2011
Action(s) 1.1.8 released
24/12/11 07:31 Filed in: Action(s)
Action(s) 1.1.8 is now available for download.
The update will download automatically next time you will start Action(s) from your desktop or by clicking on this the launch button below:
The update will download automatically next time you will start Action(s) from your desktop or by clicking on this the launch button below:
Action(s) 1.1.8 contains minor bug corrections. Find all the details regarding this release in the release notes page.
Certificate for Action(s)
22/12/11 21:34 Filed in: Action(s)
Updated: issue corrected in new version of Action(s) 1.1.8 - sorry for the inconvenience
Since a few days, some users might have a warning message displayed when launching Action(s):
Since a few days, some users might have a warning message displayed when launching Action(s):
or
This is due to the fact that our current certificate has expired and is currently being renewed. It will be updated in a few days and the message will not appear anymore.
In the meantime, we suggest useds to select the "Allow trust content from this publisher" option or the "Allow all applications from app.jbbres.com with this signature" option and click on the "Run" or "Allow" button.
Sorry for the inconvenience
Triggering workflow on folder events
29/10/11 09:35 Filed in: Action(s)
Rengel published a very interresting article on how you can trigger the execution of an Action(s) workflow when an event occurs on a folder.
Have a look at http://app.jbbres.com/forum/index.php?topic=236.msg430#new for the full article.
Have a look at http://app.jbbres.com/forum/index.php?topic=236.msg430#new for the full article.
Action(s) 1.1.7 released
28/10/11 22:36 Filed in: Action(s)
Action(s) 1.1.7 is now available for download.
The update will download automatically next time you will start Action(s) from your desktop or by clicking on this the launch button below:
The update will download automatically next time you will start Action(s) from your desktop or by clicking on this the launch button below:
Action(s) 1.1.7 contains minor bug corrections. Find all the details regarding this release in the release notes page.
Thank You Steve
Thank You Steve,
None of that would have been possible without you.
Action(s) 1.1.6 released
20/09/11 20:39 Filed in: Action(s)
Action(s) 1.1.6 is now available for download.
The update will download automatically next time you will start Action(s) from your desktop or by clicking on this the launch button below:
The update will download automatically next time you will start Action(s) from your desktop or by clicking on this the launch button below:
Action(s) 1.1.6 contains minor bug corrections. Find all the details regarding this release in the release notes page.
Mouse and Keyboard Pack updated
03/08/11 19:39 Filed in: Action(s)
Today we published a small update of the Mouse and Keyboard pack for Action(s) (1.1.6). It corrected a small bug with the move cusor action.
The update is recommended for all users using this pack.
The update is recommended for all users using this pack.
Send a file via FTP and much more
11/06/11 10:40 Filed in: Action(s)
We are pleased to present the work of an independant developper that has decided to enrich the Action(s) experience by creating some additional actions!
redwarp has created a great collection of actions for Action(s), including some amazing feature such as:
So do not hesitate and go download this new collection!
And if you too you want to create your own actions, remember, it is very easy. Simply visit our More Actions webpage for more information.
redwarp has created a great collection of actions for Action(s), including some amazing feature such as:
- Send files via FTP. (yep, a lot of you have been waiting for this one since a very long time!)
- Convert a text into a QR code (you know, those square bar codes that you find a little bit everywhere now)
- Produce the MD5 hash of a file
So do not hesitate and go download this new collection!
And if you too you want to create your own actions, remember, it is very easy. Simply visit our More Actions webpage for more information.
app.jbbres.com is taking part in the City2Surf
09/06/11 19:41 Filed in: Other
Visit http://www.fundraise.city2surf.com.au/Jeanbaptiste_Bres for more information.
The 2011 Sun-Herald City2Surf, presented by Westpac for Medecins Sans Frontieres Australia
Médecins Sans Frontières is the world's leading independent organisation for emergency medical humanitarian aid. We help victims of conflict, respond to chronic food shortages, epidemics and natural disasters. Every year Médecins Sans Frontières sends around 3,000 international field workers to work alongside 22,000 national staff in countries around the world. There they work together to bring emergency medical assistance to the people who need it most and may otherwise have no access to even the most basic life-saving health services.
