# Extras **URL:** https://forum.xojo.com/c/extras/17.md?page=4 [Latest](https://forum.xojo.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.xojo.com/categories.md) **Page:** 5 --- ## [OmegaBundle 2025 News](https://forum.xojo.com/t/omegabundle-2025-news/85934)
**Author:** [@Christian\_Schmitz](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Christian_Schmitz)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2025, 3:06pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/omegabundle-2025-news/85934 "2025-09-22T15:06:44Z")
OmegaBundle started again! Check out the website: Omegabundle.net If you place an order, please allow all the vendors to send you license keys within 2 or 3 work days. The first orders are in and license keys on th… --- ## [Final Day of Omegabundle for Xojo 2025](https://forum.xojo.com/t/final-day-of-omegabundle-for-xojo-2025/86558)
**Author:** [@Lynn\_Fredricks1](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Lynn_Fredricks1)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2025, 2:18pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/final-day-of-omegabundle-for-xojo-2025/86558 "2025-09-22T14:18:58Z")
September 22, 2025 is finally here with the change of seasons, and today is the last day of Omegabundle for Xojo 2025, the best bundle of third party products for Xojo developers! Check it out… Buy Now for only $399… --- ## [ChartDirector for Windows ARM](https://forum.xojo.com/t/chartdirector-for-windows-arm/86498)
**Author:** [@Christian\_Schmitz](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Christian_Schmitz)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2025, 6:07am UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/chartdirector-for-windows-arm/86498 "2025-09-14T06:07:47Z")
We got an updated ChartDirector plugin to build for Windows ARM 64-bit target. You can download a test plugin here: ChartDirectorWinARM.zip. ChartDirector is our solution for Xojo to create professional charts: 29 … --- ## [OverlayMBS and NSVisualEffectView](https://forum.xojo.com/t/overlaymbs-and-nsvisualeffectview/86446)
**Author:** [@Andrea\_Suraci](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Andrea_Suraci)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2025, 9:09am UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/overlaymbs-and-nsvisualeffectview/86446 "2025-09-09T09:09:24Z")
Hi all, I am trying to show an OverlayMBS panel with a NSVisualEffectView material on macOS. I want the overlay to have the “vibrancy” effect, using a material from the NSVisualVisuallEffect Material enum. Has anyone tri… --- ## [MBS Plugins 25.4 development](https://forum.xojo.com/t/mbs-plugins-25-4-development/86153)
**Author:** [@Christian\_Schmitz](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Christian_Schmitz)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2025, 7:17am UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/mbs-plugins-25-4-development/86153 "2025-09-09T07:17:40Z")
Hello, in this thread I want to post to you what’s new in 25.4 prerelease plugins. Download here: monkeybreadsoftware.de/xojo/download/plugin/Prerelease/ or from Dropbox or ask (in private message or email) to be adde… --- ## [Native macOS Toolbar](https://forum.xojo.com/t/native-macos-toolbar/77056)
**Author:** [@Greg\_O](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Greg_O)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2025, 9:50pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/native-macos-toolbar/77056 "2025-09-07T21:50:41Z")
For anyone looking for a native macOS toolbar, I made one available on the Xojo store recently. You can find more information and a demo link on my website. --- ## [Gantt Chart With ChartDirector](https://forum.xojo.com/t/gantt-chart-with-chartdirector/86437)
**Author:** [@Christian\_Schmitz](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Christian_Schmitz)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2025, 7:05am UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/gantt-chart-with-chartdirector/86437 "2025-09-06T07:05:28Z")
Would you like to be able to plan your projects better? How about using a suitable Gantt chart to display the individual tasks in a project in relation to the schedule? Would you like to create this in Xojo? With the MBS… --- ## [WeatherKit and Multipeer Framework price reductions](https://forum.xojo.com/t/weatherkit-and-multipeer-framework-price-reductions/86431)
