Release notes for version 12.1 - 15th March 2022

New functions in 12.1 and Announcement in blog.

• Added auto complete for MBS function names
• Added parameter names for trace logs.
• Added WinPhotoAcquire functions.
• Add column width saving for Layout Picker dialog.
• Added Apple Silicon for iOS Simulator version of MBS FileMaker Plugin.
• Added Audit.Statistics function.
• Added CNContact.HasValue function.
• Added CNContactStore.FetchContact function.
• Added ContinuityCamera.Initialize function.
• Added darkMode parameter for XML.Colorize and JSON.Colorize function.
• Added Dialog.SetTextAlignment and Dialog.GetTextAlignment functions to use left text alignment for dialogs on macOS.
• Added Dictionary.Lookup function.
• Added DynaPDF.GetSpaceWidthFactor and DynaPDF.SetSpaceWidthFactor functions.
• Added Files.AudioCoverArt function
• Added flag value 8 for FM.SQL.JSONColumn, Matrix.JSONRecord, Matrix.JSONRecords, FM.SQL.JSONRecord and FM.SQL.JSONRecords to return containers as JSON objects with data, size and name.
• Added flags to FM.SQL.Field function to return containers as base64 or just their file name.
• Added FM.QueryCustomFunctionsList and FM.CustomFunctionsList function.
• Added GUID (or CLSID) as type for WIA.SetDevicePropertyValue and WIA.SetItemPropertyValue function.
• Added links in formulas for our components if the function name is mistyped.
• Added math functions: Math.Average, Math.Max, Math.Median, Math.Min, Math.Multiply, Math.Reciprocal, Math.StandardDeviation, and Math.Sum.
• Added MBS version number to our contextual menu.
• Added new example database for ZUGFeRD in FileMaker.
• Added new flag for XML.ToJSON to include namespaces.
• Added PageSetupDialog.Reset and PrintDialog.Reset functions.
• Added parameter as optional parameter for HotKey.SetScript function to overwrite default parameter.
• Added PDF/A 2u and PDF/A 3u for DynaPDF.CheckConformance function.
• Added Plugin.GetFunctionParameters function.
• Added PrintDialog.GetPrintType function.
• Added PrintToFile parameter to Printer.Print function.
• Added proper error messages for sockets on Windows.
• Added subscript and superscript to RichText functions.
• Added SyntaxColoring.AutoCompleteFunctions.GetEnabled, SyntaxColoring.AutoCompleteFunctions.SetEnabled, SyntaxColoring.AutoCompleteParameters.GetEnabled and SyntaxColoring.AutoCompleteParameters.SetEnabled functions.
• Added SyntaxColoring.ColorizeScript function.
• Added Text.Reverse function, which handles emojis correctly.
• Added tooltips for MBS functions to show parameters in calculation dialog.
• Added type parameter for WIA.SetItemPropertyValue function.
• Added WebHook.GetMaximumRequestSize and WebHook.SetMaximumRequestSize functions.
• Added WebRequest.GetBodySize and WebRequest.GetSize functions.
• Added WebView.HasParent function.
• Added Window.ClearCloseTrigger and Window.SetCloseTrigger function.
• Changed Archive functions to enable UTF-8 support by default, so asian characters work well.
• Changed auto complete to no longer add an extra trailing underscore character to a variable.
• Changed DynaPDF.ConvertStyledText to handle .AppleSystemUIFont better and map to system font.
• Changed Menu functions for Windows to make more room to show full text of menuitem when using different font sizes.
• Changed output field of our text field in calculation tools to allow text selection, so you can copy it.
• Changed script colors to make selected line black (white for Dark Mode) for better readability.
• Changed trace to show license key in clear text if the license key is too short, so you may notice it.
• Deprecated CURL.SetOptionSSLEngine and CURL.SetOptionSSLEngineDefault functions since you don't need those ever.
• Disabled debug logging for WordFile functions. Sorry for leaving that on.
• Fixed a memory leak on Windows for WebHook functions.
• Fixed a problem with auto complete where it would prevent custom functions with underscore didn't show up for auto complete.
• Fixed a problem with tunnel in SSH functions, where SSH.Tunnel.Cancel didn't end the tunnel quickly in some cases.
• Fixed a problem with XML.Query, where the first only flag was not handled correctly.
• Fixed an edge case for underscore variables conflicting in auto complete with field names using underscores.
• Fixed an issue in WebHook.Listen not working on Windows.
• Fixed an issue with auto completing $~ variables.
• Fixed an issue with fonts and GMImage.Annotate for iOS.
• Fixed an issue with JSON.GetDoubleValue and related functions not passing number back with comma (and used dot) where comma would be appropriated. Broken in 12.0.
• Fixed an issue with SQLAPI with a crash in SAMutex class on thread synchronization on macOS, iOS and Linux.
• Fixed bugs in Audit.Changed when using repetition fields.
• Fixed code to add table occurrence prefixes to skip tilde and cent variable names.
• Fixed CURL.OpenInputFile to stream files over 1 GB again.
• Fixed parameters for XL.Sheet.AutoFilter.SetCustomFilter and XL.Sheet.AutoFilter.GetCustomFilter.
• Fixed possible crash in WordFile.Substitute function.
• Fixed PrintDialog.GetDestinationPath function.
• Fixed problem with DynaPDF.Table.SetCellImageEx not passing JPEG preview for WMF image on MacOS.
• Improved the feature where we colorize parts of a MBS function name in red/blue whether the part is valid to work for 3 component function names.
• Rewrote Text.RemoveControlCharacters, Text.ConvertUnicodeToCharacterDecomposition and Text.ConvertUnicodeToCharacterComposition functions to preserve text styles.
• Updated CURL to version 7.82.0.
• Updated DynaPDF to version 4.0.66.172.
• Updated LCMS library to version 2.13.1.
• Updated Method-Draw example to newer version, so it works in FileMaker 19.4 on Windows.
• Updated SQLAPI to version 5.1.9.
• Updated SQLite to version 3.38.1.
• Updated Xcode to version 13.2.1.

New in version 12.0   New in version 12.2

More details in the Release notes and Announcement in blog.