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Improve WeakRef Performanceby Thomas Tempelmann You can avoid circular references by using weakRefs, but that causes performance problems. What's the solution?

The Case of the Broken Upgradeby Mattias Sandstrom When a software upgrade breaks things that were working fine, finding the cause requires real detective work.

Toucheby Marc Zeedar With the latest version of MacOS Sierra, Xojo apps that use the Macbook Pro's Touch Bar are finally possible. Marc demonstrates how to make them.

Sharing Data for Health, Part 3by JC Cruz Jose explores using XML to export health data from his project.

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Year 15
Issue 15.4 ("Xojo in Germany") Issue 15.5 ("Touch Bar")
Issue 15.3 ("Beginner's Guide") Issue 15.2 ("Power Tricks") Issue 15.1 ("Xojo Pi Lab")
 
Year 14
Issue 14.6 ("XDC 2016") Issue 14.5 ("Keyboard Shortcuts") Issue 14.4 ("NSTableView")
Issue 14.3 ("Sunroom") Issue 14.2 ("Cocoa Fonts") Issue 14.1 ("Barcodes")
 
Year 13
Issue 13.6 ("Stay Out of Jail") Issue 13.5 ("Text Messaging") Issue 13.4 ("El Capitan")
Issue 13.3 ("XDC 2015") Issue 13.2 ("Control Animation") Issue 13.1 ("iOS First Look")
 
Year 12
Issue 12.6 ("Cheap Web App Hosting") Issue 12.5 ("Yosemite") Issue 12.4 ("Game Center")
Issue 12.3 ("XDC 2014") Issue 12.2 ("Inefficiencies") Issue 12.1 ("Smart Localization")
Year 11
Issue 11.6 ("Apple About Box") Issue 11.5 ("Weeds") Issue 11.4 ("Blackjack")
Issue 11.3 ("XDC") Issue 11.2 ("PDF") Issue 11.1 ("PDF")
Year 10
Issue 10.6 ("Retina") Issue 10.5 ("Real World 2012") Issue 10.4 ("Extreme Programming")
Issue 10.3 ("Hashes") Issue 10.2 ("Assumption Approach") Issue 10.1 ("Reporting")

