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Troi Automatisering releases Troi File Plug-in 2.7 for
FileMaker Pro 6
Updated 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, January 20th,
2004--Troi Automatisering today announced the
availability of its Troi File Plug-in 2.7, for FileMaker Pro
5.x 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 from files that are on the disk of the
computer into FileMaker Pro
- (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 creating, deleting, copying, moving and
modifying files and folders
- query detailed information of files: the size on
disk, creation and modification dates and much more
- launch files with their appropriate application
directly from FileMaker Pro
Peter Baanen, company president, states: "The File
Plug-in is one of Troi's most widely used and appreciated
plug-ins. We take pride in improving its functionality to
serve our users even better. We expect this new release will
help our users by giving them more power in a cross-platform
environment."
New Features
Troi File Plug-in 2.7 has these improvements:
- Improved the TrFile-MetaData function. Added 2 new
switches to choose the correct character encoding.
- Added better support for long filenames on Mac OS X,
up to 255 characters. You can now get long names in the
TrFile-ListFolder and the TrFile-Search function. Other
functions already worked with long names.
- Added a switch "-CurrentAppFolder" to the
TrFile-GetPathTo function, which returns the folder of
the current running application.
- (Mac OS X only) Changed behaviour of the switch
"-CurrentApplication". This function now returns the
FSSpec to the FileMaker application package (usually
FileMaker Pro.app), instead of the carbon executable
inside this package.
- (Windows NT/XP) Fixed a bug in the TrFile-Substitute
function: if you substituted in place and the replace
string was shorter than the search string, garbage text
could be appended at the end of the file.
- Fixed a bug in the TrFile-Substitute function: If you
gave wrong parameter to the function (an empty source
file string) the plug-in could crash. Now it properly
returns $$-50 in this case.
- (Mac OS X only) Fixed a bug in the TrFile-FileSpec To
FullPath function where higher ASCII characters in the
path, like u-umlaut, would not be returned
correctly.
- Improved several example files, most significantly:
removed pause step in CreateFile.fp5 example; removed
superfluous layout in FileManipulation.fp5 example and
fixed link to Launch.fp5 in All File Examples.fp5.
- Improved the Import1Image.fp5 example file. On Mac OS
X it now splits the selected path correctly into path and
name.
- Improved the Image Catalog Sample File.
- (Mac) Registration now also works if the registration
file has a ".txt" extension at the end.
- Updated the user guide and function overview.
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 2.7 is
available for downloading at Troi's web site at:
<http://www.troi.com/software/fileplugin.html>.
Troi File Plug-in 2.7 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 later), and for Windows 98/Me,
Windows NT 4.0 (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$ 59 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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