for our German speaking FileMaker developers in Koblenz and nearby:
Ein herzliches Hallo an alle FileMaker Freunde,
es ist wieder soweit! Am Donnerstag, 13. August 2015, trifft sich der Koblenzer Stammtisch ab 19:00 Uhr bei Martin Gärtner.
Aktueller Ort: Hotel Winzerhaus Gärtner
An der Loreley 49
46329 St. Goar am Rhein
Telefon: 0 67 41 / 334
www.hotel-winzerhaus.de
Aktuelles Thema: FileMaker 14 in der Gastronomie
FileMaker 14 für alle die noch keine Zeit hatten sich die neuen Features anzusehen sowie regen Erfahrungsaustausch für alle, die die neuen Funktionen bereits intensiv nutzen. Eigene Ideen, Konzepte oder gar Lösungen beleben lockeren Erfahrungsaustausch und erquickendes Fachsimpeln. Genießen Sie den Abend und machen Sie mit! Gerne kommt der Stammtisch auch zu Ihnen und Ihrer FileMaker Entwicklung :)
Fragen sowie Anregungen einfach an filemaker@interact.de senden. Freunde und Kollegen sind wie immer gern gesehen und werden auf Wunsch in den Verteiler aufgenommen.
The XDC videos are now available and as an attendee, you automatically have access to them via your Xojo account.
Downloading all of them can take a while.
The videos are available on the Xojo store for $499.
New in this prerelease of the 5.2 plugins:
- Fixed variable declaration check for FileMaker 14.
- Added RichText.ReadHTML and RichText.ReadRTF functions.
- Added mutex so trace logs don't mess up on server with multiple threads logging.
- Added new print options for WebView.SetPrintParameter: PaperName, PaperWidth and PaperHeight.
- Changed IsError function to be more thread safe and work better on FileMaker server.
- Fixed an issue with Syntax Coloring on FM 14.
- Changed the variable declaration check to show user notification, because we can't show it inline for FM 14.
- Updated DynaPDF to version 3.0.40.122.
- Fixed issues with TWAIN plugin by working more asynchronously. This helps getting plugin work with drivers it did not work before. But the modal parameter is no longer used.
Download at
monkeybreadsoftware.de/filemaker/files/Prerelease/ or ask for being added to the dropbox shared folder.
New in this prerelease of the 15.2 plugins:
- Added CURLSFileInfoMBS class and CURL wild card support. You can download several files via FTP or just use it for getting verbose directory listings.
- Updated DynaPDF to version 3.0.40.122.
- Overloaded DynaPDFTableMBS.SetCellImage to take folderitems.
- Improved WindowsPlayerMBS class. Now play can have a start position and you actually can better play several sounds.
- Fixed issues with TWAIN plugin by working more asynchronously. This helps getting plugin work with drivers it did not work before. But the modal parameter is no longer used.
- Fixed TwainMBS.DiscardBlankPages property which did not correct enable the feature.
- Added plugin code for CURLSFileInfoMBS to provide date/time.
- Added methods to CVImageBufferMBS class to get NSImage or JPEG data from sample.
Download:
macsw.de/plugin/Prerelease . Or ask us to be added to our shared Dropbox folder.
While at DevCon I fixed a few bugs for the variable declaration checking in our MBS Plugin.
You all probably know the
syntax highlighting feature which also got a bug fix for FileMaker 14 yesterday.
So this is what the script workspace looks like for FileMaker 14 if you have an undefined variable:
As you see we have a variable $test7 which is not defined, so we show a red warning on the right side of the line.
We also show a notification:
The variable check needs to be enabled by the developer using the
MBS( "SyntaxColoring.CheckVariableDeclaration.Enable" ) function call. The plugin will mark all variables as undefined which are not declared in a "Set Variable" script step.
PS: 5.2pr8 plugin is available later today.
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Learn more about the different Xojo license options.
PS: If your license expires within the next month, it's
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Are you in Las Vegas for FileMaker DevCon? We are here with our booth:
Come and visit us. This is a great conference with over 1500 attendees plus the FileMaker staff!
New in this prerelease of the 5.2 plugins:
- Added Dictionary.List function.
- For CURL.GetHeaderAsText, CURL.GetDebugAsText, CURL.GetInputAsText and CURL.GetResultAsText we now always fix line endings for you.
- Added asynchronous CURL transfers.
- Changed CURL plugin to turn off VerifyHost and VerifyPeer if you didn't set them or provided certificates. This should avoid beginner mistakes.
- Added more CURL functions.
- Fixed bug in text length function used in plugin. (introduced in pr6)
- Added Text.RedefineEncoding function.
Download at
monkeybreadsoftware.de/filemaker/files/Prerelease/ or ask for being added to the dropbox shared folder.
New in this prerelease of the 15.2 plugins:
- Added CURLSFileInfoMBS class and CURL wild card support. You can download several files via FTP or just use it for getting verbose directory listings.
- Fixed bug in CCMD4MBS class for handling big block sizes.
- Fixed a bug with returning UTF32 string in Real Studio 2012.
- Deprecated a couple of CURL properties in favor of new names.
- Added more CURL properties/functions/events.
- Changed CURL plugin to turn off VerifyHost and VerifyPeer if you didn't set them or provided certificates. This should avoid beginner mistakes.
Download:
macsw.de/plugin/Prerelease . Or ask us to be added to our shared Dropbox folder.
Next week we visit the FileMaker DevCon in Las Vegas.
