BASh is a 4D component that provides extensive utility commands.
Edit by : BASh is a 4D component that provides extensive utility commands, especially for dynamically reusable variable space (DSS, Dynamic Stack Space, module), date-time stamps (DTS module), resources (RES module), encoding and decoding (CODEC module), encryption (Crypt module), X4D module (record packing in XML), XML management, and much, much more. BASh is fully compatible with 4D v6.7.x, 4D v6.8.x, and 4D v7.0.x (4D 2003).

BASh is the first 4D component publicly available after the release of 4D v6.7.0 by 4D, Inc., and 4D SA. BASh was also the first publicly available component that had been fully carbonized. And, in keeping with the tradition of offering high quality products and services, Deep Sky Technologies, Inc., has made the BASh component available for free to the developer community.

BASh v1.8.5 contains 24 new methods and 1 new module of code. All total, the BASh component now consists of 477 methods across 32 modules of code. The manual is almost 600 pages long and describes every single method call in detail. Documentation has been provided for all of the Error Codes through the BASh component. As well, the BASh component includes the documentation module, z_Library, as a separate 4D Insider library.

The BASh component consists of many different modules of methods which provide extensive utility services in 4th Dimension applications. The list of modules currently available in the BASh component is:
-ARR - Array sizing, management, and manipulation methods;
-BLOB - BLOB management and manipulation methods;
-CODEC - encoding and decoding support for common formats;
-CONV - conversion methods to handle data and type conversions;
-CRYPT - encryption and decryption routines;
-DATE - provides basic date manipulation routines;
-DSS - Dynamic Stack Space; reusable variable management system;
-DTS - Date-Time Stamps; generation and manipulation methods;
-ENV - environmental information (program, OS, CPU, etc.);
and so on. you can free download BASh 1.8.5 now.