Optimized for FileMaker 15, the new version of bBox includes 160 examples
We are pleased to release another update to bBox, v0.83 of our free utility plug-in to extend FileMaker solutions to other programs, code libraries, or OS X functions (Python, Ruby, AppleScript, Perl, Bash/sh, XPath, SQLite).
This version has the following changes:
- fix for double-byte UTF-8 characters in text causing truncated output
- three new examples (and three retired)
- updates to 32 examples
There are now 160 examples in the demo file. Some of the 23 examples added recently demonstrate how to:
- use XlsxWriter to create Excel files with formatting & calcs
- REST query using Redmine’s API
- run a PHP script [also see the blog post]
- extract field names used in FileMaker layouts
- LDAP & Open Directory lookups
- perform basic SMTP email sending
- parse JSON weather data from a web API
- use xhtml2pdf to create PDF files from FileMaker data or HTML
- bBox_ExecuteSQL supports TRUNCATE with FileMaker 15
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