User Guide

Getting Started

This section will help you get started. It covers the topic of installation and registering the plug-in

• Installation (PDF)
• Registering MBS

Other

• Getting Started (PDF)
• SQL Connections (PDF)
• Reading and writing web forms (PDF)

Blog articles

• CURL
  • MBS Plugin vs. Insert From URL in FileMaker 16 (PDF)
  • Query geolocation in FileMaker via MBS Plugin and Google Maps API (PDF)
  • Batch sending Emails in FileMaker via MBS Plugin (PDF)
  • CURL from command line to Plugin (PDF)
  • FileMaker Insert URL vs. MBS Plugin's CURL functions (older) (PDF)
  • CURL Tutorial for FileMaker with MBS Plugin (PDF)
  • CURL with IMAP protocol (PDF)
  • Sending emails in FileMaker with MBS Plugin (newer) (PDF)
  • Sending Email with FileMaker via MBS Plugin (older) (PDF)
  • Using Apple's Global Service Exchange web service in FileMaker (PDF)
  • Swiss Post Webservice to verify addresses
• WebViewer
  • Image Zoom in Container (PDF)
  • Webviewer Tip (remove _blank from links) (PDF)
  • Using a HTML slider in FileMaker with Webviewer and our plugin (PDF)
  • FileMaker Webviewer and @ key (PDF)
  • Webviewer certificate overwrite (PDF)
  • Select Internet Explorer version for FileMaker (PDF)
  • Interactive FileMaker Containers are Webviewers (PDF)
• PDF functions
  • Creating PDF/A in FileMaker with ZUGFeRD standard (PDF)
  • Custom function to optimize PDF in FileMaker via DynaPDF
  • Create PDF with Embedded Links in FileMaker using MBS Plugin (PDF)
  • DynaPDF form creation with calculation with FileMaker (PDF)
  • DynaPDF Optimize Command (PDF)
  • Compressing PDFs with PDFKit in FileMaker (PDF)
• Plugin Installation and Registration
  • Installing MBS Plugin on FileMaker Server (PDF)
  • Properly register MBS FileMaker Plugin (PDF)
  • Please don't deactivate plugins
• Debugging
  • Using Trace Command (PDF)
  • MBS FileMaker Plugin debugging help (PDF)
  • Checking Variable Declarations in FileMaker with MBS Plugin (PDF)
• Goodies
  • Contextual Menu in FileMaker (PDF)
  • Code Signing FileMaker Runtimes (PDF)
  • Query connected clients on FileMaker Server by script (PDF)
  • Introducing FileMaker Runtime Shrinker (PDF)
• Mac Features
  • Face detection via CoreImage in FileMaker (PDF)
  • Mapping addresses to geo coordinates (PDF)
  • Mac OS X 10.8 User Notifications with FileMaker (PDF)
  • ImageCapture functions for Mac OS X (PDF)
  • Reminder Synchronization for FileMaker on Mac using MBS Plugin (PDF)
  • Toolbar functions for FileMaker on Mac (PDF)
  • FileMaker and Calendar (iCal) (PDF)
  • Sending files from Finder to FileMaker (PDF)
  • Accept file drops in FileMaker with MBS Plugin (PDF)
• Audit
  • Introducing Audit Plugin Functions for FileMaker (PDF)
  • Audit with MBS FileMaker Plugin (PDF)
• SQL
  • FileMaker Custom function to query a value from other table or file (PDF)
  • Tip of the day: Connect to MySQL and run a query (PDF)
• Other
  • The MBS Script Step (PDF)
  • Using MBS Plugin with FileMaker iOS SDK (PDF)
  • JSON Functions, MBS vs. FM16 (PDF)
  • Image Picker for FileMaker iOS SDK apps with MBS Plugin (PDF)
  • XML Functions in MBS FileMaker Plugin (PDF)
  • Dialogs with FileMaker (PDF)
  • OCR for Real Studio and FileMaker (PDF)
  • PHP Functions in MBS FileMaker Plugin (PDF)
  • Quicklist - Fast lists for FileMaker (PDF)
  • How to use XL functions with MBS FileMaker Plugin (PDF)

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