Release notes for version 9.0 - 22nd January 2019

New functions in 9.0 and Announcement in blog.

• Added MapView functions to put map control on the layout for Mac and iOS.
• Added new CURL.GetResultAsEMailList function.
• Added Applescript.DeterminePermissionToAutomateTarget function.
• Added CURL.FormClear function.
• Added GMImage.AutoOrient, GMImage.Extent, GMImage.GetQuiet, GMImage.Repage, GMImage.Resize and GMImage.SetQuiet functions.
• Added ImageView.SetFrameWithControl and MapView.SetFrameWithControl functions.
• Added JSON.CreateValue, JSON.Equals, JSON.FindValueInArray and JSON.FindValueInObjectArray functions.
• Added links to blog articles from help.
• Added MinimalBookmark parameter to Files.CreateBookmark function.
• Added more for internal SQLite3 library load for SQLAPI.
• Added more selectors or DynaPDF.GetField to query more fields.
• Added new mode for CURL.FileInfos to get file infos from ftp listing with MLSD custom request.
• Added options for XL.CopyContent, XL.CopyRow, and XL.CopySheet to skip some content.
• Added Path.ShortPath and Path.LongPath functions for Windows.
• Added Plugin.JasperVersion and Plugin.TiffVersion functions.
• Added preferences to enable formulas formatting with links to MBS documentation.
• Added RotateCoords parameter for DynaPDF.RotateTemplate function.
• Added ScriptWorkspace.ScriptText function.
• Added ScriptWorkspace.ScrollToLine and ScriptWorkspace.ScrollToSelection functions.
• Added scroll parameter to ScriptWorkspace.SelectLine function.
• Added Socket.IsClosed and Socket.IsListening functions.
• Added TotalSize, CountZLIB, SizeZLIB, CountFORK and SizeFORK fields for FM.TableStatistics function.
• Added Window.IsMaximized and Window.IsMinimized.
• Added workaround for GetBytesEx problem with returning corrupted text for >256K of text.
• Added workaround for CURL IMAP change. UID URLs changed to MAILINDEX automatically.
• Changed default SQL options for connecting to FileMaker via ODBC so it works out of the box.
• Changed DynaPDF to be more error tolerant for reading PDF files made by FileMaker when using Citrix.
• Changed DynaPDF.Optimize to use in memory flag by default unless you change it.
• Changed GraphicsMagick functions for Linux and iOS to use 16bit images.
• Changed Linux compile to include function names for stack traces.
• Changed List.RemoveValue and QuickList.RemoveValue to not report error if value is not found.
• Changed Printer.Print to prefer selecting exact match over beginning of text.
• Changed ServerSocket to not close socket automatically in case of error.
• Changed WebView.Screenshot, Window.Screenshot and Screenshot function to mark image with resolution for Windows.
• Disabled GraphicsMagick signal handlers.
• Disabled license check for iOS simulator.
• Enabled SQLITE_ENABLE_API_ARMOR for SQLite to help reduce crashes with wrong API calls to SQLite.
• Fixed a bug in Oracle initialization for Linux for SQL functions.
• Fixed a problem with MySQL DLL loading.
• Fixed a problem with plugin icon for MacOS, which did not show for everyone.
• Fixed bug with inline email text decoding and an extra space character sometimes.
• Fixed crash in SQL functions when using unnamed fields in SQLite recordsets.
• Fixed loading of static SQLite3 library which failed due to different mutex settings when compiling with newer SQLAPI version.
• Fixed memory leak in SerialPort.Clear function.
• Fixed potential issue for List.CSVSplit function.
• Fixed problem with GraphicsMagick initialization for Windows (caused crash on FMP startup).
• Fixed problem with lost time value in FM.SQL.JSONRecord function result.
• Fixed problem with text encoding with Oracle databases for SQL functions.
• Fixed problem with Text.MergeFields not finding variable always.
• Fixed UNNotification to trigger script and show notification when app is open.
• Improved bounds checking for XL.Sheet.AutoFilter.SetRef and XL.Sheet.AutoFilter.SetSort functions.
• Improved ColorPanel.Choose with passing color and result.
• Improved error handling for GMImage.NewFromContainer, so we pass on error messages from GraphicsMagick.
• Improved error message text for CURL.Perform calls.
• Improved HealthKit functions to better initialize in simulator.
• Improved out of bounds error message for Menu.InsertItem, Menu.RemoveItemAtIndex, Calendar.Item.GetAttendeeURL, Calendar.Item.GetAttendeeCommonName, Calendar.Item.GetAttendeeStatus, Printer.PrinterName and CLGeocoder.PlacemarkValue.
• Improved parsing for CURL.FileInfos.
• Improved relationship search field to auto complete and accept TO IDs to translate them to name.
• Manually applied CURL fix: vauth/oauth2: Fix OAUTHBEARER token generation #3377 (for Mac)
• Removed Container.GetJPEGHeight, Container.GetJPEGHeightResolution, Container.GetJPEGWidth and Container.GetJPEGWidthResolution.
• Removed QTMovie, QTExport and MovieView functions to remove last dependencies on QuickTime.
• Removed use of deprecated APIs in ucontext.h which Apple considers private API now.
• Renamed GMImage.Destroy to GMImage.Release. Old name stays valid.
• The MBS Plugin for 32-bit MacOS will be build on demand only. FileMaker 14 or newer can use 64-bit version.
• Updated CURL to version 7.63.0.
• Updated DynaPDF to version 4.0.25.71.
• Updated freetype to version 2.9.1.
• Updated GraphicsMagick library to version 1.3.31.
• Updated iconv to version 1.15.
• Updated libarchive to version 3.3.3.
• Updated libexpat to version 2.2.6.
• Updated OpenSSL to version 1.1.1a
• Updated png library to version 1.6.36.
• Updated regex library to version 8.42.
• Updated SQLAPI to version 4.2.4.
• Updated SQLite version 3.26.0.

New in version 8.5   New in version 9.1

More details in the Release notes and Announcement in blog.