PDF Plugin is a Xojo plugin to generate PDF documents.
New In PDF Plugin 4.5.2:
Removed Carbon linking that was there for no good reason.
Fixed linker problem on old macOS Mojave (and possibly some other older systems).
(We highly recommend to update to use the new Exception handling by setting UseExceptions = true and adding Try and catch around your PDF export block)
The plugin supports:
Embedding TrueType fonts
Automatic encoding detection and mapping to PDF stock encodings.
Images (stored as Raw, for example PNG), JPEG (stored as JPEG).
Clickable links from the PDF document to web pages.
Clickable links from the PDF document to different locations within the PDF document.
Clickable zones to get text annotations in popup bubbles.
Advanced drawing.
Compression.
Setting up the PDF outline tree.
PDF Coordinates with Y1 at bottom or Xojo Coordinates with Y1 at top.
You can find it in the open source section of the Einhugur web page:
fpPlugin is fork of Bob Delanay’s fpPlugin for Xojo. We have modernized, fixed bugs and added platforms to the plugin.
We set up this project as community deed to ensure Bob’s work does not get lost and that it can work on future Xojo versions and OS’s.
Bob licensed his work as follows: *I am releasing fp Plugin without a restrictive license. It is unconditionally available for any use, but is without warranty.
The new plugin works on:
macOS Intel
macOS Apple Silicon
Windows 32 bit
Windows 64 bit
Linux Intel 32 bit
Linux Intel 64 bit
Linux Arm 32 bit
Linux Arm 64 bit
iOS
iOS Simulator (Intel and Apple Silicon)
The plugin is kept free for everyone and the source code is open.
New in version 13.2:
Fixed many math errors on Windows systems due to incorrect uses of long.
Fixed many memory clobbering problems on Windows systems due to incorrect uses of long.
macOS code segments that get built into your application are now quite a bit smaller than before.
Windows code segments are now slightly smaller than before.
Note that I have really only scratched the surface in fixing all the clear programming errors that really need fix in this plugin. And if there are advanced math errors then that is usually something I could not fix.
Note that this might be one of the last version we build for 10.13 as minimum target, as Apples new Xcode has 11.0 as minimum. And Apple has set the following for App Store:
As of September 2025, the earliest version of macOS that the Mac App Store will accept for new app submissions is macOS 11 (Big Sur). While older versions of the Mac App Store may still function on some prior macOS releases, Apple’s current submission and review policies require all new apps and updates to set their minimum deployment target to macOS 11 or later.
Einhugur Word Plugin for Xojo version 4.6.2 is out
Word plugin is a Xojo plugin that enables you to create, read, write and edit Word docx files from Xojo code.
The plugin can:
Create new Word documents.
Read and write paragraphs and runs from Word documents.
Read and write tables in word documents. (Very basic writing).
Read and write nested tables and nested paragraphs in word documents. (Very basic table formatting).
Read and write document info in Word document.
Read and write pictures (jpg and png) from Word document.
Read SVG pictures from Word document (currently read only).
Read and write headers.
Read and write footers.
Read and write basic bullets and numbering setup on paragraphs.
Read and write indents.
Supports easy fill into form template feature.
Language codes.
Preliminary support for read and write for shapes.
Support for reading and writing Character Style hierarchy.
Support for reading and writing Paragraph Style hierarchy.
Support for reading and writing Table Style hierarchy.
Note that this might be one of the last version we build for 10.13 as minimum target, as Apples new Xcode has 11.0 as minimum. And Apple has set the following for App Store:
As of September 2025, the earliest version of macOS that the Mac App Store will accept for new app submissions is macOS 11 (Big Sur). While older versions of the Mac App Store may still function on some prior macOS releases, Apple’s current submission and review policies require all new apps and updates to set their minimum deployment target to macOS 11 or later.
I have set up snapshot in time for the 10.13 minimum targets at our download sets so that people can find the last older copy that was for 10.13 once we start rolling out 11.0 and higher only.
The SearchControl is a Xojo plugin control to represent search user interface functionality.
New in version 5.6:
Added isClearFilter parameter to the Search event.
Increased event consistency on Linux platform with the other platforms.
SearchControl dark mode on Windows 10, SearchControl dark mode focused on Windows 10.
SearchControl dark mode on Windows 11, SearchControl dark mode focused on Windows 11.
And rest assured that updates are not stop or anything like that.
Are just some very difficult cases being worked on that take time, one of which is to take out the Win32 nativeness from the DateControl so it can be nice in dark mode on Windows.
Only people I know that are like you are old; because in the “old times” (80 Y/a and more) being left handled was looked like “devil“ / people used ropes to avoid kids continue to use their left hand (they want right handled persons)… Sad times for some (in the beginning), then they knew how to do things with either hand / arm…
Like most left handed people do not use mouse on left side or left handed golf clubs. But people who are extremely left handed will use mouse on left side and left handed golf clubs.
The first company I worked for only had left handed software developers, (there were 14 of us I guess) and only one out of the 14 used mouse on left side.
And because it is not just on and off boolean state then some people will be very close to the zero point like me.
But what you say is also true for old times that kids were forced into right handiness.
I remember in grade school having teachers trying to force me to write with my right hand and getting upset when I used my left.
I can write with both(right handed is sloppy-not that I have great penmanship) but Left hand is my default. I can use scissors (right handed ones) left or right handed
SearchControl plugin for Xojo version 5.6.2 is out
The SearchControl is a Xojo plugin control to represent search user interface functionality.
New in version 5.6.2:
Added LibraryDescription attribute. (It shows in the Xojo control toolbar when hovering over the control on recent Xojo versions)
Fixed a problem on Windows systems where the clear button was not working.
SearchControl dark mode on Windows 10, SearchControl dark mode focused on Windows 10.
SearchControl dark mode on Windows 11, SearchControl dark mode focused on Windows 11.
The SearchControl is a Xojo plugin control to represent search user interface functionality.
New in version 5.7:
Avoided known macOS Tahoe bug where control would draw incorrectly if control had empty placeholder.
Adjusted drawing of the control in Xojo IDE design mode when on Tahoe.
Control height is now by default set to 26 points instead of 22 points if developing from macOS Tahoe. (See notes on heights on the control: DesktopSearchControl)
SearchControl dark mode on Windows 10, SearchControl dark mode focused on Windows 10.
SearchControl dark mode on Windows 11, SearchControl dark mode focused on Windows 11.