**Author:** [@Greg\_O](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Greg_O)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2025, 5:07pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/weatherkit-and-multipeer-framework-price-reductions/86431 "2025-09-04T17:07:25Z")
Hey everyone, My extensions for WeatherKit and MultipeerConnectivity have been reduced to $99 and $29 respectively. Now available at the new prices on the Xojo extras store. --- ## [StoreKit 2 for Xojo](https://forum.xojo.com/t/storekit-2-for-xojo/86433)
**Author:** [@Christian\_Schmitz](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Christian_Schmitz)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2025, 11:31am UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/storekit-2-for-xojo/86433 "2025-09-04T11:31:37Z")
For years we had support for in-app purchases in MBS Xojo Plugins using the StoreKit framework from Apple for macOS or iOS. You can use that to have users try your application and then pay for them to unlock the full ver… --- ## [Can't enable NSMenuItemMBS](https://forum.xojo.com/t/cant-enable-nsmenuitemmbs/86427)
**Author:** [@Jonathan\_Ashwell](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Jonathan_Ashwell)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2025, 8:26pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/cant-enable-nsmenuitemmbs/86427 "2025-09-02T20:26:07Z")
I am using an NSSearchFieldControlMBS in macOS and would like to add an NSMenuItemMBS to the existing right-click contextual menu. I do this in the WillShowContextualMenu event, where I insert the new NSMenuItem into the… --- ## [18 years of MBS Xojo DynaPDF Plugin](https://forum.xojo.com/t/18-years-of-mbs-xojo-dynapdf-plugin/86407)
**Author:** [@Christian\_Schmitz](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Christian_Schmitz)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2025, 6:02am UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/18-years-of-mbs-xojo-dynapdf-plugin/86407 "2025-09-01T06:02:48Z")
After a year of development, the plugin was released to the public on 1st Sep 2007 with MBS Plugin 7.6pr1. About 18 years ago we started the development of our DynaPDF Plugin. This plugin has been a big success for u… --- ## [Weird Kaju problem](https://forum.xojo.com/t/weird-kaju-problem/86385)
**Author:** [@Beatrix\_Willius](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Beatrix_Willius)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2025, 11:46am UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/weird-kaju-problem/86385 "2025-08-30T11:46:07Z")
I have one user where the update check fails with an error “The update packet signature marker was incorrect.”. This check compares the first 5 characters of the Kaju json file to "KAJU ". I made the user a version of my… --- ## [From Listbox to PDF with DynaPDF](https://forum.xojo.com/t/from-listbox-to-pdf-with-dynapdf/86386)
**Author:** [@Christian\_Schmitz](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Christian_Schmitz)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2025, 6:14am UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/from-listbox-to-pdf-with-dynapdf/86386 "2025-08-29T06:14:21Z")
A common use of DynaPDF is to write reports. Or you may need to output the content of a Listbox to a PDF. For these cases our DynaPDFTableMBS class helps. It automatically calculates how much space the text in the cell n… --- ## [128 bit math in Xojo](https://forum.xojo.com/t/128-bit-math-in-xojo/86329)
**Author:** [@Christian\_Schmitz](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Christian_Schmitz)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2025, 9:44am UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/128-bit-math-in-xojo/86329 "2025-08-23T09:44:43Z")
Do you remember when Xojo introduced 64-bit integers? This was back in version 2006r4, almost 20 years ago. Until then Xojo only had 32-bit integers. A couple years ago I saw a feature request to add 128 bit integers t… --- ## [Lighten menu screenshots with GraphicsMagicMBS level](https://forum.xojo.com/t/lighten-menu-screenshots-with-graphicsmagicmbs-level/86297)
**Author:** [@Beatrix\_Willius](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Beatrix_Willius)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2025, 12:31pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/lighten-menu-screenshots-with-graphicsmagicmbs-level/86297 "2025-08-22T12:31:05Z")
Because screenshots of menus in Tahoe are even darker than before I added an option to my little png optimiser app. The code for the level function in GraphicsMagicMBS is quite simple: for currentImage as Integer = 0 t… --- ## [Apple Profile Triage 3.5 Beta](https://forum.xojo.com/t/apple-profile-triage-3-5-beta/83148)