New tutorial video: Using Variables in Action(s)
03/06/11 20:43 Filed in: Action(s)
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New tutorial video: Creating Loops with Action(s)
22/05/11 17:43 Filed in: Action(s)
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Action(s) is on Serbian TV
19/05/11 17:45 Filed in: Action(s)
Action(s) got the honors of the Serbian TV in the Interfejs [Interfaces] TV program.
Interfejs is one of the most popular program on Serbian TV, with 400.000 viewers every week, so we are very proud that they decided to present our application in their show:
If, like me, you unfortunatelly do not understand Serbian, you can still discover the content of the article in English with Google Translate.
At app.jbbres.com, we found their introduction very interresting as it reflects exactly what we have been trying to achieve with Action(s):
Interfejs is one of the most popular program on Serbian TV, with 400.000 viewers every week, so we are very proud that they decided to present our application in their show:
If, like me, you unfortunatelly do not understand Serbian, you can still discover the content of the article in English with Google Translate.
At app.jbbres.com, we found their introduction very interresting as it reflects exactly what we have been trying to achieve with Action(s):
If you ask customers what is the most important thing that has changed with the usage of computers, we believe that in many cases the answer will be: "Now it is possible to do many tasks and routines much faster and with more efficiently than before." A statement with which we entirely agree. Nevertheless, the degree of automation depends on the capabilities of your tools. If you have to perform a set of actions and steps, and nobody has ever written a program with such a purpose, you’re left with not some many solutions.
Action(s) 1.1.5 released
01/04/11 20:46 Filed in: Action(s)
Action(s) 1.1.5 is now available for download.
The update will download automatically next time you will start Action(s) from your desktop or by clicking on this the launch button below:
The update will download automatically next time you will start Action(s) from your desktop or by clicking on this the launch button below:
Action(s) 1.1.5 contains minor bug corrections. Find all the details regarding this release in the release notes page.
Action(s) 1.1.4 released
30/03/11 21:47 Filed in: Action(s)
Action(s) 1.1.4 is now available for download.
The update will download automatically next time you will start Action(s) from your desktop or by clicking on this the launch button below:
The update will download automatically next time you will start Action(s) from your desktop or by clicking on this the launch button below:
Action(s) 1.1.4 contains minor bug corrections. Find all the details regarding this release in the release notes page.
More Internet Actions
20/03/11 12:49 Filed in: Action(s)
Today we are proud to announce a new set of actions available from the More Actions website:
The Additional Internet Actions Pack offers a brain new action, Get icon URLs from Webpage, that allow you to download the favicons of a website. This action event manages the website icon for Apple iOS devices (iPhone, iPad) if any.
Thanks to Enzyme for the idea.
The Additional Internet Actions Pack offers a brain new action, Get icon URLs from Webpage, that allow you to download the favicons of a website. This action event manages the website icon for Apple iOS devices (iPhone, iPad) if any.
Thanks to Enzyme for the idea.
Tips & Tricks: File Renaming and Date Format
05/03/11 08:49 Filed in: Action(s)
One of the great actions that Action(s) provides is the Rename Files action.
But you can also create your own format if the ones provided does not answer your need. It is very easy. Action(s) interprets different letters as date and time codes and replaces them by their values. You can combine the codes to create your own format.
Here are the available iddentifiers:
Text can be quoted using single quotes (
All characters which are not letters (from
The following examples show how date and time patterns are interpreted in the U.S. locale. The given date and time are 4 July 2001 at 12:08:56 local time in the U.S. Pacific Time time zone.
