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See you later in the live stream to talk about MBS Plugin for #FileMaker in version 16.0

1 PM Pacific or 22:00 CEST

Please bring your questions.

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January 23, 2026 at 4:19 PM
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MBS Xojo Conference Update

Just three months until the #Xojo Conference and Training Day.

The conference will take place. Please sign-up, book your flights and hotel nights. We have a few hotel rooms still available.

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January 22, 2026 at 11:39 AM
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MBS FileMaker Plugin 16.0 News

In this article we want to introduce you the new functions from the MBS #FileMaker Plugin in version 16.0.

Script search, Translation, MarkDown, Excel passwords, Hashes and CURL.

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January 20, 2026 at 7:39 AM
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The #Filemaker meet-up in Dallas has a great presentation from Clay about his work at Claris. Thanks to Harmonic Data for recording it.

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January 20, 2026 at 6:29 AM
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Arrays in Xojo

Some tips and tricks for using arrays in #Xojo.

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Arrays in Xojo
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January 19, 2026 at 7:36 AM
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MBS Plugin 16.0 for Claris #FileMaker - More than 7800 functions in one plugin

* Search in all scripts
* Translation functions for macOS & iOS
* XL Functions with passwords for reading
* MarkDown.Colorize
* CURL with certificates from

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January 13, 2026 at 10:01 AM
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MonkeyBread Software Releases the MBS #Xojo Plugins in version 26.0

* Apple’s Translation framework
* updated Scintilla control
* CADisplayLinkMBS timer
* new Saxon examples
* XLBookMBS with passwords
* Smaller plugin files

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January 13, 2026 at 9:19 AM
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Neues MBS Plugin 16.0 für Claris #FileMaker

* Suche in allen Skripts
* Übersetzungsfunktionen für macOS & iOS
* XL Funktionen mit Passwort zum Lesen
* MarkDown.Colorize
* CURL mit Zertifikaten aus der Keychain am Mac.

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January 13, 2026 at 8:27 AM
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MBS Plugin Advent Calendar 2025

Have you seen all the entries for the 2025 advent calendar?

24 articles to highlight various MBS #FileMaker Plugin SQL features.

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January 10, 2026 at 9:00 AM
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LibXL 5.0 released

Recently LibXL 5.0 was released and we include this update in our upcoming MBS Plugins 16.0 for #FileMaker and 26.0 for #Xojo.

LibXL is a powerful library to create, read, edit and write Excel documents.

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January 9, 2026 at 11:19 AM
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Validate electronic invoices with Saxon in #Xojo

When you receive an electronic invoice in the formats ZUGFeRD, Factur-X, X-Rechnung or UBL, you may need to validate the XML file in your Xojo application with Saxon.

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January 8, 2026 at 1:23 PM
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MBS #Xojo Plugins, version 25.6pr7

Updated CURL library to version 8.18.0.
Updated Xojo SDK to version 2025r3.
Fixed a crash with WindowsMidiInputMBS and WindowsMidiOutputMBS events in 64-bit applications.

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January 8, 2026 at 10:23 AM
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MBS #FileMaker Plugin, version 16.0pr7

Updated CURL library to version 8.18.0.

Improved script search for Windows when XML data was too big on Windows.

Improved syntax coloring to be a bit more resilient against you closing the window.

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January 8, 2026 at 7:43 AM
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Translation Framework in #FileMaker

Since macOS 26 (and iOS 26) you can use the Translate framework to perform on-device translation services.

You can use this with the upcoming MBS Plugin 16.0.

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January 7, 2026 at 9:04 AM
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Saxon Visualize electronic Invoices in #Xojo

When you receive an electronic invoice in the formats ZUGFeRD, Factur-X, X-Rechnung or UBL, you may need to visualize the XML file in your Xojo application.

Let us show you how to do this with Saxon classes.

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January 6, 2026 at 1:16 PM
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Search all scripts with MBS Plugin in #FileMaker

There is a new feature in development for MBS Plugin and you can see it 16.0pr6. We add the possibility to search in all scripts in the script workspace and find things.

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January 6, 2026 at 9:04 AM
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xDev Magazine 24.1

The January/February (24.1) issue of #Xojo Developer Magazine is now available.

* AI Whispering
* A Raspberry Pi Open Text File Dialog
* Shortcuts AI
* Token-Oriented Object Notation (TOON)
* Xojo 2025r3
* Watermark PDFs

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January 5, 2026 at 5:37 PM
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MBS #FileMaker Plugin, version 16.0pr6

* Improved script search with a new look.
* Improved performance for script search.
* Improved opening scripts on macOS to scroll script list.
* Fixed an incompatibility in Swift for older FileMaker versions.

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January 5, 2026 at 9:33 AM
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Our statistics for #FileMaker

For the old year, we can check our statistics on the servers. The share of Linux continues to raise.

In August 2023 Linux overtook Windows, then in July 2024 the Linux share crossed to over 50%. Now we are at about 80%.

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January 4, 2026 at 9:56 AM
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Draw images with text using DynaPDF in #FileMaker

We draw text in a new PDF document and then render it as image without ever saving the PDF document. We can even use transparency and render the PDF with alpha channel and save as PNG image.

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January 3, 2026 at 8:38 AM
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Installation Script for MBS Plugin for #FileMaker Servers with Windows

Over the last years we had various instructions to install MBS Plugin on a FileMaker Server.

After scripts for Linux and macOS, we also have one for Windows. Enjoy!

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January 1, 2026 at 3:02 PM
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MBS #Xojo Plugins, version 25.6pr5

Added StructuredAppend property for BarcodeGeneratorMBS class for Barcode.GenerateJSON to create barcodes with sequence information.

Enabled Apple SecTrust for CURL to validate SSL certificates on macOS and iOS.

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January 1, 2026 at 9:05 AM
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MBS #FileMaker Plugin, version 16.0pr5

Added search button for Script Workspace to open a window to search all scripts for macOS and Windows.

Added StructuredAppend key for Barcode.GenerateJSON to create barcodes with sequence information.

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January 1, 2026 at 8:41 AM
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Solar Power Report 2025

Today I like to show you how much we appreciate the solar panels on our roof.

We produced 86% of our power ourselves. Thanks to batteries also at night or when we had a cloudy day.

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December 31, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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Installation Script for MBS Plugin for #FileMaker Servers with MacOS

* Download the plugin
* Verify the download is the correct file
* Move to plugins folders

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December 31, 2025 at 10:41 AM