**Author:** [@Greg\_O](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Greg_O)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2025, 12:26pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/apple-profile-triage-3-5-beta/83148 "2025-02-16T12:26:26Z")
It’s been a busy month working on APT and there’s more exciting things coming. If you’re interested in trying out the latest beta, you can download it here: download Version 3.5 brings a number of improvements and bug … --- ## [Place image in PDF with DynaPDF](https://forum.xojo.com/t/place-image-in-pdf-with-dynapdf/86268)
**Author:** [@Christian\_Schmitz](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Christian_Schmitz)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2025, 9:12am UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/place-image-in-pdf-with-dynapdf/86268 "2025-08-16T09:12:35Z")
Today we look into drawing a picture into a PDF document. If you develop in Xojo, you may first look into PDFDocument class. There you can use DrawPicture and pass a picture to draw. This stores the image inside the PDF … --- ## [Create PDF with special characters](https://forum.xojo.com/t/create-pdf-with-special-characters/86229)
**Author:** [@Christian\_Schmitz](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Christian_Schmitz)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2025, 8:34am UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/create-pdf-with-special-characters/86229 "2025-08-11T08:34:34Z")
If you like to create PDF documents in Xojo, you may just try the built-in PDFDocument class. But then you may run into a couple of issues when you need to print unicode characters. The PDFDocument class only does ANSI e… --- ## [Create custom PDF metadata](https://forum.xojo.com/t/create-custom-pdf-metadata/86196)
**Author:** [@Jonathan\_Ashwell](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Jonathan_Ashwell)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2025, 6:23pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/create-custom-pdf-metadata/86196 "2025-08-07T18:23:35Z")
I’m using MBS PDFKit to access PDF metadata. It should be read/write, but I haven’t been able to create a custom entry. Google AI (yes, I know) gives this code. Adding a standard field (e.g. Author) works fine, but a cus… --- ## [CurlsMBS + file preview](https://forum.xojo.com/t/curlsmbs-file-preview/86192)
**Author:** [@Mark\_Sweeney](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Mark_Sweeney)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2025, 5:18pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/curlsmbs-file-preview/86192 "2025-08-06T17:18:45Z")
I’m working on my own ftp app. Have uploads, downloads and directory working. However, I haven’t been able to find a way to get a file preview/Quicklook/Icon information. Is there a simple way to do this that doesn’t in… --- ## [Problem with DirectShow](https://forum.xojo.com/t/problem-with-directshow/86122)
**Author:** [@Ant\_Col](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Ant_Col)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2025, 11:00am UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/problem-with-directshow/86122 "2025-08-05T11:00:37Z")
Hello, I am trying to use a camera (Mars640-815um from ContrasTech) via DirectShow. It is not a native UVC camera, but by installing DirectShow plugins (provided by the manufacturer), I can see the live video through Gra… --- ## [NSSearchFieldControlMBS -- contextualMenu events not firing](https://forum.xojo.com/t/nssearchfieldcontrolmbs-contextualmenu-events-not-firing/86165)
**Author:** [@Jonathan\_Ashwell](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Jonathan_Ashwell)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2025, 6:32am UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/nssearchfieldcontrolmbs-contextualmenu-events-not-firing/86165 "2025-08-03T06:32:32Z")
Neither ConstructContextualMenu nor willShowContextualMenu fire when I right-click in a NSSearchFieldControlMBS. Instead, the macOS contextual menu appears. MBS 25.3 macOS Sequoia 15.5 --- ## [News from the MBS Xojo Plugins Version 25.3](https://forum.xojo.com/t/news-from-the-mbs-xojo-plugins-version-25-3/86147)
**Author:** [@Christian\_Schmitz](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Christian_Schmitz)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2025, 6:27pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/news-from-the-mbs-xojo-plugins-version-25-3/86147 "2025-07-31T18:27:48Z")
In this article I want to introduce you the new functionalities from the MBS Xojo Plugins in version 25.3. DynaPDF A very usefull feature in DynaPDF is the signing of documents. This allows the user to ensure that the d… --- ## [Event when an audio device is disconnected?](https://forum.xojo.com/t/event-when-an-audio-device-is-disconnected/85590)
