Optimized for FileMaker 15, the new version of bBox includes 160 examples
We are pleased to release another update to bBox, v0.84 of our free utility plug-in to extend FileMaker solutions to other programs, code libraries, and OS X functions including Python, Ruby, AppleScript, Perl, Bash/sh, XPath, and SQLite.
This version has the following changes:
- added function descriptions (FileMaker 15 only)
- was returning wrong error code if problem reading output from POSIX commands (Bash, Curl, etc.)
- new “no wait” option for Bash, Curl, and Sort to run processes asynchronously
- new bBox_PythonEval for quick & easy calls with larger Python scripts or classes
There are over 160 examples in the bBox v0.84 demo file. Some of the recently added examples demonstrate:
- using XlsxWriter to create Excel files with formatting & calcs
- using clipboard and XPath functions to list all fields from a table or layout
- running a PHP script [also see the blog post]
- LDAP & Open Directory lookups
- performing basic SMTP email sending
- parsing JSON weather data from a web API
- using xhtml2pdf to create PDF files from FileMaker data or HTML
In addition, other developers have built example solutions using bBox, including:
You can get more details on the bBox plug-in and its functions at http://beezwax.net/bbox and the bBox Wiki.
Simon