Press releases News ©2006  Troi Automatisering		Troi Automatisering releases Troi File Plug-in 3.0.1 for FileMaker Pro 7 New FileMaker Pro 7 plug-in, for Mac and Windows, lets you manipulate your files and folders directly from your databases. Alphen aan den Rijn, The Netherlands, August 23rd, 2004--Troi Automatisering today announced the availability of the final version of Troi File Plug-in for FileMaker Pro 7. Troi File Plug-in 3.0.1 makes use of the new extended plug-in API of FileMaker 7. Calls to the plug-in's functions can now support Unicode and more and bigger parameters. 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 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: "This extensive plug-in, with its 47 functions is now available as a final release for FileMaker Pro 7. Our users have been eagerly waiting for the final release, and we are excited to be able to release it just before the Developers Conference!" New Features Troi File Plug-in 3.0.1 has these features (compared to the classic plug-in): The plug-in uses the native External Function API of FileMaker Pro 7. The plug-in functions now have a size limit of 1 Gb per parameter (up from the total of 64000 character limit for all parameters in FileMaker 6!) Each function now supports Unicode characters. The main changes since the last beta are: Changed spaces in the name of the plug-in to underscores, to ensure better compatibility with the auto update functionality of FileMaker Server. (Mac OS X) Improved handling of full paths with higher Unicode characters in them. Files with higher Unicode characters in the name are now also found by the Search function. Improved handling of long filenames. Improved the FullPathToFileSpec function. Improved several example files and converted the ImageImport.fp7 and Import1Image.fp7 example file to work with FileMaker 7. Added the user guide. Suggested Uses Batch import of any text file, anywhere Let the user select a folder and process the contents of this folder Create a web site by exporting multiple HTML files Update solutions, by moving database files into place Read and write custom formatted files, for example from legacy systems Catalog complete projects, including pictures, and the meta data like EXIF and IPTC Classic version still available Please note that Troi File Plug-in 2.8 is also still available. This version makes use of the 'classic' plug-in API. Users that upgrade to FileMaker 7 but don't yet want to rewrite their scripts calling the File Plug-in functions can use this version. The 2.8 version also runs on FileMaker 6 and 5.x. Pricing & Availability Fully functional versions of Troi File Plug-in 3.0.1 and Troi File Plug-in 2.8 are available for downloading at Troi's web site at: <http://www.troi.com/software/fileplugin.html>. Troi File Plug-in 3.0.1 works with FileMaker Pro 7. The plug-in also runs with runtimes from FileMaker Developer 7. The plug-in is available for Mac OS X (10.2.8 or later) and for Windows 2000 (Service Pack 6) or Windows XP. Troi File Plug-in 2.8 works with FileMaker 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 2000 (Service Pack 4), or Windows 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 and later. Licenses cost US$ 59 per user. The registration you receive after paying the license fee will work with version 3.0.1 as well as with version 2.8! Product updates from version 2.7.1 and earlier, bought on or after 28 June 2003, are FREE: eligible users have been sent a new registration string. Upgrades from version 2.7.1 or earlier, bought before 28 June 2003, 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. Lunchtime session at FileMaker Developer Conference Paul de Hallé, of Linear Blue, UK and Peter Baanen will be presenting a session, which features Troi File Plug-in 3, at the FileMaker Developer Conference in Phoenix titled: Moving to FileMaker Pro 7 with Native Troi Plug-ins. Please note that this session is on the first conference day, Monday, August 30th at 1:00 PM during lunch! We don't mind if you bring your plate, if you don't make eating noises. Other updates We also recently updated two other plug-ins: Troi Activator Plug-in and Troi Text Plug-in. Troi Activator Plug-in 1.4.1 is a very powerful tool for triggering scripts across the network, even over the Internet. It can also trigger scripts on the same computer, at a scheduled time or after exiting a field. Troi Activator Plug-in 1.4.1 is an update which fixes some bugs and errors in the example files. It is recommended that all users of 1.4 update to the new version. Troi Text Plug-in 2.7.2 is a very powerful tool for dealing efficiently with text in your FileMaker Pro database. It adds SumText, Set Creation, Lines and Word functions and XML Parsing. Troi Text Plug-in 2.7.2 is an update which fixes some bugs and errors in the example files. It is recommended that all users of 2.7 update to the new version. About Troi Automatisering Troi Automatisering is leading developer of cross platform FileMaker Pro plug-ins, official sponsor of the FileMaker Developer Conference 2004 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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