas to ignore white space between function name and bracket.
• Changed SystemInfo.HardDiscSerial for Windows to make sure to ignore removable media.
• Changed SystemInfo.MACAddress for Windows to look for Ethernet port first, than for Wifi and than for other adapters.
• Changed WordFile functions to also handle OpenDocument text files.
• Changed WordFile functions to not reformat XML unless changed.
• Changed WordFile.ReplaceTag to look for tags in document properties.
• Disabled HealthKit for public release due to Apple's automatic tests. If you need a plugin with HealthKit, please contact us.
• Fixed a problem with FMWrapper loading for Mac runtime apps.
• Fixed a problem with NTML authentication with CURL functions on Windows.
• Fixed an issue where notification on iOS would not show up in the app or trigger script.
• Fixed Archive.Content to return flags correctly.
• Fixed bug in JSON generation for NULL strings.
• Fixed bug with WordFile.SetMarkers.
• Fixed DynaPDF.IsColorPage function result.
• Fixed LDAP timeout functions LDAP.GetNetworkTimeOut, LDAP.GetTimeOut, LDAP.SetNetworkTimeOut and LDAP.SetTimeOut.
• Fixed problem preventing search in script to work in scripts opened as dialog.
• Fixed problem with CGPSConverter.Convert and big files.
• Fixed problem with delimiter detection in FM.InsertRecordCSV.
• Fixed problem with Dialog.Run if other button is empty text.
• Fixed problem with DynaPDF.RotateTemplate function and 180 degree.
• Fixed problem with Path.RemoveLastPathComponent and path ending with (back)slash.
• Fixed QLPreviewPanel.Clear for iOS.
• Implemented Process.SetFrontMost for Windows.
• Improved 64-bit integer handling for JSON to avoid rounding errors with doubles.
• Improved error handling for DynaPDF.ImportPDFPage function.
• Improved error message for SerialPort.Open to include name of the COM port.
• Improved startup time of the plugin by delaying loading of Calendar, Events, LDAP, GraphicsMagick, CoreML, SmartCard, Windows User Notification APIs until needed.
• In formula editor, you can now press Command-I to show spaces and control characters more visually.
• Little fixes for next FileMaker version.
• Manually applied CURL fix: vauth/oauth2: Fix OAUTHBEARER token generation #3377
• Manually applied NTML fix for CURL.
• Notarized Runtime Shrinker, Form Utility and Clipboard Helper applications.
• Removed compatibility for Windows Vista, so Windows 7 is minimum to load MBS Plugin 9.2.
• Renamed FM.RunDataDesignReport to FM.RunDatabaseDesignReport, but old name stays valid.
• The syntax highlighting for calculation dialog now adds extra tab stops.
• Updated CURL to version 7.64.1.
• Updated DynaPDF to version 4.0.27.80.
• Updated Hotkey key names to use left/right/up/down for Mac and Windows.
• Updated LibXL to version 3.8.5 for MacOS and 3.8.5.1 for Linux and Windows.
• Updated SQLite to version 3.28.0.
• Updated to Xcode 10.2.

Release notes for version 9.1 - 12th March 2019

New functions in 9.1 and Announcement in blog.

• Added DocumentPicker functions to get file dialog to pick or export file on iOS.
• Added feature to sort layout style entries in context menu in FileMaker layout editor.
• Added PKCS7 functions to read signed data.
• Added append parameter for Trace function.
• Added AVRecorder.EncoderCount, AVRecorder.EncoderInfo, AVRecorder.GetEncoder and AVRecorder.SetEncoder functions to define encoder for AVRecorder on Windows.
• Added AVRecorder.ShowPropertyDialog function.
• Added backlog parameter for Socket.Listen.
• Added CloseDialog = 3 mode for Printer.Print to keep main dialog open, but close sub dialog.
• Added DragDrop.GetAutoResizingMask and DragDrop.SetAutoResizingMask functions.
• Added DynaPDF.GetOCG, DynaPDF.GetOCGContUsage, DynaPDF.GetOCGCount, DynaPDF.GetOCGUsageUserName and DynaPDF.SetOCGState functions for PDF layers.
• Added DynaPDF.Table.SetCellAction function.
• Added FM.SQL.Max, FM.SQL.Min, FM.SQL.Avg and FM.SQL.Sum functions.
• Added ImageCapture.PDF function to return PDF document for scanned documents.
• Added MapView.RemoveAnnotations and MapView.RemoveOverlays function.
• Added MapView.ShowAllAnnotations function.
• Added MaxRes Parameter for DynaPDF.Print function.
• Added mitigation for Folders.UserTemporary function for Mac on Server.
• Added more CoreLocation functions for iOS.
• Added NewTextColor parameter for DynaPDF.ReplacePattern function.
• Added PlainText flag to DynaPDF.WriteFText, DynaPDF.WriteFTextEx and DynaPDF.WriteFTextExRotated functions.
• Added providesAppNotificationSettings, showPreviewsSetting and criticalAlertSetting for UNNotification.NotificationSettings function.
• Added support for binary format to X509.Read, X509.ReadFromContainer and X509.ReadFromFile.
• Added Time.TimeZoneOffset function.
• Added tooltip for Export dialog for MacOS. If a table name is selected in popup, we can show field type in tooltip for list entries.
• Added Trace.WriteLine function to write text/data into trace logging.
• Added UNNotification functions for MacOS 10.14 and newer.
• Added WIA.Images function.
• Added WinSendMail.SendAsync function.
• Added WordFile.AddMediaFile function.
• Added X509.Write function.
• Changed UNNotification functions to return error on server.
• Changed code signing to also sign debug version of our Windows plugin.
• Changed email decoding to use iconv to support GB2312 text encoding.
• Changed freeing SQL connections to also free all related SQL commands.
• Changed GMImage.AveragePixelValue to make rectangle optional.
• Changed GraphicsMagick to detect installed fonts at runtime for MacOS instead of hard coded list.
• Changed MapView.CreateWithControl so the map view is placed in the document view from FileMaker and scrolls with the other controls.
• Changed MapView.ShowAddress and MapView.AddPinWithAddress to return errors if address is not found.
• Changed script search to delay search a few milliseconds to avoid search while typing.
• Changed TAPI.Initialize to return windows error code if initialization fails.
• Changed web viewer made with WebView.Create to open links with target=_blank in browser.
• Changed WebView.FindByName to better find web viewer.
• Changed XML.Import to ignore BOM character.
• Fixed a problem with XL.Sheet.CellWriteTexts function and empty entries in value list.
• Fixed a problem with XML.Parse getting an XML reference number.
• Fixed bug for Time.TimeStampToUTC on Windows with day change.
• Fixed bug in CURL.GetResultAsEMailList to include several CC addresses.
• Fixed bug in handling 16-bit color for GraphicsMagick, which affected the trim and replace color examples.
• Fixed bug in WebView.FindByName for Mac.
• Fixed bug with Archive.Compress not writing file on Windows.
• Fixed bug with image indexes for DynaPDF.AppendImagePages function.
• Fixed bug with SQL.SetParamAsTime and SQLAPI handling TIME field type for SQLite.
• Fixed crash with connecting to SQL Anywhere when creating connection failed. Now reports an error instead.
• Fixed GameKit.Leaderboard.New function.
• Fixed problem with Events.Reset function.
• Fixed problem with MapView.CreateWithControl on iOS not initializing correctly.
• Fixed problem with Printer.Print picking items in popup menu if you have two similar starting entries.
• Fixed problem with URL trigger for sockets.
• Fixed problem with XL.Sheet.SetTabColorRGB function.
• Fixed text encoding issue with Trace logs for Audit.
• Implemented FM.MouseWheelScriptTrigger for MacOS to navigate through records with mouse wheel.
• Manually applied CURL fix: vauth/oauth2: Fix OAUTHBEARER token generation #3377
• Rewrote Container.Compress and Container.Decompress to work faster.
• Rewrote FM.QueryFieldsForTableName and FM.QueryFieldsForBaseTableName to avoid join operation and gain better performance with lots of tables.
• Rewrote RichText.HTMLText to return better html.
• Updated CURL to version 7.64.0.
• Updated DynaPDF to version 4.0.26.74.
• Updated SQLAPI to version 4.2.5.
• Updated SQLite to version 3.27.1.

Release notes for version 9.0 - 22nd January 2019

New functions in 9.0 and Announcement in blog.

• Added MapView functions to put map control on the layout for Mac and iOS.
• Added new CURL.GetResultAsEMailList function.
• Added Applescript.DeterminePermissionToAutomateTarget function.
• Added CURL.FormClear function.
• Added GMImage.AutoOrient, GMImage.Extent, GMImage.GetQuiet, GMImage.Repage, GMImage.Resize and GMImage.SetQuiet functions.
• Added ImageView.SetFrameWithControl and MapView.SetFrameWithControl functions.
• Added JSON.CreateValue, JSON.Equals, JSON.FindValueInArray and JSON.FindValueInObjectArray functions.
• Added links to blog articles from help.
• Added MinimalBookmark parameter to Files.CreateBookmark function.
• Added more for internal SQLite3 library load for SQLAPI.
• Added more selectors or DynaPDF.GetField to query more fields.
• Added new mode for CURL.FileInfos to get file infos from ftp listing with MLSD custom request.
• Added options for XL.CopyContent, XL.CopyRow, and XL.CopySheet to skip some content.
• Added Path.ShortPath and Path.LongPath functions for Windows.
• Added Plugin.JasperVersion and Plugin.TiffVersion functions.
• Added preferences to enable formulas formatting with links to MBS documentation.
• Added RotateCoords parameter for DynaPDF.RotateTemplate function.
• Added ScriptWorkspace.ScriptText function.
• Added ScriptWorkspace.ScrollToLine and ScriptWorkspace.ScrollToSelection functions.
• Added scroll parameter to ScriptWorkspace.SelectLine function.
• Added Socket.IsClosed and Socket.IsListening functions.
• Added TotalSize, CountZLIB, SizeZLIB, CountFORK and SizeFORK fields for FM.TableStatistics function.
• Added Window.IsMaximized and Window.IsMinimized.
• Added workaround for GetBytesEx problem with returning corrupted text for >256K of text.
• Added workaround for CURL IMAP change. UID URLs changed to MAILINDEX automatically.
• Changed default SQL options for connecting to FileMaker via ODBC so it works out of the box.
• Changed DynaPDF to be more error tolerant for reading PDF files made by FileMaker when using Citrix.
• Changed DynaPDF.Optimize to use in memory flag by default unless you change it.
• Changed GraphicsMagick functions for Linux and iOS to use 16bit images.
• Changed Linux compile to include function names for stack traces.
• Changed List.RemoveValue and QuickList.RemoveValue to not report error if value is not found.
• Changed Printer.Print to prefer selecting exact match over beginning of text.
• Changed ServerSocket to not close socket automatically in case of error.
• Changed WebView.Screenshot, Window.Screenshot and Screenshot function to mark image with resolution for Windows.
• Disabled GraphicsMagick signal handlers.
• Disabled license check for iOS simulator.
• Enabled SQLITE_ENABLE_API_ARMOR for SQLite to help reduce crashes with wrong API calls to SQLite.
• Fixed a bug in Oracle initialization for Linux for SQL functions.
• Fixed a problem with MySQL DLL loading.
• Fixed a problem with plugin icon for MacOS, which did not show for everyone.
• Fixed bug with inline email text decoding and an extra space character sometimes.
• Fixed crash in SQL functions when using unnamed fields in SQLite recordsets.
• Fixed loading of static SQLite3 library which failed due to different mutex settings when compiling with newer SQLAPI version.
• Fixed memory leak in SerialPort.Clear function.
• Fixed potential issue for List.CSVSplit function.
• Fixed problem with GraphicsMagick initialization for Windows (caused crash on FMP startup).
• Fixed problem with lost time value in FM.SQL.JSONRecord function result.
• Fixed problem with text encoding with Oracle databases for SQL functions.
• Fixed problem with Text.MergeFields not finding variable always.
• Fixed UNNotification to trigger script and show notification when app is open.
• Improved bounds checking for XL.Sheet.AutoFilter.SetRef and XL.Sheet.AutoFilter.SetSort functions.
• Improved ColorPanel.Choose with passing color and result.
• Improved error handling for GMImage.NewFromContainer, so we pass on error messages from GraphicsMagick.
• Improved error message text for CURL.Perform calls.
• Improved HealthKit functions to better initialize in simulator.
• Improved out of bounds error message for Menu.InsertItem, Menu.RemoveItemAtIndex, Calendar.Item.GetAttendeeURL, Calendar.Item.GetAttendeeCommonName, Calendar.Item.GetAttendeeStatus, Printer.PrinterName and CLGeocoder.PlacemarkValue.
• Improved parsing for CURL.FileInfos.
• Improved relationship search field to auto complete and accept TO IDs to translate them to name.
• Manually applied CURL fix: vauth/oauth2: Fix OAUTHBEARER token generation #3377 (for Mac)
• Removed Container.GetJPEGHeight, Container.GetJPEGHeightResolution, Container.GetJPEGWidth and Container.GetJPEGWidthResolution.
• Removed QTMovie, QTExport and MovieView functions to remove last dependencies on QuickTime.
• Removed use of deprecated APIs in ucontext.h which Apple considers private API now.
• Renamed GMImage.Destroy to GMImage.Release. Old name stays valid.
• The MBS Plugin for 32-bit MacOS will be build on demand only. FileMaker 14 or newer can use 64-bit version.
• Updated CURL to version 7.63.0.
• Updated DynaPDF to version 4.0.25.71.
• Updated freetype to version 2.9.1.
• Updated GraphicsMagick library to version 1.3.31.
• Updated iconv to version 1.15.
• Updated libarchive to version 3.3.3.
• Updated libexpat to version 2.2.6.
• Updated OpenSSL to version 1.1.1a
• Updated png library to version 1.6.36.
• Updated regex library to version 8.42.
• Updated SQLAPI to version 4.2.4.
• Updated SQLite version 3.26.0.

Release notes for version 8.5 - 27th November 2018

New functions in 8.5 and Announcement in blog (in German).

