Release notes for MBS Xojo Plugins 20.0 - 14th January 2020

See also the documentation on new items and Announcement in Blog.

• Added JavaScriptEngineMBS class with DukTape JavaScript engine.
• Added Evaluate function for IEDocumentMBS class to evaluate JavaScript and get back result.
• Added CallFunction function for IEDocumentMBS class to call JavaScript functions and pass arguments as variants.
• Added MFPMediaPlayerMBS, MFPMediaPlayerExceptionMBS and MFPMediaItemMBS classes for Windows video/audio playback.
• Added new ImageMagick 7.x classes. ImageMagick7MBS and related classes. Works with 8 to 64-bit quantum depth and HDRI support.
• Added backForwardList property and goToBackForwardListItem method for WKWebViewControlMBS control.
• Added CGContextMBS.contextWithCGContext and NSGraphicsMBS.graphicsContextWithCGContextHandle taking ptr for better coding in Xojo 2019r2 and newer.
• Added ChannelMask and DeviceID properties to WindowsPlayerMBS class.
• Added ColWidthPx and RowHeightPx to XLSheetMBS class.
• Added CreateWebView and Close events for WKWebViewControlMBS control.
• Added decidePolicyForNavigationResponse event for WKWebViewControlMBS control.
• Added EqualContent method to JSONMBS class.
• Added hasDate and hasTime properties to SQLDateTimeMBS class.
• Added HasLite and HasPro properties to DynaPDFMBS class.
• Added IEDocumentMBS, IEHistoryMBS, IENavigatorMBS, IEWebBrowserMBS and IEWindowMBS classes.
• Added Items and Files methods to OpenDialogMBS class.
• Added LGLMBS class with SAT Solver.
• Added LMFitStatusMBS, LMFitControlMBS and LMFitMBS classes for Levenberg-Marquardt least squares fitting algorithm.
• Added LoadFileURL method for WKWebViewControlMBS class.
• Added MBS.IsPrerelease constant.
• Added MLTaskMBS, MLBatchProviderMBS, MLParameterKeyMBS, MLUpdateTaskMBS, MLModelConfigurationMBS, MLArrayBatchProviderMBS, MLUpdateContextMBS, MLMetricKeyMBS, MLMultiArrayShapeConstraintMBS, MLUpdateProgressHandlersMBS, MLParameterDescriptionMBS, MLNumericConstraintMBS, MLKeyMBS, MLImageSizeMBS, MLImageSizeConstraintMBS, MLSequenceConstraintMBS, and MLSequenceMBS classes.
• Added OpenDialogItemMBS class.
• Added parameter for FindValueInArray and FindValueInObjectArray in JSONMBS class to compare by content.
• Added RandomBytes and RandomBytesString methods to OpenSSLMBS module.
• Added request parameter for decidePolicyForNavigationAction event in WKWebViewControlMBS control.
• Added SetInternetExplorerVersion and GetInternetExplorerVersion methods for IEWebBrowserMBS class.
• Added SortedFilesMBS, SortedFoldersMBS and SortedItemsMBS to FolderItem class for your convenience.
• Added ThreadCount parameter for TransformLineStrideMT and TransformMT in LCMS2TransformMBS class.
• Added threaded parameter for Constructor in iTunesLibraryMBS class.
• Added WinAutoHorizontalScrollMBS and WinAutoVerticalScrollMBS to TextArea control.
• Added WindowsPlayerDeviceMBS class.
• Added WKBackForwardListItemMBS and WKBackForwardListMBS classes.
• Added WKNavigationResponseMBS class.
• Added ZintVectorCircleMBS, ZintVectorHexagonMBS, ZintVectorMBS, ZintVectorRectMBS and ZintVectorStringMBS classes.
• Change registration, so we can generate possibly keys for each plugin part if needed.
• Changed CFErrorMBS class to show properties in debugger.
• Changed CurrentDevice in AVAudioPlayerMBS to be settable property.
• Changed graphics for DynaPDFMBS to not try to do transparency if you don't have Lite or higher license.
• Changed LDAP loading code to load later on demand.
• Changed OpenStream for PortAudioStreamBufferedMBS class to always change format to Float32.
