Release notes for MBS Xojo Plugins 20.3 - 21st July 2020

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

• Added DeclareCallBackMBS, DeclareLibraryMBS and DeclareFunctionMBS classes.
• Added classes to acquire photos on Windows: WinPhotoProgressDialogMBS, WinPhotoAcquireDeviceSelectionDialogMBS, WinPhotoAcquireItemMBS, WinPhotoAcquireMBS, WinPhotoAcquireOptionsDialogMBS, WinPhotoAcquireProgressCallBackMBS, WinPhotoAcquireSettingsMBS, WinPhotoAcquireSourceMBS, WinPhotoExceptionMBS, WinPhotoProgressActionCallbackMBS, and WinUserInputStringMBS classes.
• Added DirectDrawGraphicsMBS class.
• Added CheckAndRetreiveStages functions to LCMS2PipelineMBS class.
• Added clearAction method for NSMenuItemMBS class.
• Added ClearRectangle and FillPath method support for Graphics class in DynaPDFMBS class.
• Added Connected property for SSH2TunnelMBS class.
• Added CurrentNavigation as WKNavigationMBS property for WKWebViewControlMBS control.
• Added DefineClass method to JavaVMMBS class.
• Added deleteSelection, selectAll, paste, cut and copy to WKWebViewMBS class.
• Added Dictionary property to MacFileOperationStatusMBS class.
• Added EnableFastFloatExtensions method for LCMS2MBS module.
• Added EncodeBase64URLMBS and DecodeBase64URLMBS functions.
• Added FirstFilledCol, FirstFilledRow, LastFilledCol and LastFilledRow properties to XLSheetMBS class.
• Added flipped parameter to RenderImage method in NSViewMBS class.
• Added FlushPagesEx and ResetAnnotAP methods to DynaPDFMBS class.
• Added GetDelegateParametersMBS, GetDelegateTargetMBS and GetDelegateWeakMBS functions.
• Added GetFileContents with isPath parameter to WinDataObjectMBS class.
• Added HTMLText and PlainText to WKWebViewMBS class.
• Added IsInput and IsOutput properties to SQLParamMBS class.
• Added IsTranslated and isBigSur to SystemInformationMBS module.
• Added JWT RS 256 example project to sign or verify.
• Added kcoResetAnnotAppearance constant to DynaPDFMBS class.
• Added kSSLOption* constants to CURLSMBS class.
• Added MainResourceData method to WKWebViewMBS class.
• Added mediaType and pageZoom properties to WKWebViewMBS class.
• Added MIMEType property to WKWebViewMBS class.
• Added Navigation parameter for didFailProvisionalNavigation, didFailNavigation, didCommitNavigation, didStartProvisionalNavigation, didReceiveServerRedirectForProvisionalNavigation and didFinishNavigation events.
• Added new constructor for CGContextMBS class accepting graphics object.
• Added new Type constants for LCMS2MBS module.
• Added NSAppearanceNameDarkAqua shared method to NSAppearanceMBS class for dark mode.
• Added PDFData method to WKWebViewMBS class.
• Added performWindowDragWithEvent method to NSWindowMBS class.
• Added SDAVAssetExportSessionMBS class.
• Added SHA3_224, SHA3_256, SHA3_384 and SHA3_512 to DigestMBS class.
• Added ShowDebugBar function for IEWebBrowserMBS class.
• Added SubTitle, toolbarStyle and titlebarSeparatorStyle properties to NSWindowMBS class.
• Added templateFont parameter for AddFont method in XLRichStringMBS class.
• Added ValidNotBefore and ValidNotAfter properties for X509MBS class.
• Added VolumeSizePathMBS and VolumeFreeSizePathMBS functions taking path.
• Added WebArchiveData method to WKWebViewMBS class.
• Added WindowsGraphicsDeviceContextMBS class.
• Added WKNavigationMBS class to track navigations for WebKit 2.x.
• Added WriteStringAsNumber method to XLSheetMBS class.
• All MBS Xojo Plugins compile for Apple Silicon, so we are ready.
• Changed DynaPDFMBS class to use Helvetica 12pt as fallback font if you write text to a new page without setting font.
• Changed NSURLSessionMBS classes to only load on Xojo 2015 or newer.
• Changed RenderSamplesMBS to raise exception for out of memory situation.
• Deprecated Addressbook classes in favor of Contacts classes.
• Deprecated CKDiscoverUserInfosOperationMBS, CKDiscoverAllContactsOperationMBS and CKDiscoveredUserInfoMBS classes.
• Deprecated obsolete functions in DynaPDFMBS class: GetJavaScriptAction, GetObjActionCount, InsertBMPFromBuffer, RenderPDFFile, RenderPDFFileMT, SetLineDashPatternEx, TranslateString as well as Ansi methods.
• Fixed a crash with cleanup of SQL clients for SQLConnectionMBS and SQLDatabaseMBS.
• Fixed an issue with calling RegisterMBSPlugins twice.
• Fixed crash in Tracks function in VLCMediaMBS class.
• Fixed edge case with month wrap in DateDifferenceMBS class.
• Fixed issue with ArchiveReadDiskMBS class on Windows in case path ends with backslash.
• Fixed Options property in SQLConnectionMBS class to not clear exception state when debugging.
• Fixed problem with AVTimecode class name.
• Fixed problem with VolumeFreeSizeMBS and VolumeSizeMBS running sometimes into an endless loop on Windows.
• Fixed problem with WriteStyledTextEx in DynaPDFMBS class to not set font with empty font name.
• Fixed setDefaultColors, setTransparentColors and setWhiteOnBlackColors for CDBaseChartMBS to work in 64-bit applications.
• Fixed SystemInformationMBS.MACAddress to not add extra double points on the end.
• Fixed VolumeIdentifier and FileResourceIdentifier properties in NSURLMBS to return data as hex string.
• Removed appearance property and NSPopoverAppearanceMinimal plus NSPopoverAppearanceHUD constants from NSPopoverMBS class.
• Removed old RegisterMBSPlugin function taking integer parameter.
• Removed WebSocketHelperMBS module.
• Rewrote ScreenshotRectMBS for MacOS to work better.
• Rewrote UseSystemCertificates in CURLSMBS class to work better.
• Updated CURL to version 7.71.1.
• Updated DynaPDF to version 4.0.40.116.
• Updated LCMS to version 2.11.
• Updated LibXL to version 3.9.1.
• Updated Sparkle classes to latest Sparkle framework version: SUAppcastMBS, SUAppcastItemMBS and SUUpdaterMBS.
• Updated SQL Plugin to SQLAPI version 5.1.
• Updated SQLite to version 3.32.0.
• Updated to Xcode 11.5.
• Updated VLC to version 3.0.11.
• Upgraded examples to use 64-bit targets. This was made automatically to enable 64-bit targets, HiDPI and dark mode for all projects. Thanks to Arbed!

New in version 20.2   New in version 20.4

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