• Added SSH functions to create SSH tunnel, see SSH.Tunnel.Run.
• Added Text.MergeFields function.
• Added a lot of GameKit functions to work with Game Center on Mac and iOS.
• Added a workaround to avoid IsKeyWindow function to crash on MacOS 10.14 Mojave.
• Added App.CompactMemory function.
• Added Audit.Backup and Audit.Backup2 to add data to audit log without editing.
• Added check to FM.InsertOrUpdateRecord2 to detect duplicate fields passed.
• Added CNContactStore.Contacts, CNContact.UnifiedContacts and CNContact.IsUnifiedWithContact functions.
• Added CNContactStore.GroupHierarchy function.
• Added Command-Option-C shortcut to lists in FileMaker to copy content.
• Added CURL.FileInfos function to get file listings for FTP as JSON.
• Added CURL.SetOptionDOHURL, CURL.SetOptionUpkeepIntervalMS, CURL.SetOptionUploadBufferSize and CURL.Upkeep.
• Added CurrentTimeUTCMilliseconds to list of fields you can log for Audit.
• Added Debugger.CurrentLineNumber function.
• Added delimiter parameter for List.CSVSplit, QuickList.CSVSplit and FM.InsertRecordCSV.
• Added DragDrop.SetFrameWithControl function.
• Added DynaPDF.CheckFieldNames function.
• Added Encryption.CipherNames and Encryption.DigestNames functions.
• Added keyboard shortcuts command +, - and = to change magnification in any table. Great for presentations.
• Added Plugin.CallErrorScriptTrigger and Plugin.SetErrorScriptTrigger function.
• Added PortMidi.ClearDataAvailableHandler, PortMidi.SetDataAvailableEvaluate and PortMidi.SetDataAvailableHandler.
• Added separator parameter for QuickList.AddList and QuickList.AddMultiValue.
• Added sheet support for FileDialog functions: FileDialog.SetSheetScriptTrigger, FileDialog.GetUseSheet and FileDialog.SetUseSheet.
• Added SkipImage parameter for CNContact.JSON function.
• Added SmartCard.ReadFile and SmartCard.SplitValues functions to read data from various smartcards (e.g. Swiss Health Insurance Card or Belgian Identity Card).
• Added SyntaxColoring.GetRememberColumnWidths and SyntaxColoring.SetRememberColumnWidths functions.
• Added timeouts for ImageCapture functions so the plugin doesn't wait endless. 30s for opening session, 20s for closing, 30s to select unit, 60s to scan.
• Added Webview.ClearBrowserSession function.
• Added WebView.Screenshot and Window.Screenshot for iOS.
• Added Window.SetFocus function.
• Added work around to better receive emails from Mail on Drag & Drop.
• Changed Audit functions to query field names in AuditLog table by SQL instead of looking for an AuditLog layout. The AuditLog layout is now optional and can be renamed.
• Changed Audit functions, so FieldHash is optional now if you have FieldValue. FieldID can be used if you have no FieldName.
• Changed Files.FileName to work on Windows/Linux if last character in path is (back)slash.
• Changed FM.Loop to return empty text if you have forward going loop with EndValue 0.
• Changed FM.UpdateRecords and related to better return error if parameter count is too small.
• Changed Folders.UserDocuments to return FileMaker documents folder on server.
• Changed GMImage.NewImagesFromFile to reject .PDF file as GraphicsMagick doesn't really read PDF files.
• Changed GraphicsMagick functions to pass file name from container to image when reading, so we can save again with same name in output container value.
• Changed how timeout is passed to LDAP.Search function.
• Changed ImageCapture.RequestSelectFunctionalUnit to return error directly if you request an unavailable functional unit.
• Changed PDFKit.Print to automatically disable print dialogs when printing on FileMaker Server.
• Changed ProgressDialog functions on Mac to no longer keep progress dialog modal if app is in background.
• Changed SendMail functions to no longer turn TO to CC if you have several TOs.
• Disabled bitcode for MBSInit.framework.
• DynaPDF now uses FreeType library and dropped Mac 32-bit target. We still include latest 32-bit dynapdf library for your convenience, but that is now deprecated.
• Fixed bug in Font.CalculateTextWidth with loading font.
• Fixed bug in SQL.GetFieldValueList with empty texts being ignored in first field.
• Fixed bug in SSL initialization introduced in pr1.
• Fixed bug with SQL functions on finding the MySQL libraries.
• Fixed edge case for filename in CURL.GetResultAsContainer function.
• Fixed FM.SQL.Execute to clear lasterror on success.
• Fixed issue with Clipboard.GetText not returning last byte for text.
• Fixed parameter check for Events.Participant.Name and related functions.
• Fixed problem on Windows with Audit introduced in pr3.
• Fixed problem with ? not encoded for email subject line.
• Fixed problem with Encryption.EncryptAES function if byte size is not a multiply of 16.
• Fixed problem with SystemInfo.ComputerName returning extra characters.
• Fixed some bugs in contextual menus for script open command, so it works better for FMP 17.
• Fixed SystemInfo.UserName for Windows.
• Implemented Files.GetNodeID and Files.GetPathFromNodeID for Windows.
• Implemented Folders.UserPictures for Windows.
• Implemented WebView.Scrollbar.set, WebView.Scrollbar.getHorizontalPosition, WebView.Scrollbar.getVerticalPosition, WebView.Scrollbar.getHorizontalMaximum and WebView.Scrollbar.getVerticalMaximum for FileMaker 16+ on Mac and also for iOS.
• Implemented Window.Scrollbar functions for iOS and Windows
• Improve DynaPDF.Initialize to better reject invalid license keys.
• Improved Audit.Changed and related to set last error for SQL calls.
• Improved EmailParser.HTMLToPlainText to better filter JavaScript.
• Improved error handling for Files.CopyFile and Files.MoveFile.
• Improved handling of extra quotes in CSV text for List.CSVSplit function.
• Improved ImageCapture.RequestSelectFunctionalUnit to better track which unit is selected and skip the request if the device is already selected.
• Improved List.CSVSplit to handle empty fields better and ignore = before quotes.
• Improved Text.RemoveAccents to include greece characters.
• Improved XML.Import to better detect lists of XML nodes.
• Now we remember custom functions column widths, too.
• Rebuild with Xcode 10. Minimum MacOS version is now 10.9.
• Removed version number from plugin name to avoid trouble.
• Rewrote Files.CopyFile and Files.MoveFile for Mac/iOS to better overwrite files.
• Rewrote Folders functions for Windows to use newer API and work better.
• Updated Amazon S3 examples to include upload/download/list/delete.
• Updated Clipboard Helper to version 1.1 and 64-bit. Now on the website for download.
• Updated CURL to version 7.62.0.
• Updated DynaPDF to version 4.0.25.63.
• Updated Form Utility to version 1.5 and 64-bit. Now on the website for download.
• Updated OpenSSL to version 1.1.1 for all targets.
• Updated SQLAPI library to version 4.2.4 beta 2.
• Updated SQLite to version 3.25.2.
• Updated to newer plugin SDK.
• Updated to Xcode 10.1.
• Updated to zlib 1.2.11.
• Upgraded DynaPDF.WriteDemoText to use Unicode instead of Windows ANSI encoding for text.

Release notes for version 8.4 - 25th September 2018

New functions in 8.4 and Announcement in blog.

