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MBS FileMaker Plugin Christian Schmitz Monkeybread Software MBS FileMaker Plugin 3300 functions 400 new functions in 2014 500 new functions in 2015 already 350 example databases. MBS FileMaker Plugin One Plugin file Easy to install &

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MBS FileMaker Plugin

Christian Schmitz

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Monkeybread Software

MBS FileMaker Plugin 3300 functions 400 new functions in 2014 500 new functions in 2015 already 350 example databases.

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MBS FileMaker Plugin

One Plugin file Easy to install & update supporting FileMaker 8.5 and newer Mac OS X & Windows FileMaker Pro, Advanced, Server, Web Direct & Runtime

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One central MBS function First Parameter = Function Name Check for errors using MBS("IsError") Reference Parameters

MBS FileMaker Plugin

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New in 2014/2015

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TAPI

Windows Telephony API Query phone number of current PC Script Trigger for incoming calls Perform calls Disconnect, Transfer, Park, Pickup

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PDFKit

Print/Fax PDF from container/file Apply Quartz Filter for saving PDF for smaller PDF file size Watermark in background Generate previews with transparency Add empty or image pages

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Hotkeys

Define Hotkeys Trigger script on keydown Shift, Option, Command, Control + key Mac & Windows

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Toolbar

Save/Restore Toolbar Configuration 
 per Window Add custom toolbar entries Add background toolbar image Change toolbar options like icon size

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Toolbar

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Toolbar

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SendMail

Build and send emails via CURL Multiple attachments from Container/File HTML, Text & RTF To, CC, BCC and Reply-To Plugin encodes special characters with UTF-8 SMTP with/without SSL/TLS

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Menu

Show Menu popup Mac & Win Show relative to mouse, window or screen Submenus, Checkmarks, Icons Mac only: Fonts & formatted texts

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Menu

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DynaPDF for FileMaker

Continuous development Improved Annotation handling Output Intents Query metadata like XMP Query more details about images New Optimize command

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DynaPDF for FileMaker

Extract Embedded files Create, modify and read form fields Flatten annotations & forms Load custom fonts from files Find text on page Create/Modify/Read bookmarks

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List Dialog

Shows a dialog with list. Single & Multiple Selection Custom prompt, title and button labels Text & Tag for each entry Get/Set selection

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List Dialog

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WebView

Print to File (Mac) Zoom Page or Text Set/Get form fields even fields without form

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Dialog Modifications

Install Set replacements Applied to FileMaker standard dialogs MBS( "DialogModifications.Set"; "Import", "Import of Contacts" )

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Dialog Modifications

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CoreLocation

GeocodeAddressString Address to geo location ReverseGeocodeLocation Geo location to address Asynchronously queries

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Regular Expression

Finds pattern in text Compile your pattern once and execute it

  • ften

Get captures and whole matches Apply on lists

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RichText (Mac)

Read/Write Word, RTF, OpenOffice files Replace Text Convert to PDF

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Encryption / Hash

Encryption.Cipher AES, Blowfish, RC2, RC4, DES, CAMELLIA Hash.Digest MD4, MD5, SHA variants, MDC2, RIPEMD160 Input/Output: Text, Container, Image, Filepath, PDF, Data, base64 or Hex

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Mac Media Library

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SQL Connections

MySQL options for SSL Encryption Get/Set BLOB field/parameter 
 with PDF Container. SQL Anywhere added. Oracle, SQL Server, DB2, Sybase, Informix, InterBase, SQLBase, MySQL, PostgreSQL, ODBC and SQLite

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Mac Integration

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List functions

Find equals/unequals of two lists Remove duplicates Remove empty items Sort QuickList

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Dictionary

Assoziative arrays Fill e.g. by SQL for later quick lookup Preserves value type including containers use for parameter passing: Create in one line Move into variables in one line

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MarkDown

Convert MarkDown to HTML/CSS Text attributes *italic*, **bold**, 
 `monospace`, ~~strikethrough~~. <p>Text attributes <em>italic</em>, <strong>bold</strong>, <code>monospace</ code>, <del>strikethrough</del>.</p> Text attributes italic, bold, monospace, strikethrough.

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Process Activity

Control App Nap, System and Display Sleep $ref = MBS( "ProcessActivity.beginActivity"; "IdleSystemSleepDisabled UserInitiated"; "Doing Backup in FileMaker" ) MBS( "ProcessActivity.endActivity"; $ref )

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Schedules

Schedule Start Script, Run SQL and Evaluate at time, timestamp or idle Query and modify schedules MBS( "Schedule.StartScriptAfterDelay"; 10; Get(FileName); "testScript"; $param )

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Syntax Coloring

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Copy Script Button

Set Variable [$i; Value:0] Loop Set Variable [$i; Value:$i + 1] Exit Loop If [$i = 10] End Loop

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5.3 release

Social functions to use Mac's Twitter and Facebook accounts for posting PHP for 32/64bit UDP Sockets with broadcast DynaPDF with color management renders CMYK Use SQL and get records as text

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Ressources

Website


http://www.monkeybreadsoftware.de/filemaker/

Videos
 http://www.mbsplugins.com Blog
 http://www.mbsplugins.de Mailing List


http://www.monkeybreadsoftware.de/filemaker/mailinglist.shtml

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Demo