MBS Plugin 15.2

We develop Claris FileMaker plug-ins for macOS, iOS, Linux & Windows.

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The award winning MBS Plugin is easily the most powerful plug-in available for Claris FileMaker today. There are over 7,500 functions that allow Claris FileMaker developers to extend their solutions in some amazing ways. Each function does a little task and in their combination you can unleash the full power of our plugin. MBS Plugin support Claris FileMaker Pro, Server (Scheduled Scripts, WebDirect Data API, & PSoS) and the iOS SDK. To learn how to use them together, please check our reference and our more than 600 example databases.

We support FileMaker 7 to the latest version 21.1. Please use MBS Plugin 14.2 or newer for FileMaker 21 alias 2024. Includes the Linux ARM version of our plugin.

Download the MBS Plugin for Claris FileMaker

Mac macOS & iOS

Mac

MBSFMPlugin152.dmg
( 283M )

Windows Windows & Linux

Windows

MBSFMPlugin152.zip
( 282M )


Both archives contain the macOS, iOS, Windows & Linux plugins & examples.

Installation.pdf ( 1.8M )

Documentation as PDF ( 21M )

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A quick overview:

And a lot of more functions not mentioned here. If you miss something, please email us and we may add another function for you.

Upcoming Claris FileMaker Events:

EventLanguageDateWhereLinks
Claris Engage Japan Japanese 5th to 7th November 2025 Tokyo, Japan claris.com/ja/conference
EngageU English 9th to 11th November 2025 Antwerpen, Belgium engageu.eu
Full Access English 20th to 23rd October 2025 Los Altos, USA fullaccess.us
Reconnect.Melbourne English 16th to 17th October 2025 Melbourne, Australia reconnect.fm
Naples FileMaker Week English 8th to 10th October 2025 Naples, Italy filemakerweek.com
fmCat 2025 Spanish/English 26th September 2025 Barcelona, Spain fmsuit.com
FileMaker Konferenz German 15th to 17th September 2025 Hamburg, Germany filemaker-konferenz.com
Build Grow Learn English 8th to 10th September 2025 Greenville, USA buildgrowlearn.com
Vienna Calling English 4th to 7th June 2025 Vienna, Austria viennacalling.eu
Elevate FM English 26th to 27th May 2025 Toronto, Canada elevatefm.ca
FMTR Zirvesi '25 Turkish/English 24th May 2025 Istanbul, Turkey fmtrzirvesi.com
Rendez-vous::FM[2025] French 15th to 17th May 2025 Reimes, France rendez-vous-fm.fr
CodeWave Spanish 25th to 26th April 2025 Valencia, Spain codewave.es
Claris Engage USA English 25th to 27th March 2025 Austin, Texas claris.com

Newest entries on our blog:


Presentation and tutorial videos

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MBS Plugin 14.5 (English)

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MBS @ Engage 2024 (English)

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MBS FileMaker Plugin - Valencia 2024
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MBS FileMaker Plugin - EngageU 2023
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MBS at Rome FileMaker Week 2023 (English)

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MBS FileMaker Plugin - Sydney 2023 (English)

For more examples see the other videos and our YouTube Playlists: English and Deutsch/German.

System requirements

Current version of MBS Plugin always supports the current version and a several versions back. We recommend to use the latest version to benefit from bug fixes and newer features.

Claris FileMaker versionMBS Plugin version
FileMaker Pro 21.114.4 or newer
FileMaker Pro 21.014.2 or newer
FileMaker Pro 20.313.5 or newer
FileMaker Pro 20.213.4 or newer
FileMaker Pro 20.113.2 or newer
FileMaker Pro 19.612.5 or newer
FileMaker Pro 19.512.2 or newer
FileMaker Pro 19.411.5 or newer
FileMaker Pro 19.311.2 or newer
FileMaker Pro 19.211.1 or newer
FileMaker Pro 19.110.5 or newer
FileMaker Pro 19.010.2 or newer
FileMaker Pro 18 9.3 or newer

Versions for older FileMaker versions available on request or in archive as well as versions for older operation systems (Windows 2012 or 7 here).

Older plugins used in a newer the FileMaker version may crash, not load, not have required architecture or simply not work as intended.

MBS Plugins can be used with:

  • MBS Plugin supports:
    • FileMaker Pro on macOS & Windows
    • FileMaker Server for
      • Scheduled Scripts,
      • Perform Script on Server (PSoS) and
      • Data API,
      • Web Direct
      on macOS, Windows and Linux.
    • iOS apps made with FileMaker iOS SDK and embedded MBS Plugin.
    • FMDataMigration, FMDeveloperTool and FMUpgradeTool
      Needs tools released in June 2025 or later and MBS Plugin 15.3 or later.
  • MBS Plugin supports indirectly:
    • FileMaker Go via PSoS and a server with installed plugin. see blog
  • MBS Plugin does not support:
    • FileMaker Cloud due to missing plugin interface.
      Use our plugin client-side in FileMaker Pro there. see blog
      Other cloud hosters with plugin support are available.

If you need MBS Plugin for older FileMaker versions, please contact us.

Auf Deutsch

Das MBS Plugin kommt in Englisch daher. Aber da wir aus Deutschland kommen und regelmäßig auch Deutsche Inhalte produzieren, können Sie sich gerne zum MBS Plugin auf Deutsch informieren:

Wir haben einige Deutsche Filme und einige FileMaker Magazin Artikel zum MBS Plugin.

Fragen können Sie gerne im Forum vom FileMaker Magazin stellen. Dort bekommen Sie dann auch Antworten von anderen deutschsprachigen FileMaker Entwicklern.

Besuchen Sie uns auf der FileMaker Konferenz, September 2025 in Hamburg, Deutschland.