Version 0.50 of bBox Now Available

Posted by Jay G 10/06/2011 at 10:30PM

A new release of our free bBox FileMaker plug-in is now available.

Extend the reach of your Mac OS X-based FileMaker solutions to programs, code libraries, or OS functions that are normally outside your reach, including AppleScript, Shell scripts, Python and Ruby.

Version 0.3d of bBox is now available

Posted by simon 08/08/2009 at 06:22AM

A new version of our free FileMaker plug-in is now available. You can download the latest version at http://www.beezwax.net/download/bbox

This version sports the following improvements:

  • bBox_AppleScript now uses UTF-16 (2 byte characters) where possible
  • bBox_DoShell has improved handling of UTF-8 characters, faster processing of large amount of text
  • bBox_PasteboardGet has improved handling of encoding issues, and a new UTF-16 mode
  • bBox_DoScript function can now pass a text parameter to the script being called

bBox FileMaker plug-in: Easily add AppleScript, Shell, Grep, and more to your FileMaker projects

Posted by simon 03/19/2009 at 01:25PM

Today we are making bBox, our toolbox of external functions for FileMaker, freely available to all FileMaker developers. Use it to extend the reach of your FileMaker solutions to resources outside of FileMaker by launching and communicating with other programs, utilizing the powerful commands built-in to Mac OS X, and easily creating, processing, and managing files.

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