Press releases News ©2000  Troi Automatisering		Troi Automatisering releases Troi Text Plug-in 2.0b1 for FileMaker 5 New Plug-in lets you parse out incoming XML data in FileMaker Pro. Alphen aan den Rijn, The Netherlands, December 28th, 2000--For all people still reading email just before new year, Troi Automatisering today announced the availability of its Troi Text Plug-in 2.0b1, for FileMaker Pro 5 (and 4) both on Mac OS and Windows. What is the Troi Text Plug-in? The Troi Text Plug-in is a very powerful tool for dealing efficiently with text in your FileMaker Pro database. It adds the following functions to FileMaker Pro: Combine sets from 2 text fields: get all lines that are the same get all lines that differ and other combinations Get (unique) lines and sort words and lines Make a text sum from a related file that even updates without a script Parse XML text into fields and more... Peter Baanen, company president, states: "XML is becoming an increasingly popular tool for sharing information over the Internet. It's a great way to standardize your incoming information from different sources. With the new XML parsing function in this release of Troi Text plug-in, we make it possible to efficiently take the info you need from the incoming XML data files into your FileMaker Pro database". "All I can say is WOW! WOW! WOW!!! THIS IS *FABULOUS*!", said Beverly Voth, XML geek, Developer and DIGFM Web Ma'am, about the new XML function. New Features The Troi Text Plug-in 2.0b1 adds these new functions and features: New "XML" function. With this function you can import information from XML data files and parse it into your FileMaker Pro database. It will allow you to get the specified node out of an XML formatted field. It will deal with nested nodes, returning all child nodes or just the child node you specify. You can also retrieve the attributes of nodes. New "NOTText" function. Now you can also retrieve lines that are in one text field only. SortLinesEx function, This function can also sort in reverse alphabetical order. Improved "Version" function. It can retrieve the version number of the plug-in. This allows you to check which version is running, so you'll know if certain functionality is available. Show the Flash Dialog from a script. This makes checking the registration state for endusers easier. New and updated Example databases. 12 FileMaker files illustrate the use of each of the functions. 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 Present portal information horizontally Create an index for a book, which is updated automatically Find all addresses you want to send an email to, without sending duplicates Keep track of your client relations by generating a dynamic history of activities Receive client information in XML format and parse it easily into your database Pricing & Availability A fully functional version of Troi Text Plug-in 2.0b1 is available for downloading at Troi's Web site at: <http://www.troi.com/software/textplugin.html>. The Troi Text Plug-in 2.0b1 works with FileMaker Pro 4 and 5. The plug-in is available for Mac OS and Windows95/98 and NT/2000, and costs US$ 29 per user. Product updates from older versions are available from US$ 12 per user. Details on developer licenses and multi-user discounts can be found on our web site. You can order licenses via our web site.   XML formatted information All information for this plug-in formatted in XML can be found here: <http://www.troi.com/info/xsd/textplugin.xml>. If you list our software you can use this XML data to automatically update information of this product. For more information on this and XSD (extendable Software Description Language) look here: <http://www.troi.com/info/xsd/>. * End of year contest: win a free developer license for Troi Text plug-in * You may have noticed that we did not have enough inspiration to come up with a nice new logo for this plug-in. But you may help us! Send us a better logo for Troi Text Plug-in and if your design is chosen you win a free Developer License! Your logo should be 224 pixels wide by 158 pixels high and be in PICT format. All entries will be judged by Troi Automatisering, who will choose the winner. The winner agrees to his design being used as the logo of Troi Text plug-in, and to Troi Automatisering obtaining all rights to it. Troi Automatisering reserves the right to decide there is no winner to this contest, if none of the entries lives up to our high expectations <grin/>. Send your entries by email to before 30 January 2001. The winner of the contest will be informed by email. About Troi Automatisering Troi Automatisering is leading developer of cross platform FileMaker Pro plug-ins, databases and utilities. 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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