• Added Bonjour functions.
• Added Contacts functions.
• Added Keychain functions.
• Added XML.ApplyStylesheet function.
• Added alternateNames entry to ImageCapture.DevicesJSON to list alternate names we found.
• Added AVRecorder.CurrentQRCode, AVRecorder.HasQRCode, AVRecorder.StartQRCodeDetection, AVRecorder.StopQRCodeDetection functions for live barcode detection on MacOS and iOS.
• Added AVRecorder.RequestAccessForMediaType and AVRecorder.AuthorizationStatusForMediaType to request permissions for camera and microphone access.
• Added AVRecorder.SetScreenInput function.
• Added Container.ReadImage function.
• Added Copy Cell Value for context menus for tables in FileMaker.
• Added dates for documentation items.
• Added Files.CreateAlias and Files.ResolveAlias functions.
• Added Font.CalculateTextFits and Font.CalculateTextHeight function.
• Added GMImage.Coders function.
• Added GMImage.Free and GMImage.FreeAll.
• Added GMImage.InvertChannel function.
• Added LibXSLT in version 1.1.33.
• Added Magick parameter for GMImage.NewFromFile function.
• Added NetworkInterfaces.JSON function.
• Added new mode to Text.EncodeToHTML to encode all characters.
• Added new parameters for CURL.OpenInputFile to load files in chunks.
• Added new query parameter for CURL.SetupAWS function.
• Added PreferIPv6 option to Socket.NewTCPSocket to prefer either IPv4 or IPv6.
• Added QLPreviewPanel functions for iOS.
• Added QLPreviewPanel.AddContainer, QLPreviewPanel.CurrentPreviewItemIndex, QLPreviewPanel.CurrentPreviewItemPath, QLPreviewPanel.CurrentPreviewItemTitle and QLPreviewPanel.SetCurrentPreviewItemIndex functions.
• Added SignScript for iOS plugins.
• Added SQL.GetCommandOptions, SQL.GetConnectionOptions, SQL.GetFieldOptions and SQL.GetParamOptions functions to query options list.
• Added SQL.GetParamOption and SQL.SetParamOption for options related to a command.
• Added SystemInfo.isMojave function.
• Added version number to plugin name for preferences dialog.
• Added Webview.AllCookies function to return all website cookies as JSON.
• Added Window.ClearTouchBar and App.ClearTouchBar fucntions.
• Building iOS plugin now 64-bit only.
• Changed AVRecorder functions on Windows to automatically select highest resolution of video device instead of default resolution.
• Changed CURL functions to turn gzip decompression on by default and follow redirections.
• Changed DynaPDF.Print to get default printer, if you pass empty printer name.
• Changed DynaPDF.Table.Create to automatically load font Helvetica, so you have a font defined, if you don't set one yourself.
• Changed FileDialog.SetFilter to pick first file extension listed as default one for saving.
• Changed Files.ListRecursive to use either / or \ for path delimiter on Windows.
• Changed FM.InsertRecord and other SQL based functions to process field names and remove field name postfix with :: in table names and remove table prefix with :: in Field names.
• Changed HealthKit to be loaded at runtime, so it's not required to be link to it.
• Changed ImageCapture to let you pick device by location description.
• Changed ImageCapture.OpenDevice and ImageCapture.CloseDevice to only request closing of the current session, if there is one open to avoid freeze.
• Changed plugins to load LDAP framework dynamically instead of linking to it directly.
• Changed Register on Server and iOS to always store registration to prevent unregistered dialog if app was restarted.
• Changed trigger for ColorPanel functions to not fire in layout mode.
• Disabled variable check in debugger to reduce crash on closing debugger or reading other script lines.
• Fixed a crash with calling Register function with invalid license key.
• Fixed a problem on Windows with Drag & Drop functions not accepting drag if you didn't set cursor.
• Fixed a problem with PrintDialog.SetCopies.
• Fixed bug in FM.ScriptNames function.
• Fixed bug in Window.Move with animation option.
• Fixed bug related to reading PICT containers with GraphicsMagick.
• Fixed Copy & Paste for preferences dialog. Now it should work for pasting license keys.
• Fixed copyright symbol character in info.plist.
• Fixed crash with GMImage.SetIPTCProfile, GMImage.SetICCColorProfile and GMImage.SetProfile if called with empty parameter.
• Fixed crash with unrecognized selector and FMXRolloverPopupButton prompt.
• Fixed font mapping in GraphicsMagick for Mac and Windows, so SVG convert better and GMImage.Annotate can take font name instead of full path.
• Fixed GMImage.MultiplyChannel for 16-bit colors.
• Fixed JSON.ToHTML to return text with CR as line ending.
• Fixed problem with Activate/Deactivate showing up in layout dialog, where it shouldn't.
• Fixed problem with copying list, so ScriptWorkspace.ScriptNames works again.
• Fixed problem with GMImage.NewFromFile function.
• Fixed problem with type ahead window with newer calculation colorization.
• Fixed script search problems for MacOS 10.14 Mojave.
• Improved appearance for search and goto box in script editor for MacOS 10.14 Mojave.
• Improved CoreML.AddImageParameter function to auto scale image to required size.
• Improved DynaPDF.Print to use the device mode set with DynaPDF.Print.SetDevMode even if no dialog is used.
• Improved performance for GMImage.CopyChannel when copying within the same image.
• Improved variable check for next FileMaker version.
• Improved variable checking to recognize Insert Text, Insert time, Insert date, Insert current user and Insert Calculated Result and look for variables there in 11 languages.
• Improved XML.ExtractText to handle CData, too.
• Little fixes for Mac OS 10.14 Mojave.
• Marked Events, Addressbook, Contacts and Calendar functions to not work on server as looks impossible now to get the permissions for privacy to make them work for FileMaker Server on MacOS.
• No longer shows variable errors with line zero.
• Now added user description keys for info.plist to declare usage in case Apple will look for it.
• OS name is now reported as macOS instead of Mac OS X.
• Rewrote syntax highlighting partly for formulas. Should now be faster and not move the cursor position after deleting text.
• Updated CURL to version 7.61.1.
• Updated DynaPDF to version 4.0.23.61.
• Updated LibXL to version 3.8.3.
• Updated LibXML2 to version 2.9.8.
• Updated MBSInit.framework to work better with plugins named framework.
• Updated SQLAPI to version 4.3.3.
• Updated SQLite to version 3.25.0.
• Updated to Xcode 9.4.
• Upgraded Files.GetPathFromNodeID and Files.GetNodeID to use newer APIs which work for AFS volumes.

