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The Nov/Dec (11.6) issue of xDev Magazine is now available!
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What's New in R3? by Marc Zeedar
Wary of the newest update? You shouldn't be. It's a definite improvement.
Code Smarter by Trisha Duke
Trisha shares tips from her XDC talk last spring.
MBS Conference Report by Bill Kearney
What happened at the MBS Xojo Conference in Germany in September.
The Apple About Box by Sam Rowlands
Using an official Apple About Box is easy and saves you time.
ChartPart 3.0 by Kevin Cully
ChartPart broke with Xojo, but Kevin fixed it for you.
Creating Xojo Plugins by Matt Gardner
Creating plugins for Xojo with XCode: a step-by-step guide.
I'm testing out a new really cool (and simple) purchase method: buy instantly via Gumroad and have your PDF in seconds!
Issue 11.6 ("Apple About Box")
Issue 10.5 ("Real World 2012")
Issue 10.4 ("Extreme Programming")
Issue 10.2 ("Assumption Approach")
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Latest Xojo Headlines
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| December 06, 2013 | ||
| (Blog: Monkeybread Software) Xojo meeting in Bremen, Germany? | 12:57:00 | |
Next week I visit clients in Bremen, so how about having a xojo meeting for dinner? Here is a survey for best time/date: doodle.com/w8mfz62gggzhu8sb If we have a couple of people interested, we can look for a meeting place and reserve a table. Top... [More] | ||
| December 05, 2013 | ||
| (Blog: Monkeybread Software) FileMaker Server 13 with Web Direct | 10:18:00 | |
As you see our MBS FileMaker Plugin runs fine on WebDirect. For that please install the server version (the one with 64bit included) into /Library/FileMaker\ Server/Database Server/Extensions and /Library/FileMaker Server/Web Publishing/publishing-e... [More] | ||
| December 03, 2013 | ||
| (Blog: Monkeybread Software) BKeeney Software is hiring Xojo developer | 23:38:00 | |
Application Developer/Consultant Position with BKeeney Software BKeeney Software, Inc., a Lenexa software consulting company is looking to add a talented developer to our consulting staff. We have been creating cross-platform applications for our i... [More] | ||
| (Blog: Monkeybread Software) Generate JSON with MBS Plugin | 23:02:00 | |
A client asked for help with the following JSON. {"ticket":{"requester":{"name":"The Customer", "email":"thecustomer@domain.com"}, "subject":"My printer is on fire!", "comment": { "body": "The smoke is very colorful." }}} As you see we have sever... [More] | ||
| (Blog: Monkeybread Software) FileMaker 13 | 15:22:00 | |
FileMaker 13 was released today. A lot of new things are included. Our MBS Plugin works fine so far with the FileMaker 13 version. Even WebDirect with plugins works fine on Mac with the 64bit enabled plugin. For Windows, the 64bit version is not yet... [More] | ||
| December 02, 2013 | ||
| (Blog: Bob Keeney) Training Day 2014 | 19:16:05 | |
BKeeney Software Inc. is proud to announce our second annual training day to be held before the annual Xojo Developers Conference (XDC). We’ll be holding it in the same location, the Monte Carol Hotel and Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada … Co... [More] | ||
| November 30, 2013 | ||
| (Blog: Monkeybread Software) XDC 2014 just 4 months away | 16:36:00 | |
Today is last day to get the $200 discount on the ticket price. So today: $750 per ticket. If you fly from Frankfurt/Main to Las Vegas directly, you can use Condor for around 730 Euro non stop! Registration started for the Xojo Developer Conferenc... [More] | ||
| November 29, 2013 | ||
| (Blog: Monkeybread Software) MBS Xojo / Real Studio Plugins, version 13.5pr9 | 21:43:00 | |
New in this prerelease of the 13.5 plugins: Changed PNG library to return warning on invalid SRGB ICC Profile instead of error. Fixed bugs with NSMutableParagraphStyleMBS class. Fixed bug in NSParagraphStyleMBS.tabStops. Added new constructor to Ey... [More] | ||
| (Blog: Bob Keeney) ActiveRecord and ARGen Updates | 20:26:32 | |
We’ve been consistently updating ActiveRecord for our consulting and internal projects. We find ActiveRecord to be a wonderfully way to get the Xojo IDE to do more work for you. It reduces table/field name errors and gives you some nice ̷... [More] | ||
| (Blog: Monkeybread Software) MBS Filemaker Plugin, version 3.5pr9 | 19:32:00 | |
New in this prerelease of the 3.5 plugins: Added Barcode.DrawBarcode to draw vector graphics barcode into PDF. Added Barcode.UPCChecksum to calculate. Added SyntaxColoring.GetFontSize and SyntaxColoring.SetFontSize functions to set font size in scr... [More] | ||
