Release notes for version 13.4 - 12th September 2023

New functions in 13.4 and Announcement in blog.

• Added Phidget functions to control various USB devices from Phidgets Inc.
• Added AsJSON parameters to Events.Calendars, Events.Source.Calendars, Events.Item.GetCalendar, Events.defaultCalendarForNewEvents, Events.defaultCalendarForNewReminders, Events.SourceWithType, Events.Sources and Events.DelegateSources functions to return result as JSON.
• Added check to LDAP.ModifyJSON and LDAP.Modify to complain if dn is empty.
• Added CURL.ProcessRelativeURL function.
• Added DynaPDF.DeleteDPartNode function.
• Added Files.EvictUbiquitousItem and Files.StartDownloadingUbiquitousItem functions.
• Added Files.UbiquitousItemStatus function.
• Added Flags parameter for QLPreviewPanel.Show function.
• Added ForceInterpolation flag for DynaPDF.RenderPage function.
• Added iOSApp.GetOrientationDidChangeEvaluate, iOSApp.GetOrientationDidChangeScript, iOSApp.SetOrientationDidChangeEvaluate and iOSApp.SetOrientationDidChangeScript functions.
• Added MongoDB.IsTracing and MongoDB.Trace functions.
• Added MongoDB.Ping function.
• Added MongoDB.SetSSLOptions function.
• Added MongoDB.SSLLibrary function.
• Added new parameter useDetached for DynaPDF.SaveAndSignFileExt1 function.
• Added new PhotoPicker functions.
• Added SerialPort.OpenPath function, so you can use SerialPort functions to open special files or pipes.
• Added SerialPort.WaitNamedPipe function to wait for a pipe and use with SerialPort.OpenPath on Windows.
• Added SkipDPartData option for DynaPDF.SetImportFlags2 function.
• Added TOTP.DecodeFromBase32 and TOTP.EncodeToBase32 functions.
• Added XL.Sheet.SetHidden function.
• Added XML.InsertRecords function.
• Changed FileDialog functions to return error when called server side.
• Changed JSON.GetStringValue, JSON.GetBooleanValue, JSON.GetDoubleValue, JSON.GetIntegerValue and JSON.GetValue to return empty result if called with empty value.
• Changed plugin to free all MongoDB connections if needed when FileMaker quits.
• Changed window searching on Windows to prefer visible windows for finding by title.
• Fixed a bug in setting numeric values in SQL functions with floating numbers, caused by a bug fix in version 13.3. Values showed up as zero incorrectly.
• Fixed a crash with Preview functions on macOS when releasing the temp file.
• Fixed a possible crash in CURL.GetResultAsContainer function.
• Fixed a problem with Dialog.SetTimeout closing a FileMaker custom dialog by accident on macOS.
• Fixed a problem with handling of Shift JIS text encoding.
• Fixed a problem with Path.FilePathToFileURL for Windows.
• Fixed a problem with syntax coloring failing to color formulas in variable editing dialog.
• Fixed a problem with WordFile.ReplaceTag and WordFile.Substitute functions when passing in NULL characters in the text.
• Fixed an issue with CNContactPicker.Show raising an exception on iOS.
• Fixed CNContactStore.Contacts to work better on newer macOS versions.
• Fixed CURL.GetHeaderAsJSON function to make array for duplicate headers and filter duplicates.
• Fixed exception for CNContact.JSON function.
• Fixed loop highlighting in case you use bigger fonts.
• Improved DynaPDF.FindField to better find a field in a group.
• Improved JSON.Import to better handle arrays in arrays.
• Marked a dozen files and text functions to be free to use.
• Rebuild MongoDB-c library with tracing support.
• Switched MongoDB on macOS and iOS to use OpenSSL for SSL.
• Updated curl to version 8.2.1.
• Updated DynaPDF to version 4.0.77.228.
• Updated for future FileMaker version.
• Updated SQLAPI to version 5.2.5.
• Updated SQLite to version 3.43.0.
• Upgraded WebDownloadDelegate functions to work on WebKit 2.0 on macOS and iOS.

New in version 13.3  

More details in the Release notes and Announcement in blog.