Press releases News ©2002  Troi Automatisering		Troi Automatisering releases Troi File Plug-in 2.6 for FileMaker Pro 6 New plug-in lets you manipulate your files and folders and use file and folder information directly from your FileMaker Pro databases. Alphen aan den Rijn, The Netherlands, December 10th, 2002--Troi Automatisering today announced the availability of its Troi File Plug-in 2.6, for FileMaker Pro 5 through 6. What is Troi File Plug-in? Troi File Plug-in is a very powerful tool for getting access to information outside the FileMaker Pro database. Any files or folders stored on the computer can be accessed through the functions of the plug-in. All from within FileMaker you can: get data out of files that are on the disk of the computer (batch) import pictures, sounds etc. and optionally store only a reference to them in FileMaker Pro create files anywhere on the hard disk and put data from FileMaker fields into them manipulate files and folders on the disk: this includes creation, deletion, copying, moving and modifying files and folders query detailed information of files: the size on disk, creation and modification dates and much more count the number of folders or files on a disk launch files with their appropriate application directly from FileMaker Pro Peter Baanen, company president, states: "This Troi File Plug-in greatly increases its disk handling functionality. You can now mount and unmount remote hard disks and get more extensive disk information. Together with Small Company we created a great image catalog template too, making it easier for you to get started." New Features Troi File Plug-in 2.6 adds these new functions and features: Added a MountDisk function, which can mount remote disks on a server. On Mac OS and Mac OS X you can even mount AFP servers across the Internet. Added the UnmountDisk function for Windows. This function is now available on all platforms. Added DiskMount.fp5 example file, showing how to mount and unmount disks. Added new switches to the DiskInfo function. You can now: check if a disk is a remote network disk get the total and free amount of Mb of a disk. get the UNC name, like "//Server/share", from a drive letter (Windows only). get the drive letter, like "K:" from the UNC name (Windows only) Added a great Image Catalog.fp5 example template (together with Small Company, http://SmallCo.net/). Improved Substitute function. You can now use replace strings of up to 64000 characters (up from 1000!), making it possible to substitute tags with much longer replacements in template files. Improved the Import1Image.fp5, Attribute.fp5 and GetExif.fp5 and more example files. Fixed a bug in the MetaData function. The "-GetEXIF" now handles SHORT in an EXIF format better. With some files this bug could result in errors in the returned width, height or ISO. Updated the user guide. Together with the existing functions the possibilities are virtually limitless. We invite you to test drive the new functions and see what you can do with it! Suggested Uses Batch import of images, movies, sounds, text files, etc. Keep your database small, by storing only references to images Creating a web site by exporting multiple HTML files Updating solutions, by moving database files into place Reading and writing custom formatted files, for example from legacy systems Cataloging complete projects, including pictures Pricing & Availability A fully functional version of Troi File Plug-in 2.6 is available for downloading at Troi's web site at: <http://www.troi.com/software/fileplugin.html>. Troi File Plug-in 2.6 works with FileMaker Pro 5 and later. The plug-in is available for Mac OS 9.1 or later, including Mac OS X (10.1.5 or higher), and for Windows 98/Me, Windows NT4.0 (service pack 6) and Windows 2000/XP. The plug-in should also run without problems on any machine that is able to run FileMaker Pro 4.0, FileMaker Pro 4.1 and runtimes from FileMaker Developer Edition 4.0. Licenses cost US$ 54 per user. Product updates from version 2.2 and later are free; upgrades from older versions are available from US$ 29 per user. Details on developer licenses and multi-user discounts can be found on our web site. You can order licenses from our web site. About Troi Automatisering Troi Automatisering is leading developer of cross platform FileMaker Pro plug-ins and winner of the FileMaker Pro Excellence Award 2001. For more information, visit our web site at: <http://www.troi.com/>.     Contact information   Diana Budding, Troi Automatisering Vuurlaan 18 2408 NB Alphen aan den Rijn, The Netherlands Telephone: +31-172-426606, Fax: +31-172-470539 Newsroom: <http://www.troi.com/news/>
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