Especially, using the add date mode, you can add a date to the file name using various date formats. By default, Rename Files provides 7 formats:
| Date and Time Format | Example |
|---|---|
dd MMMMM yyyy
| 29 March 2011
|
dd-MM-yy
| 29-03-11
|
MM-dd-yy
| 03-29-11
|
yyyyMMdd
| 20110329
|
dd-MM-yy hh.mm.ss
| 29-03-11 17.42.12
|
h.mm a
| 5.42 pm
|
hh.mm
| 17.42
|
But you can also create your own format if the ones provided does not answer your need. It is very easy. Action(s) interprets different letters as date and time codes and replaces them by their values. You can combine the codes to create your own format.
Here are the available iddentifiers:
| Code | Date or Time Component | Examples |
|---|---|---|
G
| Era designator | AD
|
yy
| Year (2 digits) | 96
|
yyyy
| Year (4 digits) | 1996
|
MM
| Month in year (2 digits) | 07
|
MMM
| Month in year (3 letters) | Jul
|
MMMM
| Month in year (full) | July
|
w
| Week in year | 27
|
W
| Week in month | 2
|
D
| Day in year | 189
|
d
| Day in month (1 or 2 digits) | 5 ; 23
|
dd
| Day in month (2 digits) | 05 ; 23
|
F
| Day of week in month | 2
|
EEE
| Day in week (3 letters) | Tue
|
EEEE
| Day in week (full) | Tuesday
|
a
| Am/pm marker | PM
|
H
| Hour in day (0-23) (1 or 2 digits) | 0 ; 14
|
HH
| Hour in day (0-23) (2 digits) | 00 ; 14
|
h
| Hour in am/pm (1-12) (1 or 2 digits) | 12 ; 3
|
hh
| Hour in am/pm (1-12) (2 digits) | 12 ; 03
|
k
| Hour in day (1-24) (1 or 2 digits) | 24 ; 3
|
kk
| Hour in day (1-24) (2 digits) | 24 ; 03
|
K
| Hour in am/pm (0-11) (1 or 2 digits) | 0 ; 11
|
K
| Hour in am/pm (0-11) (2 digits) | 00 ; 11
|
m
| Minute in hour (1 or 2 digits) | 30 ; 5
|
mm
| Minute in hour (2 digits) | 30 ; 05
|
s
| Second in minute (1 or 2 digits) | 55 ; 8
|
ss
| Second in minute (2 digits) | 55 ; 08
|
S
| Millisecond (1, 2 or 3 digits) | 978 ; 78 ; 9
|
SSS
| Millisecond (3 digits) | 978 ; 078 ; 009
|
zzz
| Time zone (short name if available or GMT based) | PST ; GMT-08:00
|
zzzz
| Time zone (full name if available or GMT based) | Pacific Standard Time ; GMT-08:00
|
Z
| Time zone (RFC 822 format) | -0800
|
Text can be quoted using single quotes (
') to avoid interpretation. '' (2 quotes) represents a single quote. All characters which are not letters (from
'A' to 'Z' and from 'a' to 'z') are not interpreted and so do not need to be put between quotes.The following examples show how date and time patterns are interpreted in the U.S. locale. The given date and time are 4 July 2001 at 12:08:56 local time in the U.S. Pacific Time time zone.
| Date and Time Format | Result |
|---|---|
yyyy.MM.dd G 'at' HH:mm:ss z
| 2001.07.04 AD at 12:08:56 PDT
|
EEE, MMM d, ''yy
| Wed, Jul 4, '01
|
h:mm a
| 12:08 PM
|
hh 'o''clock' a, zzzz
| 12 o'clock PM, Pacific Daylight Time
|
K:mm a, z
| 0:08 PM, PDT
|
yyyy.MMMM.dd GGG hh:mm aaa
| 2001.July.04 AD 12:08 PM
|
EEE, d MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss Z
| Wed, 4 Jul 2001 12:08:56 -0700
|
yyMMddHHmmssZ
| 010704120856-0700
|
Using Action(s) with your iPhone
27/02/11 09:50 Filed in: Action(s)
Enzyme, one of the most active member of our forum, has published on his blog a tutorial showing how you can use Action(s) with DropBox and your iPhone. Its shows how you can very easily apply effects on pictures taken from your iPhone.
