MBS FileMaker Plugin 16.1 for Claris FileMaker - More than 7800 functions in one plugin - Announcements of FileMaker Product, Services or Resources

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Nickenich, Germany - (March 17th, 2026) -- Monkeybread Software today is pleased to announce MBS FileMaker Plugin 16.1 for Claris FileMaker for macOS, iOS, Linux and Windows, the latest update to their product that is easily the most powerful plugin currently available for Claris FileMaker produce line. As the leading database management solution for Windows, macOS, iOS and the web, the Claris FileMaker Pro Integrated Development Environment supports a plugin architecture that can easily extend the feature set of the application. MBS FileMaker Plugin 16.1 has been updated and now includes over 7800 different functions, and the versatile plugin has gained more new functions:

Our Llama functions allow you to load a local large language model. You can query it like in a chat and receive answers from the model. You can both run queries directly as well as have the plugin manage chat history with the chat function.

You tried our script search on macOS and Windows within FileMaker Pro? We added grouping to show better which scripts belong together. You can collapse entries and copy the results to the clipboard.

We updated DynaPDF to version 5. Please note that DynaPDF 5 sets the UseTransparency option to false by default instead of true in version 4 and the UseImageColorSpace flag is now enabled by default, instead of disabled. The DynaPDF.ImportPDFPage function is included in Lite.

We updated the Phidgets functions to support current output and LED array modules. You can do animations and turn LEDs on and off.

On Windows we worked on the Dialog functions, so you can include text fields in a dialog. We added Dialog.SetTitleIcon to set the title icon. The SystemInfo.ADSystemInfo function can report groups from Active Directory. For printing web viewers we added more options for headers and footers.

The CURL library is updated to fix a few bugs we had in the last version. We enabled native CA to verify SSL certificates on Windows.

We updated LibXL and got new functions for querying conditional formatting rules. You can load an Excel file only to query the metadata. Please note that AddConditionalFormatting now needs an area in LibXL 5.1.

We improved our insert and update functions to better handle data types to avoid type mismatch errors. We added InsertOrUpdateRecords functions for FM.SQL and Matrix components.

For iOS SDK based applications, we now requires iOS 15.0 as minimum. We added more options for WebView.SetPrintParameter function.

On macOS you can use our find feature in custom functions and it can look into the custom functions to find things. Click on the list of custom functions, press command F to show the find bar and search custom functions based on their content.

More smaller additions:

Use the Files.OpenFiles function to get a list of open files within the application.
Use JSON.ToToon to pass JSON in a compacter form to LLMs.
Use OCR.RenderPDF to output the image with recognized text into a new PDF file.
Use Translation.DetectLanguage to detect the language of a text.
Use GMImage.Profiles to check what profile data is available for an image.
Use Files.ApplicationPathWithBundleIdentifier to find applications based on their bundle identifier.
Use EnvironmentVariables.JSON to query all environment variables.

Finally we updated CURL library to version 8.19.0, DynaPDF to 5.0.0.6, expat to 2.7.4, libarchive to 3.8.6, LibXL to 5.1, openssl to 3.5.5, Phidgets, SQLite to 3.51.2, taglib to 2.2., Xcode to 26.2 and zlib to 1.3.2

See release notes for a complete list of changes. New functions in documentation.

More details in the release notes. Please take the time to check our 600 example databases and check where you can use our plugin features in your solutions.

System Requirements:

* macOS 10.14 or later

* Windows 10 and newer

* FileMaker Pro 7 to 22.0

* FileMaker iOS SDK with iOS 15.0 or later

* FileMaker Server for Linux, Windows or macOS

* FileMaker Tools since FileMaker 22.0

Pricing and Availability:

MBS FileMaker Plugin is available directly from the MonkeyBread Software website with licenses starting at just $149 USD. You can just download and try the plugin without a license or request a trail license. Not all functions are available in all platforms, please check specifications. Please join us on the next conferences and visit our booth.

Monkeybread Software Website

https://monkeybreadsoftware.com/filemaker/

Documentation:

https://mbsplugins.eu/

Release notes:

https://monkeybreadsoftware.com/filemaker/releasenotes

Located in beautiful Nickenich, Germany, MonkeyBread Software is a privately held company founded in 2000 by Christian Schmitz. MonkeyBread Software focuses on the Macintosh, Linux and Windows platforms. With over twenty years as a software developer, Christian's aim is developing unique and useful utilities, complemented by first-class customer support.

MonkeyBread Software is a registered trademark of Christian Schmitz, Nickenich. All Rights Reserved. Apple, and the Apple logo are registered trademarks of Apple Computer in the U.S. and/or other countries. FileMaker Pro and FileMaker are trademarks of Claris International, Inc. Other trademarks and registered trademarks may be the property of their respective owners.

Greetings

Christian Schmitz

Monkeybread Software