Troi Automatisering releases Troi File Plug-in 3.0b2 for FileMaker Pro 7

New FileMaker Pro 7 plug-in lets you manipulate your files and folders and use file and folder information directly from your databases.

http://www.troi.com/

Alphen aan den Rijn, The Netherlands, July 21st, 2004--Troi
Automatisering today announced the availability of the second public
beta version of Troi File Plug-in 3.0, for FileMaker Pro 7. Troi File
Plug-in 3.0b2 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: "We are happy to have a beta
version of the FileMaker 7 native File Plug-in for our Windows users
now too! And we've been able to make some improvements to the first
beta version thanks to the feedback we received from our users."


New Features

Troi File Plug-in 3.0b2 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:
- A plug-in for Windows is now available.
- You can now use several of the plug-in's functions in a calculation
field, making it for example possible to gather data without scripts.
- Changed the function TrFile_ThumbnailToClip to
TrFile_CreateThumbnail. It now returns a thumbnail directly into a
container, without using the clipboard!
- Filtering on shown file types in the TrFile_SelectFileDialog
function is now also possible on Windows, and adds powerful wildcard
filtering too.
- Improved RefPict.fp7 example file, for importing pictures while
storing only a reference.
- Improved MultiPDF.fp7 example file to work with Save as PDF option,
as built-in in Mac OS X.


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


About the beta

This beta version expires September 7th, 2004. We expect to release
the final version before this.
A beta version means that some features may not be completely tested
or may have some bugs in it. We do not expect any further changes to
the names of functions or the order of parameters, so you can start
building solutions with the new Troi File Plug-in 3.0b2. However,
please do not use this beta version in production databases yet.

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 3.0b2 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 3.0b2 works with FileMaker Pro 7. The plug-in also
run without problems 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 3.0b2 as well as with
version 2.8!

Product updates from version 2.6.1 and later, bought on or after 28
June 2003, are FREE: eligible users have been sent a new registration
string. Upgrades from version 2.6.1 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.


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/>