Monkeybread Software - MBS FileMaker Plugin: CURL.LoadLibrary

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CURL.LoadLibrary

Loads a custom CURL library.

Component	Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	Server	FileMaker iOS SDK
CURL	10.2	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

MBS( "CURL.LoadLibrary"; Path ) More

Parameters

Parameter Description Example

Path The native path to the library file.
e.g. DLL for windows, dylib for MacOS and so for Linux.

Pass emtpy path to load internal library. "/Users/cs/Desktop/libcurl.dylib"

Parameter	Description	Example
Path	The native path to the library file. e.g. DLL for windows, dylib for MacOS and so for Linux. Pass emtpy path to load internal library.	"/Users/cs/Desktop/libcurl.dylib"

Result

Returns OK or error.

Description

Loads a custom CURL library.
If you need a different CURL library, e.g. one supporting HTTP/2 or Keberos authentication, you can load the native library here.

Examples

Load system CURL library on MacOS:

Show Custom Dialog [ "CURL Version before" ; MBS( "CURL.Version" ) ]

Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS( "CURL.LoadLibrary"; "/usr/lib/libcurl.4.dylib" ) ]
Show Custom Dialog [ "CURL loaded" ; $r ]

Show Custom Dialog [ "CURL Version after" ; MBS( "CURL.Version" ) ]

Load system CURL library on Linux:

Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS( "CURL.LoadLibrary"; "/usr/lib64/libcurl.so.4" ) ]
Show Custom Dialog [ "CURL loaded" ; $r ]

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Release notes

Version 10.2
- Added CURL.LoadLibrary function to load custom CURL library.

Created 19th April 2020, last changed 20th April 2020

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