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Free Libraries

convertNumberToText
This oConvertNumberToText object converts a specified number (up to 999 billion) to a Dutch, English, French, German, or Portuguese text string suitable for printing on checks.
e.g. 143.59 is converted to one hundred forty-three ... 59/100.
It is easy to add a new language to the object. Others can benefit.
ExportImportData
The oExportImportData has public methods which export and import data to and from files. Options allow for different formats and for an XML tagged column headings row.
FolderPaths
The library contains an object classoPaths_PlatformFolders which has public methods that return platform specific file paths such as the user's Desktop, Documents or My Documents folder, Applications or Program Files folder, user's Preferences folder, etc. This library was updated to work with the Unicode version of Omnis Studio which requires the use of WIDE unicode Register DLL calls.
HTMLtoPlainText
The oHTMLtoPlainText has a public method which converts HTML to plain text formatted as closely as possible to the original HTML. The current version doesn't handle numbers lists within numbered lists.
ObserverDesignPattern
This library contains an object class, oObserver, which is based on the Observer Design Pattern. The object can be used for storing list of observers and then notifying the observers whenever a specific event occurs. The Studio 105 Tutorial takes you through creating and implementing the Observer Design Pattern in Omnis Studio.
oFTP
This library contains an object class, oFTP. The oFTP object class acts as an adapter to the Omnis FTP commands, making it easy for you to setup and use FTP in your application. You don't have to study all the Omnis FTP commands. You simply call the public methods of oFTP and it executes the FTP commands for you. If an error occurs the object gets the FTP error text and sets its own $:ErrorText property.
omnis_local_languages This zip file contains the omnisloc.df1 files for the English, French, German, and Swedish languages. These files can be used for testing your application in other languages.
OmnisStartup
This download contains a library which makes it easier to add and control libraries which are automatically opened when you start Omnis Studio. For more details see Omnis Startup Docs
openURL
This library contains an object class, oWebBrowser, with a public method, $openURL(pURL) which opens a specified URL in the client's default browser (Mac or Windows). There is a second public method, $createEmail(pSubject,pBody,pTo,pCc,pBcc) which creates a new email in the client's default email program (Mac or Windows) by sending a 'mailto:...' URL to the client's default web browser.
pingWebApp
This download contains a library and an HTML page which you can use to ping your own Omnis web server app to check communication.
ScreenCoordinates
This library contains an object class, oScreenCoordinates, which returns the top and left coordinates of a field relative to its parent window, or relative to the global screen area. The object also public methods which return the overall sizes of the screen including extra monitors on Mac OS X.
StringTablesEditor This is an enhanced version of the Omnis Studio - String Tables Editor. Features of this version: Remembers paths to previous selected string tables folders, copy string table to clipboard, paste string table from clipboard, for easy editing in Excel. Create string tables from schema classes for mapping string tables to column names.
StudioJS201 This download contains the starter library and datafile needed for the Studio JS 201 tutorial. The tutorial takes you step-by-step through building an ultra-thin Omnis Studio web app that uses JavaScript and CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) on the web browser client side. No Omnis Web Client plug-in! No plug-ins! The Studio JS 201 Tutorial tutorial can be found under the Tutorials section of this website.
syncStyles
Copying the #STYLES class from one library to another library can mess up the $fieldstyles in your window classes and report classes. This utility notationally adds/updates the #STYLES from any source library to any target library.
MacOSX_WinZipper This is a workflow automator file for creating Windows friendly zip files on a Mac OS X computer. Hidden files such as .DS_Store are excluded from the file. After downoading the WinZipper.workflow file, copy it to ~/Library/Workflows/Applications/Finder in your home directory. Once installed you can immediately create Windows friendly zip files by right-clicking on a folder, selecting Automator, and then selecting WinZipper.
ZipUnzip
The goal of the oZipUnzip object class is to be to zip and unzip files from within Omnis Studio for any platform. The first release of this object supports MacOS X using shell scripts executed by $runapplescript. We are looking for a developer who could add support for Windows or Linux. Others can benefit.