Release notes for version 16.2 - 5th May 2026

New functions in 16.2 and Announcement in blog.

16.2 - 5th May 2026

• Added WebView.CreateWindow function.
• Added JSON.FromToon function to convert TOON to JSON.
• Added CURL.AddOptionHTTPHeader function.
• Added DynaPDF.Parser.Content and DynaPDF.Parser.Delete functions.
• Added DynaPDF.Table.SetColOrRowSpan function.
• Added FileMaker.Evaluate to JavaScript for our Web Viewers.
• Added flags parameter for Overlay.AddWebViewer, WebView.Create, WebView.CreateWindow and WebView.CreateWithControl functions to control whether script triggers or Evaluate are allowed.
• Added FM.ExecuteSQL.LastParameters function.
• Added FoundationModels.ContextSize and FoundationModels.TokenCount functions for macOS/iOS 26.4.
• Added GMImage.AffineTransform function.
• Added Llama.LoadBackend function.
• Added Matrix.MBS function to call a MBS function with taking parameters from the matrix.
• Added Matrix.SearchAndReplace, Matrix.SwapColumns and Matrix.SwapRows functions.
• Added MinDataRate and MaxDataRate properties for Phidget.GetProperty function.
• Added QLPreviewPanel.SetDismissTrigger function for macOS.
• Added WebView.MoveFocus function.
• Changed JSON.AddValueToObject, JSON.AddItemToObject and JSON.AddNumberToObject to replace existing items instead of adding a duplicate.
• DynaPDF Starter gets more features: Encryption, Interactive Forms, and digital signatures are now already included in this version.
• Fixed a regression with GraphicsMagick where CMYK JPEG files were written as RGB due to a wrong setting.
• Fixed an issue with Llama.Chat when the chat template couldn't be applied causing an exception.
• For script search, you can copy our search.html from the Mac plugin bundle to extensions folder and modify it. Please send back improved versions to us.
• Improved C++ exception handling.
• Improved Files.CanOpenFile function to work better with shared home folder on Windows.
• Improved Preview.LoadContainer function to better work with non PDF files.
• Improved resilience for clipboard converter.
• Improved Saxon.XSLT to better pass parameters.
• Improved script search to be more professional and find scripts by ID. Thanks to Adam Augustin for the help.
• Improved script search to show error message for missing search html template.
• Improved Text.TextToHTML to better handle closing tags with paragraphs.
• Improved threading for ImagePlayground.Present function on iOS.
• Improved trace logging to better hide passwords.
• Improved WordFile.Texts function to add more line breaks.
• Renamed Files.OpenFiles to Files.ListOpenFiles.
• Updated DynaPDF to version 5.0.1.9.
• Updated jsoncons to version 1.6.0.
• Updated libarchive to version 3.8.7.
• Updated libexpat to version 2.7.5.
• Updated mongo-c-driver to version 2.2.4.
• Updated openssl to version 3.5.6.
• Updated phidgets.
• Updated SQLAPI to version 5.4.2.
• Updated Xcode to version 26.4.
• Updated zxing to 3.0.2.
• Updated window functions for future FileMaker version.
• Upgraded our custom web viewers to support showing alerts and triggering scripts like the built-in web viewer in FileMaker.

Known problems

• The Barcode.Generate functions on Linux fail due to a link error.
• The JSON.InsertRecord function crashes when you have a illegal type mismatches SQL error. Works fine if data types match.

New in version 16.1  

More details in the Release notes and Announcement in blog.