Release notes for version 8.3 - 17th July 2018

New functions in 8.3 and Announcement in blog.

• Added ColorPanel functions for MacOS.
• Added CURL.SetupOAuth function.
• Added BlueThermProbe functions for using a BlueTherm™ Probe device from ThermoWorks with iOS.
• Added additional UTF-8 text encoding validation for CURL.GetResultAsEmail to avoid crash due to bad UTF-8 sequences in email text.
• Added CGImageSource.Properties function.
• Added Command-G shortcut for find bar to continue search.
• Added conversion code for String to DateTime in case we get dates as text.
• Added CURL.SetOptionDisallowUserNameInURL, CURL.SetOptionProxyTLS13Ciphers and CURL.SetOptionTLS13Ciphers.
• Added ExitIfExpression parameter for FM.Loop to early exit.
• Added Files.MountPath function.
• Added FM.InitMessageFilter function to block COM retry dialogs.
• Added FM.VariableAdd function.
• Added GMImage.IsGray function.
• Added GMImage.QuantumDepth function.
• Added GMImage.Read function, useful to create gradient images.
• Added Hash.CRC32 function.
• Added ImageCapture functions to take pictures and download images from camera: ImageCapture.CameraInfo, ImageCapture.Download, ImageCapture.Thumbnail, ImageCapture.Contents, ImageCapture.MediaFiles, ImageCapture.MediaFilenames, ImageCapture.RequestDeleteFiles, ImageCapture.RequestSyncClock, ImageCapture.RequestDisableTethering, ImageCapture.RequestEnableTethering and ImageCapture.RequestTakePicture.
• Added ImageCapture.DevicesJSON function.
• Added ImageCapture.GetFeatures and ImageCapture.GetParameters to return all as JSON.
• Added ImagePicker.ClearOverlay and ImagePicker.SetOverlayImage functions.
• Added new modes content and object for Menu.PopUp.
• Added Plugin.LicenseeName function.
• Added Plugin.UsedFunctions function
• Added ReturnAsNumbers parameter for Calendar.Calendar.GetColor, Events.Calendar.GetColor, SyntaxColoring.GetScriptHighlightColor, SyntaxColoring.GetScriptIfColor, SyntaxColoring.GetScriptLoopColor, SyntaxColoring.GetScriptSearchColor and SyntaxColoring.LineNumbers.GetColor.
• Added Screen.DockWidth and Screen.DockHeight functions.
• Added Shell.CloseInput and Shell.CloseStreams functions.
• Added Socket.GetTag and Socket.SetTag.
• Added Speech.IsPaused, Speech.Pause and Speech.Resume.
• Added TAPI.IsInitialized function.
• Added Text.AddLineNumbers function.
• Added Time.UnixTimeStampToFileMaker function.
• Added wait parameter for ImageCapture.CloseDevice, ImageCapture.OpenDevice, ImageCapture.RequestDeleteFiles, ImageCapture.requestOverviewScan, ImageCapture.requestScan and ImageCapture.requestSelectFunctionalUnit functions.
• Added WIA.GetCurrentItem and allow you to pass "" for item to use current one.
• Added WIA.ItemProperties and WIA.DeviceProperties functions.
• Added Window.ConfigureToolbarMenu function.
• Added Window.TopHeight function.
• Added WindowsUserNotification.Setting function.
• Changed Audit to find old values by ID instead of by Name, so we can find old values, even if field was renamed.
• Changed context menu to not show activate/deactivate command when in a modal window.
• Changed DynaPDF.ImportPDFFile to close open page before importing to avoid error.
• Changed ICDevice specification, so you can define device for ImageCapture by name, UUID, persistent ID or if you really have two twin scanners by USB location ID.
• Changed ImageCapture.OpenDevice to wait for ready signal of device, so your scripts do not continue before we know all details of device.
• Changed JSON.ToHTML to use @attributes with lowercase a.
• Changed minimum iOS version to iOS 10.1 to match FileMaker 16's iOS SDK.
• Changed Path.NativePathToFileMakerPath to make sure we have a / on the end on Mac.
• Changed Register on iOS to always store registration to prevent unregistered dialog if app was restarted by iOS.
• Changed WIA.Scan to handle multiple pages better.
• Changed Window.TopHeight to return value including toolbar and window title height.
• Fixed a problem with DynaPDF.RotateTemplate function.
• Fixed a problem with ODBC crashing on Linux with using freetds to connect to Microsoft SQL Server.
• Fixed a problem with Text.ReplaceAll causing freeze with empty string to search.
• Fixed auto commit issue for CubeSQL.
• Fixed bug in DynaPDF.ExtractText.
• Fixed bug in DynaPDF.ReplacePattern when new text was added behind existing text instead before.
• Fixed bug in EmailParser.WriteInline.
• Fixed bug where SQL functions would return date with year 1899 instead of empty value for empty SQLDateTime value.
• Fixed crash in JSON.GetArrayItemsAsList for undefined values.
• Fixed crash with CURL.SetDebugWithProgress if not logging to file.
• Fixed CURL.SetupOAuth to pass parameter names in given case, no longer does lowercase.
• Fixed DragDrop.CreateWithControl for FileMaker 17.
• Fixed GMImage.NewFromContainer to handle SVG files better.
• Fixed parameter count check for BinaryFile.ReadByte.
• Fixed PDFKit.Watermark to work better with watermarks on several pages.
• Fixed problem with Bonjour causing 180% CPU usage.
• Fixed problem with WinSendMail.Send for one user.
• Fixed SerialPort.Open for Windows to work with COM10 now.
• Fixed Text.Speak to properly stop on Windows if called with no text.
• Fixed window mode for Menu.PopUp function.
• Improved Audit functions, so you can pass now field names with table prefix and we remove table prefix, so you can use GetFieldName() function there.
• Improved List.Sort to better sort numbers.
• Improved randomness for Hash.RandomString function.
• Improved Socket handling to better get IPv4 and IPv6 handled in various socket functions.
• Improved SQL.GetFieldAsTime to handle intervals and return them as time.
• Improved warning for DynaPDF functions to list which function needs a Lite or Pro license.
• Renamed Text.Speak functions to Speech functions.
• Split plugin for Mac into regular (64-bit) and 32-bit plugin for older versions. FileMaker 14 and newer use 64-bit.
• Switched to 16bit GraphicsMagick library for Mac.
• Updated code for Socket.Connect, ServerSocket.SendQuery, SSH.Connect and SendCommand to use new unified socket connection code, which uses IPv4 and IPv6, queries DNS if needed and tries several IPs if needed.
• Updated CURL to version 7.61.0.
• Updated DynaPDF to version 4.0.21.54.
• Updated OpenSSL to 1.1.0h and 1.0.2o
• Updated SQLAPI to version 4.3.3 beta with fixed for CubeSQL.
• Updated SQLite to version 3.24.0.
• Upgraded FileDialog.OpenFileDialog, FileDialog.SelectFolderDialog and FileDialog.SaveFileDialog to use newer API on Windows to get newer dialog.