• Changed OptionPostFields in CURLSMBS to free previous data directly instead of waiting for destructor.
• Changed SetLineDashPattern event in DynaPDFParseInterfaceMBS class to pass double array instead of MemoryBlock and phase parameter as double.
• Changed SmartCardMBS.SplitValues method to mark valid UTF-8 strings to have UTF-8 encoding.
• Changed the text file embedded in xojo plugin files to include a random build UUID which is different each time a plugin is built as well as a Plugin UUID which doesn't change for the same plugin.
• Deprecated BackgroundThreadMBS class. When you build this in pure Xojo, exception handling is better for errors.
• Deprecated our 92 DOM classes like DOMNodeMBS class.
• Deprecated several methods on HTMLViewer class in favor of new IEDocumentMBS and existing WebViewMBS class.
• Deprecated ZintRenderHexagonMBS, ZintRenderLineMBS, ZintRenderMBS, ZintRenderRingMBS and ZintRenderStringMBS class.
• Disabled scale for DynaPDF graphics support as it doesn't work and may let content disappear.
• Fixed a few examples to compile for Xojo 2019r2.
• Fixed bug in setStartDate and setEndDate methods in CalEventMBS class.
• Fixed bug with random number generator on Windows not always working very randomly on threads. Affected UUIDMBS.randomUUID function used in threads.
• Fixed crash in Commands functions in SQLDatabaseMBS and SQLConnectionMBS classes.
• Fixed crash in SubString() function in RegExMBS when called without an Execute first. Raising exceptions now in this case.
• Fixed crash with LibJPEGTurbo when using JPEGExporterMBS class with memory allocation and file handling.
• Fixed crash with PDFViewControlMBS control in the Xojo IDE.
• Fixed DateDifferenceMBS handling of DateTime with respect of TotalSeconds handling.
• Fixed issue with CubeSQL client in SQL Plugin to allow SHOW commands to work.
• Fixed memory leak in WindowsFileCopyMBS class when events are not dispatched.
• Fixed problem in Readers function in SmartCardContextMBS class which may have cut off first character of a reader name.
• Fixed problem with InvalidateThreadSafeMBS function, so we detect invalid windows better and discard the request.
• Fixed problem with Progressive property in JPEGExporterMBS not always being used.
• Fixed ReadError and ReadOutput for WindowsProcessMBS class to return empty string when called with value zero.
• Fixed reference counting problem in Commands() function in SQLDatabaseMBS and SQLConnectionMBS classes causing crashes.
• Fixed some issues with barcode functions to better handle desired width and height
• Implemented synchronous EvaluateJavaScript for 32-bit in WKWebViewControlMBS control and fixed bug in 64-bit.
• Improved code for ReadFile in SmartCardMBS to read in chunks of 256 bytes instead of 255 bytes.
• Improved conversion from Windows VARIANT to Xojo variant for Win Plugin.
• Improved ItemsMBS and related functions for FolderItem class.
• Optimized DynaPDF graphics support to not draw hidden vector objects.
• Removed erroneous deprecation for ValidationMBS class.
• Renamed OuputDevices to OutputDevices in AUPlayerMBS and AVAudioOutputNodeMBS classes.
• Updated CoreML classes for MacOS Catalina.
• Updated CURL library to version 7.67.0.
• Updated DynaPDF to version 4.0.37.101.
• Updated JavaVMMBS constructor to better find Java libraries.
• Updated LibArchive to version 3.4.0.
• Updated LibXL to version 3.8.8.
• Updated SQLAPI to version 5.0.3.
• Updated Xcode to version 11.3.
• Updated zint library to version 2.7.

New in version 19.5   New in version 20.1

Release notes of all versions: Release notes and Announcement in Blog.