**Author:** [@Arnaud\_N](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Arnaud_N)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2025, 2:26pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/event-when-an-audio-device-is-disconnected/85590 "2025-07-31T14:26:19Z")
Hi, I’d like to execute some code when an audio device is disconnected. Currently, I’m using a timer to poll the devices count, but it’s always more elegant to wait for an event. My problem is: I can’t find any class t… --- ## [How to Use Whisper in Xojo to Transcribe Audio Files](https://forum.xojo.com/t/how-to-use-whisper-in-xojo-to-transcribe-audio-files/86107)
**Author:** [@Christian\_Schmitz](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Christian_Schmitz)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2025, 5:50pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/how-to-use-whisper-in-xojo-to-transcribe-audio-files/86107 "2025-07-28T17:50:01Z")
Transcribing speech into text has never been more accessible, thanks to models like OpenAI’s Whisper. In this post, we’ll walk through how to use the MBS Xojo Plugins in Xojo to transcribe audio files using Whisper. We’… --- ## [My XUI framework is now free and open source](https://forum.xojo.com/t/my-xui-framework-is-now-free-and-open-source/75160)
**Author:** [@GarryPettet](https://forum.xojo.com/u/GarryPettet)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2025, 12:04pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/my-xui-framework-is-now-free-and-open-source/75160 "2025-07-28T12:04:50Z")
Hello everyone, I’ve decided to completely open source my cross-platform XUI Desktop framework. Mostly this is due to a lack of sales but also because I am focussing on other languages at the moment and am not spending … --- ## [Valentina Release 15.4.1 Adds App Logging to Valentina Database Servers, Other Improvements](https://forum.xojo.com/t/valentina-release-15-4-1-adds-app-logging-to-valentina-database-servers-other-improvements/86089)
**Author:** [@Lynn\_Fredricks1](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Lynn_Fredricks1)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2025, 2:18pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/valentina-release-15-4-1-adds-app-logging-to-valentina-database-servers-other-improvements/86089 "2025-07-26T14:18:47Z")
Valentina Release 15.4.1 offers several fixes including a new feature that allows Valentina Studio to display app connections to Valentina Server! Your app can pass along this information to server, which can log usage o… --- ## [Exclude your Xojo window from screenshots on Windows](https://forum.xojo.com/t/exclude-your-xojo-window-from-screenshots-on-windows/86052)
**Author:** [@Christian\_Schmitz](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Christian_Schmitz)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2025, 6:42am UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/exclude-your-xojo-window-from-screenshots-on-windows/86052 "2025-07-24T06:42:37Z")
Did you know that Windows provides APIs for developers to exclude their windows from being screenshoted? We only need to set the display affinity: Window1.WindowDisplayAffinityMBS = &h11 Checkout the details on the Wi… --- ## [Asynchronous File I/O in Xojo with DispatchIOMBS](https://forum.xojo.com/t/asynchronous-file-i-o-in-xojo-with-dispatchiombs/86037)
**Author:** [@Christian\_Schmitz](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Christian_Schmitz)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2025, 6:18am UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/asynchronous-file-i-o-in-xojo-with-dispatchiombs/86037 "2025-07-24T06:18:24Z")
The MBS Xojo MacOSX Plugin 25.3 introduces a powerful new class: DispatchIOMBS. This macOS and iOS-only class provides asynchronous I/O operations using Apple’s Dispatch I/O API. Whether you want to stream or randomly ac… --- ## [Xojo PickerColor by BasicApp v.3.01](https://forum.xojo.com/t/xojo-pickercolor-by-basicapp-v-3-01/86014)
**Author:** [@Gabriele\_Marchionni](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Gabriele_Marchionni)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2025, 9:39am UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/xojo-pickercolor-by-basicapp-v-3-01/86014 "2025-07-23T09:39:43Z")
Hi guys, just to let you know about a new release of Xojo PickerColor component by BasicApp. This is an alternative to Xojo’s standard color picker component. This is the component link: https://basicapp.net/xojo-pick… [Previous page](https://forum.xojo.com/c/extras/17.md?page=3) [Next page](https://forum.xojo.com/c/extras/17.md?page=5)