Release notes for version 8.2 - 22nd May 2018

New functions in 8.2 and Announcement in blog.

• Added find bars for several lists, press Command-F to search something.
• Added JSON.Colorize and JSON.ToHTML functions.
• Added HealthKit functions.
• Added StoreKit functions.
• Added "Copy Table Selection" entry for contextual menu.
• Added Addressbook.multivalue.indexForLabel function.
• Added Audit.TableIDForName and Audit.FieldIDForName.
• Added checks to DynaPDF.Optimize, DynaPDF.Print and DynaPDF.Save to complain if no pages are in document.
• Added CURL.GetFormData function.
• Added CURL.LibIDNVersion and CURL.LibSSHVersion.
• Added CURL.SetOptionDNSShuffleAddresses and CURL.SetOptionHAProxyProtocol.
• Added DynaPDF.SetDocInfoEx function.
• Added DynaPDF.SetPageBBox and DynaPDF.GetUsesTransparency functions.
• Added FM.Beep function.
• Added FM.Loop function.
• Added FM.TableStatistics function.
• Added iOSApp.GetDidBecomeActiveEvaluate, iOSApp.GetWillResignActiveEvaluate, iOSApp.SetDidBecomeActiveEvaluate, iOSApp.SetDidBecomeActiveScript, iOSApp.SetWillResignActiveEvaluate and iOSApp.SetWillResignActiveScript for iOS to run script when screen goes to sleep.
• Added IsBase64 parameter to SendMail.AddAttachmentText function.
• Added links to documentation for CURL options to point to the C API documentation.
• Added missing Base64 Encoding for SendMail.AddAttachmentText function.
• Added more CURL options for async usage like pipelining.
• Added new parameter to Backdrop.Install to hide desktop icons.
• Added over 50 more CURL options.
• Added Plugin.OpenSSLVersion and Plugin.LibSSHVersion.
• Added scope ID parameter for XL.Sheet.GetNamedRange and XL.Sheet.NamedRange.
• Added Show Find Bar command to contextual menu.
• Added Site license option.
• Added Text.Trim function.
• Added UUID.FromNumber and UUID.ToNumber functions.
• Added UUID.Number function.
• Added XML.Colorize function.
• Added XML.ToJSON function.
• Added XML.ValidateFile function.
• Changed Audit.FieldNameForID to accept table ID or name.
• Changed Barcode.Detect to report the version number read when complaining about invalid version in QRCode.
• Changed Clipboard.GetHTMLText to convert styled text to html if you ask for HTML and clipboard has styled text.
• Changed Clipboard.GetText and Clipboard.SetText to work better with UTF16 on MacOS.
• Changed curl options taking lists like CURL.SetOptionHTTPHeader to accept lists as parameters.
• Changed CURL.SetupAWS to no longer complain for empty path string as this is needed for AWS Translate.
• Changed DynaPDF.GetEmbeddedFileAsContainer to work with handles from annotations.
• Changed IKScannerDevicePanel.SetDocumentName to change the name in the panel while it's open.
• Changed Layout ID view, so every time, we add the column, we first clear cache to forget old IDs. Still not working correctly if you have two files with same name!
• Changed plugin to complain better about white space in function names.
• Changed Script ID list to clear cache when we add column to get fresh IDs.
• Changed SQL.GetFieldAsTime to return a time and not timestamp.
• Changed table ID / field ID view to clear cache, when we add checkboxes.
• Changed XML error messages to include file and line number if available.
• Changed XML.ToJSON to create array if a key is used several times.
• Changed XML.Validate to return errors about parsing the XSD schema.
• Created example database for CURL functions to query FileMaker Server Admin API.
• Deactivated updater check.
• Disabled search boxes for table/field when field bars are used.
• Fixed a problem with crash related to DNSServiceCleanUp.
• Fixed a problem with DragDrop.Release function not removing control.
• Fixed a problem with Java library loading introduced in 8.1.
• Fixed a rare problem on Mac with Files.RenameFile.
