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Your Guide to Austin, Texas by Christian Schmitz Heading to Austin in April for the Xojo Developer's Conference? Plan some extra time to see all the great places and historical sites in the area!
Animation Crash Course by Sam Rowlands Animation is a great way to make your applications feel more polished and professional. Sam shows how to use Apple's Core Animation to make your controls dance.
iOS Deployment by Marc Zeedar You've made your first iOS app with Xojo and tested it with iOS Simulator. Now it's time to get it onto your iPhone for real testing... but just how do you do that?
Mandrill and Xojo by Scott Boss Mandrill is a web API to send customized bulk emails. Scott shows how to talk to Mandrill with Xojo, so now you can use the service in your own applications!
Solving Sandboxing Issues by Sam Rowlands We love the security benefits of sandboxing, but not the developer headaches it creates. Sam demonstrates how to solve some common sandboxing problems.
Plus articles on class extensions, Xojo Developer Evangelist Ulrich Bogun, database design, tips on using dates, common RegEx mistakes, and much more!
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Issue 13.2 ("Control Animation")
Issue 12.6 ("Cheap Web App Hosting")
Issue 12.1 ("Smart Localization")
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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| January 03, 2015 | ||
| (Blog: Monkeybread Software) Use SQLCipher with MBS SQL Plugin functions | 17:35:00 | |
If you are interested in encrypted SQLite databases with SQLCipher, you can use their library with our plugins. You simply get a copy of their library, either the commercial or the open source one. For open source, I built my own copies today for M... [More] | ||
| (Blog: Monkeybread Software) xDev Magazine Issue 13.1 | 10:25:00 | |
The January/February 2015 (13.1) issue of xDev Magazine is now available. Here's a quick preview of what's inside: * Birmingham 2014 * by Richard Duke Most of us couldn't make it to the U.K. for their annual Xojo Conference, but fortunately Richard... [More] | ||
| January 02, 2015 | ||
| (Blog: Monkeybread Software) New data types in Xojo 2014r3 | 21:07:00 | |
So a few weeks passed and we had time to check details on new data types. Years ago I appreciated books like Inside Turbo Pascal (or similar name) which explained all the details behind the runtime, compiler and data structures used there. Sometimes... [More] | ||
| January 01, 2015 | ||
| (Blog: Monkeybread Software) MBS Xojo / Real Studio Plugins, version 15.0pr5 | 21:53:00 | |
New in this prerelease of the 15.0 plugins: Added CGBitmapContextMBS.CreateRGB and CGColorSpaceMBS.CreateWithHandle functions. Improved GameKit classes. No longer build for Mac PPC. Reorganized plugins internally. Globals and Class Extensions are n... [More] | ||
| (Blog: Monkeybread Software) MBS Filemaker Plugin, version 5.0pr5 | 13:58:00 | |
New in this prerelease of the 5.0 plugins: Fixed a bug with RichText.SetFormattedText function. Added PrintDialog.SetPrintType, PrintDialog.SetPaperName and PrintDialog.GetPaperName function. When passing parameters, the plugin now more often retur... [More] | ||
| December 31, 2014 | ||
| (Blog: Monkeybread Software) Happy new year 2015 | 23:59:00 | |
We wish everyone a happy new year 2015. See you in Las Vegas for the FileMaker Developer Conference, in Austin for the Xojo Developer Conference, the .fmp[x]Berlin 2015 and at probably a dozen local meetings! For us it's year to celebrate our 15th... [More] | ||
| December 29, 2014 | ||
| (Blog: Monkeybread Software) Upcoming change of VAT rules in European Union | 13:50:00 | |
From 2015 on some things change in VAT rules. The VAT collected is now the VAT of the country of client and no longer the VAT of the seller's country. One of the good things is that companies like Apple now need to bill us with German VAT instead o... [More] | ||
| December 27, 2014 | ||
| (Blog: Monkeybread Software) One week till year's end | 10:00:00 | |
