Press releases News ©2005  Troi Automatisering		Troi Automatisering releases URL Plug-in for FileMaker Pro 8 New cross plug-in runs native in FileMaker Pro 8 and lets you post and retrieve information from the Internet. August 29th, 2005, FileMaker DevCon, Phoenix Arizona--Troi Automatisering today announced the availability of the 1.8b1 version of the Troi URL Plug-in for FileMaker Pro 8. What is Troi URL Plug-in? Troi URL Plug-in can help you fill in forms on the Internet, all from FileMaker Pro. It also retrieves data from any HTTP URL. You can: use the POST command to fill in a web form and retrieve the result directly in FileMaker use the GET command to retrieve data use a secure connection (HTTPS) using SSL get access to password protected web pages encode text into HTTP format send cookies with a request show a custom progress dialog during the retrieval (Mac OS only) get JPEG images directly into a container field Peter Baanen, company president, states: "We are very proud to release our first plug-in for Filemaker Pro 8 on the same day as the launch of Filemaker Pro 8 itself. It gives user running both Filemaker Pro 8 and 7 much more possibilities." Suggested Uses Troi URL plug-in allows you to: fill in forms on web sites or your intranet get online data like stock quotes, weather reports, etc. automatically add information to listings and online databases search the Internet for terms or other specific items (like in Sherlock) get the time of your city All these features also work in a runtime solution. What is new in version 1.8b1? Troi URL Plug-in 1.8b1 is completely rewritten for FileMaker 7 and 8. This release adds these new features: Converted to the new 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!) The function parameters now support Unicode characters (Some dialogs only support ASCII at the moment.) you can get JPEG images directly into a container field This plug-in opens new possibilities to get all sorts of data from the Internet. We invite you to test drive the new functions and see what you can do with it! Pricing & Availability A fully functional demo version of Troi URL Plug-in 1.8b.1 is available for downloading at Troi's Web site at: <http://www.troi.com/software/urlplugin.html>.   Troi URL Plug-in 1.8b1 works with FileMaker Pro 7 and 8. The plug-in also can be used with runtimes from FileMaker Developer 7 or with FileMaker Advanced 8. The plug-in is available for Mac OS X 10.2.8 or higher and Windows 2000 (Service Pack 6) or Windows XP. Licenses cost US$ 59 per user. The registration you receive after paying the license fee will work with version 1.8b1 as well as with version 1.3 for FileMaker 6! Details on developer licenses and multi-user discounts can be found on our web site. You can order licenses from our web site. Upgrade information Product updates from version 1.1 and later, bought on or after June 1st, 2004, are FREE: eligible users will be sent a new registration string in the next few days. Upgrades from version 1.1 or earlier, bought before March 1st, 2004, are available from US$ 19 per user. Upgrade prices for other licenses can be found on our web site. You can order upgrades 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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