• Fixed an issue with Webview functions failed to run JavaScript in iOS in case FileMaker didn't run the script on main thread.
• Fixed AVPlayer.OpenContainer to work better with various file types including mp3.
• Fixed bug in GMImage.CopyChannel function.
• Fixed bug in Shell.IsRunning on Linux.
• Fixed Calendar.Calendar.GetColor function.
• Fixed crash with Barcode.Detect with out of bounds access in image for bad QRCodes.
• Fixed Dictionary.Deserialize to decode empty timestamps and dates as empty values instead of 00/00/0000.
• Fixed DragDrop positioning for Windows to make it better with higher DPI.
• Fixed EventMonitor.LastMousePositionX and EventMonitor.LastMousePositionY for Windows.
• Fixed Notification.UnlistenAll.
• Fixed parameter count check for XL.Book.AddPictureFile.
• Fixed parameter handling for XL.Sheet.SetNamedRange function.
• Fixed problem in AVRecorder.StartPreview to run a second time. ClosePreview now stops preview correctly, so we can start it again later.
• Fixed WebView.RenderImage for iOS.
• Fixed XL.Book.Version to return version formatted.
• Fixed XML.Colorize function coloring for attributes.
• Implemented WebView.GetFormattedText, WebView.CopyFormattedText and RichText.ReadWebviewer for iOS and FileMaker 16.
• Improved Addressbook record caching, so you should no longer see record not found messages for valid records you had used before.
• Improved Addressbook.record.SetValueForProperty to better handle keeping the record current.
• Improved argument passing for Shell.Execute.
• Improved Copy Script button. Press option key to get HTML in clipboard instead of styled text.
• Improved fields functions for WordFile to better read/write fields.
• Improved find feature, so it works now in Layout list dialog.
• Improved FM.InsertRecordCSV and FM.InsertRecordTSV to handle date/time/timestamp fields.
• Improved FM.SQL.CSV function to no longer quote numbers.
• Improved handling of SendMail.AddAttachmentContainer default file name built from included file path.
• Improved JSON.AddNumberToArray and JSON.AddNumberToObject to handle large numbers better.
• Improved Platform function for FileMaker version 17.
• Improved speed for RegEx.FindMatches function a little bit.
• Improved Text.RemoveAccents function.
• Improved XML.Validate to return several errors.
• Increased width of script ID column to make room for 4 digit IDs.
• Ported most RichText functions to iOS. Word files and PDF generation is not possible there for iOS.
• Rebuild iOS for DynaPDF library. Download.
• Rewrote Files.RenameFile for Mac.
• Rewrote SerialPort.List on Windows to query COM ports better.
• The @var[iable], @const[ant] or @param[eter] comments can now contain several variable names.
• The MBS Plugin now makes column width changes in the fields, table and layout lists permanent stored in preferences file on Mac.
• The preferences setting for the zoom button is now saved correctly.
• Updated code signing script for FileMaker 17 runtimes.
• Updated CURL to version 7.60.0.
• Updated DynaPDF to version 4.0.19.50.
• Updated LibXL to version 3.8.2.6.
• Updated SQLite to version 3.23.1
• Updated to SQLAPI 4.2.2.
• Upgraded FM.DeleteRecord and FM.DeleteRecords to accept 1 to 3 ID values.

• Version 8.1
• Version 8.0
• Version 7.5
• Version 7.4
• Version 7.3
• Version 7.2
• Version 7.1
• Version 7.0
• Version 6.5
• Version 6.4
• Version 6.3
• Version 6.2
• Version 6.1
• Version 6.0
• Version 5.4
• Version 5.3
• Version 5.2
• Version 5.1
• Version 5.0
• Version 4.4
• Version 4.3
• Version 4.2
• Version 4.1
• Version 4.0
• Version 3.5
• Version 3.4
• Version 3.3
• Version 3.2
• Version 3.1
• Version 3.0
• Version 2.9
• Version 2.8
• Version 2.7
• Version 2.6
• Version 2.5
• Version 2.4
• Version 2.3
• Version 2.2
• Version 2.1
• Version 2.0
• Version 1.8
• Version 1.7
• Version 1.6
• Version 1.5
• Version 1.4
• Version 1.3
• Version 1.2
• Version 1.1
• Version 1.0