The year 2014 will end in about a week. Do you need some more licenses? You can order licenses for 2015 and have delivery plus payment in 2014.You can get ChartDirector and DynaPDF Starter license as part of OmegaBundleAnd of course you can order u... [More] | ||
| December 24, 2014 | ||
| (Blog: Monkeybread Software) Merry Christmas | 12:01:00 | |
Frohe Weihnachten und ein gutes neues Jahr! Merry Christmas & Happy New Year Joyeux Noël et Bonne Année Buon Natale e Felice Anno Nuovo Sebastian, Michael, Monika & Christian Schmitz ... [More] | ||
| (Blog: Monkeybread Software) Xojo and Valentina Hosting Added to Omegabundle for Xojo 2014 | 10:00:00 | |
The association of Omegabundle vendors announce the expansion of Omegabundle for Xojo 2014, a collection of over $3567 of the best third party development tools for the Xojo cross-platform development environment. See a list of all products included... [More] | ||
| December 23, 2014 | ||
| (Blog: Monkeybread Software) Improve errors for missing plugins? | 23:24:00 | |
Sometimes people see errors like this: Now I can include special methods to give a little hint in the error: But it will take a while to find all those cases and prepare... Maybe someday it helps one of you plugin users. ... [More] | ||
| (Blog: Monkeybread Software) Storing encrypted container data externally and on a different place | 13:14:00 | |
Normally if you use FileMaker's feature with encrypted containers, the files are stored right next to the database file. Especially on a server this can limit storage options. Hosting 10 databases on the internal server disk limits you to the size o... [More] | ||
| December 19, 2014 | ||
| (Blog: Monkeybread Software) MBS Xojo / Real Studio Plugins, version 14.5pr4 | 20:13:00 | |
New in this prerelease of the 14.5 plugins: Added TiffPictureMBS.SampleFormat property. Added ConvertFromFloat16MBS and ConvertToFloat16MBS functions to support 16 bit floating point numbers. Fixed Windows MouseClick functions in RemoteControlMBS m... [More] | ||
| (Blog: Monkeybread Software) MBS Filemaker Plugin, version 4.5pr4 | 17:34:00 | |
New in this prerelease of the 4.5 plugins: Changed plugin to load QTkit Framework dynamically so we can be accepted for the Mac App Store. Fixed an issue where FileMaker would block after Registration of plugin. Added code to detect Windows 8.1. Du... [More] | ||
| (Blog: Monkeybread Software) Apply fonts to font PopupMenu | 15:03:00 | |
Just got some example code for you on how to apply fonts in a Mac Cocoa app made with Xojo to a PopupMenu control's menu. So each item in the menu item is rendered using the font it represents. Sub ApplyFontsToItems(xp as PopupMenu) // Apply font ... [More] | ||
| November 27, 2014 | ||
| (Blog: Brad Rhine) Why put it in the box? | 16:05:49 | |
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| October 07, 2014 | ||
| (Blog: Brad Rhine) Grace, Jack, and Skinny Pete | 23:38:40 | |
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| October 06, 2014 | ||
| (Blog: Brad Rhine) Really, Amazon? | 12:05:22 | |
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| September 03, 2014 | ||
| (Blog: Brad Rhine) Juan Catorce Band! This Friday! | 00:10:28 | |
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| August 14, 2014 | ||
| (Blog: Brad Rhine) Juan Catorce Band plays this Friday! | 00:56:19 | |
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| March 12, 2014 | ||
| (Blog: Brad Rhine) Get It Together, Thursday | 10:36:12 | |
Come on, Thursday. Get your act together.... [More] | ||
| March 02, 2014 | ||
| (Blog: Brad Rhine) Oddly Specific | 21:49:57 | |
This is oddly specific. Must be a very small storm.... [More] | ||
| January 09, 2014 | ||
| (Blog: Brad Rhine) Jen and Juan | 00:17:10 | |
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| January 02, 2014 | ||
| (Blog: Brad Rhine) Given The Weather | 22:36:45 | |
Given the weather, this seems like the appropriate hoodie to wear this evening.... [More] | ||
| December 11, 2013 | ||
| (Blog: Brad Rhine) And Monies | 17:39:06 | |
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