| November 28, 2013 | ||
| (Blog: Monkeybread Software) What happened here? | 20:16:00 | |
This is FileMaker 12. Do you see the difference to normal script editor? ... [More] | ||
| (Blog: Monkeybread Software) Black Friday Sales | 12:48:00 | |
After Thanks Giving a lot of companies do give some discounts. So currently you can benefit from this Xojo related offers: 30% on all DynaPDF licenses30% on all new Xojo licenses on 29th November$200 on Xojo Developer Conference ticket till 30th Nov... [More] | ||
| November 27, 2013 | ||
| (Blog: Monkeybread Software) French Xojo Developer meeting in Paris, 17th January 2014 | 22:11:00 | |
Bonjour, La prochaine réunion du groupe xFR aura lieu le vendredi 17 janvier 2014 de 8 h 30 à 17 h à Paris.<trans.gif> Avant la Xojo Developer Conference, il est temps de se réunir. Pour cela, je vous propose une jo... [More] | ||
| November 26, 2013 | ||
| (Blog: Monkeybread Software) More keyboard shortcuts for Xojo, please | 14:46:00 | |
As professional developers we use Xojo daily to write our cross platform apps. Compared to Real Studio IDE some actions still need longer, especially moving the whole mouse cursor from one edge of the screen to another. So for the next releases, we ... [More] | ||
| November 25, 2013 | ||
| (Blog: Monkeybread Software) MBS Xojo / Real Studio Plugins, version 13.5pr8 | 08:45:00 | |
New in this prerelease of the 13.5 plugins: Added JSONMBS.SuffixObject method. Added JPEG 2000 support for GraphicsMagick on Mac OS X and Linux (was already there on Windows). Added StyledText.RTFDataMBS as replacement for built-in RTFData property... [More] | ||
| November 24, 2013 | ||
| (Blog: Monkeybread Software) MBS Filemaker Plugin, version 3.5pr8 | 23:53:00 | |
New in this prerelease of the 3.5 plugins: Added JPEG 2000 support for GraphicsMagick on Mac OS X (was already there on Windows). Download at monkeybreadsoftware.de/filemaker/files/Prerelease/ or ask for being added to the dropbox shared folder. ... [More] | ||
| November 07, 2013 | ||
| (Blog: Bob Keeney) Visual Basic 6 on Windows 8.1 | 00:58:32 | |
Not a month goes by where we don’t get a prospective client asking about the possibility of converting their old (but working) VB6 application to Xojo. They always tell me that their project is working great in Windows 7 and … Continue reading... [More] | ||
| October 31, 2013 | ||
| (Blog: Bob Keeney) When a License Isn’t a Valid License | 20:20:43 | |
I will preface this post with the usual disclaimers: Not everyone will have this issue nor will it even apply to a vast majority of Xojo developers. Take it with a grain of salt and if you disagree, that is … Continue reading →... [More] | ||
| October 28, 2013 | ||
| (Blog: Bob Keeney) Formatted Text Control 3.1.1 | 16:17:10 | |
We released a new version of the Formatted Text Control today. Version 3.1.1 is a general release after a long beta period. This version finalizes the special key handling required by the new Text Input Canvas plugin as well as … Continue rea... [More] | ||
| October 23, 2013 | ||
| (Blog: Bob Keeney) Xojo Developer Conference 2014 Sessions Announced | 22:55:28 | |
The Xojo Developer Conference (XDC) session list was announced today at http://www.xojo.com/xdc/sessions.php. The list of topics and people leading them is always impressive and if you’ve ever been tempted to go to a Xojo developers conference... [More] | ||
| October 19, 2013 | ||
| (Blog: Brad Rhine) Ice Cream Kids | 16:26:14 | |
via Instagram http://instagram.com/p/fp5mfXS9r9/... [More] | ||
| October 18, 2013 | ||
| (Blog: Brad Rhine) Skinny Pete | 01:15:08 | |
Skinny Pete made a nest.... [More] | ||
| (Blog: Brad Rhine) Dookie? | 01:13:10 | |
Tell that to Green Day, Words With Friends!... [More] | ||
| October 09, 2013 | ||
| (Blog: Bob Keeney) What Pro Developers Need Out of Xojo | 02:36:28 | |
I’ve been a REALbasic/Real Studio/Xojo developer since REALbasic version 3.5. I’ve been through a lot of versions, UI changes, and have made a fairly successful business using the product. I am a huge supporter of the product and count ... [More] | ||
| September 28, 2013 | ||
| (Blog: Bob Keeney) What I Like About the Xojo Navigator | 17:01:19 | |
I’ve stirred up quite a bit of controversy with my “What I Hate about the Xojo Navigator” blog post. Despite the various things I dislike about the Navigator there are some things I like about it and that I would … Continue r... [More] | ||
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