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October 23, 2017
  (Blog: Monkeybread Software)
MBS FileMaker Plugin, version 7.5pr3		14:31:00
New in this prerelease of the 7.5 MBS FileMaker Plugin: Added List.HasDuplicateItems and QuickList.HasDuplicateItems. Added Container.IsCompressed function. Updated DynaPDF to version 4.0.14.37. Fixed DynaPDF.GetField for 64-bit Windows. Fixed Win... [More]
  (Blog: Monkeybread Software)
MBS Xojo Plugins, version 17.5pr3		14:13:00
New in this prerelease of the 17.5 plugins: Updated DynaPDF to version 4.0.14.37. Added DynaPDF layer functions and new classes DynaPDFOCUINodeMBS and DynaPDFOCLayerConfigMBS. Fixed CNContactViewControllerMBS class. Added printout of MBS Plugin ve... [More]
October 22, 2017
  (Blog: Monkeybread Software)
75th Country		18:09:00
We welcome our first plugin customer in Uganda. MBS FileMaker and Xojo plugins are now used in 75 countries. Top five countries are for Xojo: 🇺🇸 United States of America🇩🇪 Germany🇬🇧 United Kingdom🇮🇹 Italy🇫🇷 FranceAnd for FileMaker plugin:🇺🇸 United ... [More]
October 21, 2017
  (Blog: Monkeybread Software)
FileMaker Server Security and plugins		16:57:00
On a FileMaker Server plugins can do a lot. Whether you use our MBS Plugin or a few of the others available. They all may offer functions to delete files, to upload files via FTP or to encrypt files. All functions you may use yourself to do backups ... [More]
October 20, 2017
  (Blog: Monkeybread Software)
Windows Touch Events		19:07:00
As you may know you can use Xojo for applications running on Windows tables with x86 CPU. You may design your user interface with big buttons and the user can use the application with touch instead of a mouse pointer. Windows may even show a keyboar... [More]
  (Blog: Monkeybread Software)
Layout IDs in FileMaker with MBS Plugin		12:15:00
Next MBS FileMaker Plugin will have an option to show Layout IDs in the Layout Management dialog: Of course I added new SyntaxColoring functions to enable or disable this by script as well as a preference dialog option for those who don't like this... [More]
  (Blog: Monkeybread Software)
Just four weeks till Xojo Training and Conference in London		09:04:00
Monkeybread Software is pleased to announce to host a little MBS Xojo Developer Conference. We meet once again in the nice Antoinette Hotel in Wimbledon for a meeting day and a training day. We have a Xojo training day on 9th November 2017. We talk... [More]
October 19, 2017
  (Blog: Monkeybread Software)
Data structures in FileMaker with MBS Plugins		17:37:00
MBS Plugin offers a couple of data structures which make scripting in FileMaker more like a programming language. And I know a few of you are keen on writing long scripts with using various plugin provided functions: Variables For years we provide... [More]
October 18, 2017
  (Blog: Monkeybread Software)
Xojo will get 64-bit IDE		17:54:00
Xojo Inc. announced to ship Xojo 2017r3 in 64-bit soon, as you can read on the blog article: The 64-bit Xojo IDE. If you in the beta program*, you may be able to take a look soon on this. The 64-bit version of the IDE can use much more memory and lo... [More]
  (Blog: Monkeybread Software)
Arrived in Madrid for FileMaker Conference		11:53:00
To attend the FileMaker conference in Spain, I travelled to Madrid. If anyone else arrives early, drop me a line and we can enjoy dinner together or chat at the hotel bar. ... [More]
October 16, 2017
  (Blog: Monkeybread Software)
Big SQLite Cache for 64-bit in Xojo		15:39:00
Whenever you open a SQLite database in your application, please remember to first send this command via SQL Execute: PRAGMA cache_size = 20000 this will increase the cache. Default is 2000 pages and with a page size of 1024 bytes that's only 2 MB ... [More]
  (Blog: Monkeybread Software)
MBS FileMaker Plugin, version 7.5pr2		13:29:00
New in this prerelease of the 7.5 MBS FileMaker Plugin: Added App.GetProcessPath and App.GetProcessName for Linux. Fixed bug with SQLite Prepare command with extra spaces in SQL commands. Added RSA.DecryptPrivateKey and RSA.EncryptPrivateKey functi... [More]
  (Blog: Monkeybread Software)
MBS Xojo Plugins, version 17.5pr2		13:16:00
New in this prerelease of the 17.5 plugins: Fixed leaked file handle in MimeEmailMBS constructor. Improved SpotLightFileInfoMBS to support newer interface and query with newer Spotlight plugins. Can now return HTML preview for emails. Fixed bug w... [More]
October 15, 2017
  (Blog: Monkeybread Software)
Reise in die Schweiz zu FileMaker und Xojo Entwickler Treffen		14:43:00
Wieder mal bin ich in der Schweiz, u.a. zum FileMaker Experience Event am 21. November in Meilen. Wer Interesse hat an einem Termin mit mir fĂĽr Softwareentwicklung, Schulungen, Entwicklungshilfe, Plugin Empfehlungen, assistierte Fehlersuche, Code-R... [More]
October 14, 2017
  (Blog: Monkeybread Software)
Conference discount offer		13:55:00
As usual with every conference we offer licenses at a discount to conference attendees: 20% on everything. You can find the coupon code on our flyers at the booth. The coupon code is valid till end of October and can be used with the Share-It web st... [More]
October 02, 2017
  (Blog: Bob Keeney)
Shorts 2.0.5		15:55:06
Today we released BKeeney Shorts 2.0.5.  This is a free update to all version 2.0.x users. Shorts is the premier reporting tool for Xojo applications.  Shorts allows a Xojo developer to embed a report designer inside in an application, view reports i... [More]
September 20, 2017
  (Blog: Bob Keeney)
Xojo 2017 R2.1 and Updated Roadmap		22:43:14
I’ve had a hellacious travel schedule the past six months so I apologize that I’ve not been up to snuff on Xojo news. Last week Xojo 2017 Release 2.1 was made public and earlier this week Xojo CEO, Geoff Perlman, … Continue reading →... [More]
August 22, 2017
  (Blog: Bob Keeney)
Xojo 2017 Release 2		22:41:19
Last week Xojo 2017 Release 2 hit the download servers. This release has the usual mix of new, changes, and bug fixes. At first blush it doesn’t seem like there is a lot to mention but there is, but I’ll … Continue reading →... [More]
August 03, 2017
  (Blog: Bob Keeney)
Software Development is Fluid		20:59:54
Software development is fluid. Some bug fixes and feature requests that seem simple are often not so simple, or, take a lot longer than originally thought. Some that seem like they’re hard are not, or, take practically no time at … Continue rea... [More]
July 19, 2017
  (Blog: Bob Keeney)
Shorts 2.0.4		22:15:36
Today we released BKeeney Shorts 2.0.4.  This is a free update to all version 2.0.x users. Shorts is the premier reporting tool for Xojo applications.  Shorts allows a Xojo developer to embed a report designer inside in an application, view reports i... [More]
June 22, 2017
  (Blog: Bob Keeney)
Automating Xojo Database Development with ARGen		19:35:12
Database applications are relatively easy with Xojo. The native Database, DatabaseRecord, and Recordset classes make it easy to connect, add, edit, and delete data in your console, desktop, and web applications. What we’ve found over the years isn’t ... [More]
June 08, 2017
  (Blog: Bob Keeney)
Shorts 2.0.3		15:16:47
Today we released BKeeney Shorts 2.0.3.  This is a free update to all version 2.0.x users. Shorts is the premier reporting tool for Xojo applications.  Shorts allows a Xojo developer to embed a report designer inside in an application, view reports i... [More]
June 06, 2017
  (Blog: Bob Keeney)
BKS WebSplitter 1.0.1		19:50:13
BKeeney Software Releases Version 1.0.1 of WebSplitter for Xojo BKeeney Software is pleased to announce the release of version 1.0.1 of their WebSplitter for Xojo Web. The WebSplitter control is a browser-side draggable interface splitter for the Xoj... [More]
May 26, 2017
  (Blog: Bob Keeney)
Is Xojo the Right Development Tool		17:35:58
Quite often prospective clients, and developers thinking of learning Xojo, ask my opinion of Xojo.  They are about to embark on a journey spending tens of thousands of dollars on a cross-platform tool and they want to know if Xojo … Continue re... [More]
May 04, 2017
  (Blog: Bob Keeney)
MBS Berlin Developers Conference Keynote		09:51:39
Geoff Perlman, CEO of Xojo Inc gave his keynote address at the Berlin Xojo Developers Conference today.  The conference is hosted by Monkeybread Software.  In his hour long talk, he discussed the future of Xojo and, in particular, what’s scheduled fo... [More]

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