I’m probably getting into quasi-religious questions here, but I’ve been reading someone elses code in an OPC (Other Peoples Code) project and they use a lot of statements like this: I find this harder to read and much prefer: I … Continue readi... [More]

From talks with clients, we got a few cool ideas for our SQL Plugin to make live easier or give you more flexibility. We get some new method overloads for SQLValueMBS to pass MemoryBlocks for various blob field types there as value. So if you have... [More]

The next Xojo Conference in Europe will take place 3rd to 6th May 2017 in Berlin, Germany: Thursday, 4th May 2017: Conference and dinner event. Friday, 5th May 2017: Conference. Wednesday, 3rd and Saturday, 6th May 2017, we will offer training for i... [More]

And just after I wrote it for Xojo, we got a query to do the same in FileMaker. The following snippet creates four form fields. The last field is read only and has a calculation in javascript attached, so the PDF Viewer can calculate the sum of the... [More]

Today I wrote the following example code for a client. This snippet creates four form fields. The last field is read only and has a calculation in javascript attached, so the PDF Viewer can calculate the sum of the three fields above. The example sh... [More]

If you plan to deploy software for macOS 10.12, please read this technical note from Apple: Technical Note TN2206 macOS Code Signing In Depth developer.apple.com/library/prerelease/content/technotes/tn2206/ You may need to code sign your disk im... [More]

In Kansas City this past weekend I attended MidAmerican 2, or WorldCon.  WorldCon is a Science Fiction and Fantasy fans dream come true.  Thousands of people from around the world attended hundreds of sessions covering television shows, movies, autho... [More]

New in this prerelease of the 16.4 plugins: Updated to DynaPDF 4.0.2.8 Fixed FileListMBS on Mac to work well with file names who have slash in the name. Merged a few plugin parts so we have less DLLs and plugins load better in the Windows Xojo IDE.... [More]

New in this prerelease of the 6.4 plugins: Updated to DynaPDF 4.0.2.8 Added Time.Parse function. Added Time.Format function to format time, date or timestamp. Rewrote Files.List and Files.ListRecursive functions. Fixed bug in PortMidi.OpenOutput fu... [More]

Today at a visit of Team Nifty, we talked about FileMaker development, deployment, iOS, Server and a lot of more things. While discussing import and export of data and coded a few new plugin functions. So I added two new useful functions to pa... [More]

We are currently getting our kitchen remodeled.  We’ve used the contractor before because we know he does quality work and gets it done when he says it will be done.  Plus, when he gives us a bid, we know that … Continue reading →... [More]

Office view this morning: If you are in southern Germany in the area Allgäu and need some training, consulting or shop talk, please contact me. ... [More]

Nur noch zwei Monate bis zur FileMaker Konferenz und zur MBS Plugin Schulung in Salzburg: Vom 13. bis 15. Oktober 2016 treffen sich wieder ca. 200 Teilnehmer im Pitter in Salzburg. Bitte bald anmelden um ein Ticket zu bekommen. Die Konferenztick... [More]

In a Xojo Webapp you can not just provide files for download, you can also put them on links: dim p as Picture = LogoMBS(500) dim w as new WebPicture(p) w.Filename = "image.png" file = w myLink.Target = myLink.kTargetNewWindow myLi... [More]

Today we worked with a client using our plugin to implement the netverify API calls using our CURL functions. As you see this service takes form data with a JSON text and an image file. The picture is a photo of the driver license and t... [More]

Release 2.1 of Xojo 2016 was released yesterday.  This version fixes a few bugs discovered in Release 2 and fixes couple of serious regressions regarding threads.  Sadly, it also introduces a couple of new bugs that might affect your project. A ̷... [More]

New in this prerelease of the 16.4 plugins: Updated to DynaPDF 4.0.2.7 Added DynaPDFImageMBS.PictureData function. Changed Twain plugin to also load TwainDMS if Twain is not available. This allows you to install open source twain for 64-bit. Chang... [More]

New in this prerelease of the 6.4 plugins: Updated to DynaPDF 4.0.2.7 Added DynaPDF.GetImage and DynaPDF.GetImageCount. Added IKSlideShow.SetScreen, IKSlideShow.GetScreen, IKSlideShow.GetAudioFile and IKSlideShow.SetAudioFile. Changed Twain plugin ... [More]

New to MBS Plugins? Want to get all MBS Plugins? For August we have a special offer: MBS Xojo DynaPDF Pro Plugin MBS Xojo SQL Plugin MBS Xojo Complete Plugin MBS Xojo ChartDirector Plugin MBS Xojo BugReporter Kit For $1099 USD, 888 £ or 999... [More]

We at BKeeney Software are blessed in so many ways.  All of our employees bring a unique and interesting mix of talents and experiences.  It’s not just about one person and we often bounce ideas off each other to get the best … Continue r... [More]

Last week Xojo 2016 Release 2 was unleashed to the masses.  There are a lot of changes and tweaks in this version and if you are creating web or iOS applications there is a lot of like about this release.  … Continue reading →... [More]

July 5th is National BKeeney…er…Bikini Day.  In celebration we’re offering all of our products at 30% off for the next 48 hours.  Apply the coupon BIKINI in our online store to receive the discount on the following products: ARGen: ... [More]

BKeeney Software is pleased to announce a new release of BKeeney Shorts, their Reporting tool for Xojo.  BKS Shorts allows users to embed a report designer into their desktop applications and render reports onscreen, to a printer, as well as … ... [More]

One of the strengths of Xojo is that it creates a no requirements executable package.  For Mac OS X it puts all required libraries and resources in the application bundle and for Windows and Linux it puts all the necessary … Continue reading &#... [More]

BKeeney Software, Inc. is proud to welcome Tim Parnell as the newest addition to our full-time staff.  Tim will be working on several high profile client projects for BKeeney in addition to lending his skills to all of the BKeeney products. … C... [More]