Have a look, it will for sure give you some ideas!
iPhone and DropBox hack: WATCH and EXECUTE
http://enzyme-play.blogspot.com/2011/02/iphone-and-dropbox-hack-watch-and.html
Have a look, it will for sure give you some ideas!
iPhone and DropBox hack: WATCH and EXECUTE
http://enzyme-play.blogspot.com/2011/02/iphone-and-dropbox-hack-watch-and.html
Action(s) 1.1.3 released
27/02/11 09:20 Filed in: Action(s)
Action(s) 1.1.3 is now available for download.
The update will download automatically next time you will start Action(s) from your desktop or by clicking on this the launch button below:
The update will download automatically next time you will start Action(s) from your desktop or by clicking on this the launch button below:
Action(s) 1.1.3 contains minor bug corrections. Find all the details regarding this release in the release notes page.
You asked, we listened: Action(s) 1.1 available
12/02/11 11:19 Filed in: Action(s)
Action(s) 1.1 is now available for download.
The update will download automatically next time you will start Action(s) from your desktop or by clicking on this the launch button below:
Find all the details of this new release at http://app.jbbres.com/actions/about/1.1/1.1.html
In the coming weeks, we will come with even more new stuffs, so stay tune!
*AppleScript requires Mac OS X.
The update will download automatically next time you will start Action(s) from your desktop or by clicking on this the launch button below:
You asked, we listened: Action(s) 1.1 contains next to a 100 new functionalities, improvements and bug corrections, including:
- 9 new actions to efficiently manage email messages. Compatible with Gmail, Yahoo! Mail, Live Mail and more.
- 3 new actions to improve the dynamic of your workflows: Condition, Loop and Dispense items incrementally.
- Execute scripts within your workflow, using JavaScript or AppleScript*.
- Variable edition
- Improved security. Application signed with a 2048 bit certificate.
Find all the details of this new release at http://app.jbbres.com/actions/about/1.1/1.1.html
In the coming weeks, we will come with even more new stuffs, so stay tune!
*AppleScript requires Mac OS X.
Action(s) 1.1 Release Candidate available now!
21/01/11 20:18 Filed in: Action(s)
Today, we are very happy to make available a release candidate for Action(s) 1.1. Version 1.1 has been in the works for a long time and we decided to make a release candidate available before we make the final release, so you get the chance of giving us your feedback about it.
Release Candidate (RC) refers to a version with potential to be a final product, ready to release unless fatal bugs emerge. In this stage of product stabilization, all product features have been designed, coded and tested through one or more beta cycles with no known showstopper-class bug.
Click on the Launch button to try Action(s) 1.1 release candidate:
Find all the details of this new release at http://app.jbbres.com/actions/about/1.1/rn/rn.html
During the next two weeks, you will be able to try this new release, while we will be performing additional tests to ensure the quality before the official release of version 1.1.
More info at http://app.jbbres.com/actions/beta/beta.html
*AppleScript requires Mac OS X.
Release Candidate (RC) refers to a version with potential to be a final product, ready to release unless fatal bugs emerge. In this stage of product stabilization, all product features have been designed, coded and tested through one or more beta cycles with no known showstopper-class bug.
Click on the Launch button to try Action(s) 1.1 release candidate:
So what’s new in version 1.1? Well, it contains next to a 100 new functionalities, improvements and bug corrections, including:
- 9 new actions to efficiently manage email messages. Compatible with Gmail, Yahoo! Mail, Live Mail and more.
- 3 new actions to improve the dynamic of your workflows: Condition, Loop and Dispense items incrementally.
- Execute scripts within your workflow, using JavaScript or AppleScript*.
- Variable edition
- Improved security. Application signed with a 2048 bit certificate.
Find all the details of this new release at http://app.jbbres.com/actions/about/1.1/rn/rn.html
During the next two weeks, you will be able to try this new release, while we will be performing additional tests to ensure the quality before the official release of version 1.1.
More info at http://app.jbbres.com/actions/beta/beta.html
*AppleScript requires Mac OS X.