Are there Xojo developers interested in a meeting?
We have a survey and some developers are interested:
survey
Maybe you want to join this?
New in this prerelease of the 15.2 plugins:
- Changed CDBaseChartMBS.InitDynamicLayer to raise OutOfMemoryException in case of low memory situation.
- Added more CURL properties/functions/events.
- Added DynaPDFOCGContUsageMBS.ViewState property.
- Changed options for CURL to be 64-bit by default. So OptionMaxSendSpeed, OptionMaxRecvSpeed, OptionMaxFileSize, OptionInFileSize, OptionResumeFrom and OptionPostFieldSize are now Int64. The same name options with Large postfix are deprecated.
- Updated DynaPDF to version 3.0.40.120.
- Added WindowsPrinterInfoMBS.Printers function.
- Added HotKeyMBS class for Mac/Win hotkeys.
Download:
MBS Plugins for Xojo and
MBS Plugins for Real Studio. Or ask us to be added to our shared Dropbox folder.
New in this prerelease of the 5.2 plugins:
- Fixed bug in Text.InvalidCharactersForEncoding.
- Fixed handling of separators in Menu.DefineQuickMenu function.
- Added NetworkInterfaces.Default function.
- When using QuickMenu functions we now release any menu with same name defined before.
- Added more CURL functions.
- Added functions for serialize and deserialize for container, dictionary and lists: Container.Deserialize, Container.Serialize, Dictionary.Deserialize, Dictionary.Serialize, List.Deserialize, List.Serialize, QuickList.Deserialize and QuickList.Serialize.
- Added Notification.SendDirect function.
- Updated DynaPDF to version 3.0.40.120.
- Fixed bug for Menu.SetFontSize, so that entries with custom font are not always bold and italic.
- Added Windows support for HotKey functions and a few more functions.
A recent question was how to put a link into a textarea. You can do this with MBS Plugin like the snippets below.
The first snippet here checks to see if current cursor position has a link set:
dim n as NSTextViewMBS = textarea1.NSTextViewMBS
dim a as NSAttributedStringMBS = n.textStorage
if a.Length > 0 then
dim d as Dictionary = n.selectedTextAttributes
dim r as NSRangeMBS = n.selectedRange
if r.Location < a.Length then
dim l as string = a.attributeAtIndex(a.NSLinkAttributeName, r.Location)
InputField.Text = l
Return
end if
end if
InputField.Text = ""
Second snippet shows how to remove/add a link to the current selection:
dim n as NSTextViewMBS = TextArea1.NSTextViewMBS
dim a as NSMutableAttributedStringMBS = n.textStorage
if InputField.Text = "" then
// remove link
a.removeAttribute(a.NSLinkAttributeName, n.selectedRange)
else
// add one
a.addAttribute(a.NSLinkAttributeName, InputField.text, n.selectedRange)
end if
Just two weeks left until
FileMaker Developer Conference in Las Vegas. Currently traveling through Norway, I will move from very cold weather with still a lot of snow to the Mojave desert of Nevada.
The Developer Conference is a great chance to meet over 1200 other FileMaker developers from all around the world. Not to forget that Las Vegas is a great place to visit!
Even if you are not so interested in casinos, you can take a car and drive outside the city to visit some desert like
Red Rock Canyon. Or drive to Boulder and visit the
Hoover Dam.
And did you know that if you sign up as a company with a group of 4 developers, the 4th ticket is free?
MBS will be present with a booth, so visit us there!
Anyone wants some German specialties like the famous gummy bears?
The July/August 2015 (13.4) issue of
xDev Magazine is now available.
Here's a quick preview of what's inside:
* WWDC 2015 * by Sam Rowlands
Amongst other news, Apple announced OSX "El Capitan" at their recent developers' conference. What does the new OS mean to Xojo users? Can you take advantage of El Capitan's new features now? Sam explains everything!
* Overflow Errors * by Markus Winter
We all make misakes, I mean, mistakes. But overflow errors are invisible and far too easy to overlook until your program doesn't work right. Find out what they are and how to stop them.
* MacBook For Who * by Sam Rowlands
Apple's latest single-port MacBook is controversial for trading power and expandability for thinness, but did the company find the right balance? Sam bought one and reveals how well it works for the Xojo developer.
* Charting Personal Health * by JC Cruz
As part of his ongoing personal health journal project, JC Cruz explains how to chart a user's health data.
Plus: making programming decisions, database design tools, OS updates, tips on DoubleClickTime and line endings, and much more.
We had a nice small FileMaker user meeting in Kiel, Germany:
Sadly two people didn't show up, but well, I have been to meetings ranging from one to 29 people in the last years
We just got notice about a job position from Dave Duke in UK:
Name: Dave Duke
Company: Access defender ltd
Phone: 0792 0123456
Website: www.siemfree.com
E-Mail: Dave@daveduke.co.uk
Location: Wet last Midlands UK
Platform: All
I am looking for 3-6 xojo developers to be based in West Midlands UK, at least 5 years RB/XOJO experience. Security experience a bonus. SQL Postgres XL a bonus. Positions start at £50,000 and above.
Problem solving a must!
These are full time job positions, a new company set up to deliver security solutions.
I know Dave now for over 5 years as a Xojo developer using our plugins. I did myself several consulting projects for him and I know that he hired at least one other Xojo developer in UK for another of his companies in the past. So if you are looking for a Xojo related job in UK, maybe this is your chance?
for our German speaking FileMaker developers in Koblenz and nearby: