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Troi File Plug-in 6.1.1 for FileMaker Pro 11 ànd 12The new Troi File Plug-in 6 further expands your file manipulation arsenal. This release adds several new key features and expands existing ones. Create deeply nested folders with easeTroi File Plug-in 6 improves on creating folders: you can now specify a path and the plug-in will create the folder, including all parent folders in the path that do not exist. New: check file integrityYou can now easily check integrity of files with the new function TrFile_GetFileHash. This function can return the MD5 hash value (checksum) of a file. You can use this hash to check if a file has not changed (by comparing it to a stored MD5 hash). Ideal to make sure your critical business documents are not corrupt, or even tampered with, all from FileMaker Pro! Better searchingIf you want to look for a file you can now limit the search to a folder in which the search must be done, instead of searching the whole disk. Metadata from PDFs!Troi File Plug-in already gave you a lot of metadata information out of image files. Version 6 adds reading metadata of PDF files. With one function call you can extract the following metadata information from PDF files: title, subject, keywords, number of pages, author and more. More metadata improvementsOn top of the already extensive metadata support for JPEGs (like reading EXIF, IPTC and XMP), Troi File Plug-in 6 can now read the metadata from PNG images. We also added new example scripts to demonstrate how to parse this XMP metadata into easy readable text. The plug-in can even automatically detect if the IPTC text in JPEGs is UTF-8 encoded (and of course return this metadata correctly formatted!). Now metadata with higher Unicodes, like Japanese or Chinese will be handled correctly, without you needing to do anything. Several other smaller enhancementsApart from the bigger changes, we fixed several small issues and made several smaller improvements:
Ready for OS X Lion and Mountain Lion
Troi File Plug-in 6.1.1 is compatible with Mac OS X Lion and Mac OS X Mountain Lion with FileMaker Pro 12. It also runs natively with FileMaker Pro 10 and 11. The Mac OS X version is a Universal plug-in which runs natively on PowerPC and Intel Macs. The Windows version is compatible with Windows 7, Vista and XP. On the version history page you can find the complete list of changes of this and previous versions. Easy installing and updatingWith FileMaker Pro 12 plug-ins can be installed directly from a container field! this means you no longer need the AutoUpdate feature of FileMaker Server. In our downloads formatted for FileMaker Pro 12 (.fmp12 format) we have included an example file EasyInstallTroiPlugins.fmp12 which installs (and autoupdates!) our plug-ins with FileMaker Pro 12. Powerful listing of folders and searchingTroi File Plug-in 6.1.1 lets you recursively list the contents of a folder with one call to the plug-in! The plug-in will return a list of all files and/or folders and all the subfolders contained in the folder you are listing. This makes processing all the items in a deeply nested folder very easy, like for example listing all the Word documents contained in a folder.
Be Square: square thumbnailsWith Troi File Plug-in 6.1.1 you can create square thumbnails, which is great for presenting multiple images to a user in a compact grid. On top of that you can create thumbnails and read Exif information from RAW files (like shutter speed, aperture etc). This should work for several RAW formats (currently only tested with Canon's CR2 format). We also added a switch "-GetFullSizeRawThumbnail" to the TrFile_CreateThumbnail function: this switch will return the full size thumbnail embedded in the RAW file. Run as a server-side plug-inTroi File Plug-in 6.1.1 is compatible to run under FileMaker Server: it can run as a server-side plug-in or as a plug-in used by the web publishing engine when using FileMaker Server. This means that you can use the powerful file management functions in server-side scripts, opening up lots of new possibilities.
Drag and drop files and foldersTroi File Plug-in allows you to drag one or more files or folders on a FileMaker window or even a drop zone. The paths of the dropped items can then be handled by a triggered script, for example to put them in a container field. You can specify up to two drag destination rectangles (even on the same window), and each drag can trigger a different script. Use FileMaker styled pathsTroi File Plug-in 6 is compatible with FileMaker styled paths, like for example "filemac:/MacHD/folder/file.txt". Each function with a path parameter can be given a FileMaker styled path. You can also still use all the FileSpec formats of previous versions of Troi File Plug-in, like for example "MacHD:folder:file.txt" on Mac OS X and "C:\folder\letter.txt" on Windows. Get the Type of an ItemThe function TrFile_GetTypeOfItem provides an easy way to see if a path points to a folder or file. Get and Set creation and modification dates of foldersThe TrFile_GetDateCreated and TrFile_GetDateModified functions and their variants, like TrFile_GetTimestampModified, will also get the creation and modification date of a folder. Moreover, you can also set the creation and modification date of a folder, using the TrFile_SetTimestampCreated and TrFile_SetTimestampModified functions. Powerful functions!Together with several improved example files and a new User Guide this plug-in is a powerful toolbox no FileMaker developer can do without. On the version history page you can find the complete list of changes of this and previous versions. Suggested usesTroi File Plug-in is a very powerful tool for getting access to information outside the FileMaker database. Any files stored on the rest of the computer can be accessed through the functions of the plug-in. All from within FileMaker you can:
All functions of the plug-in can be used in a script
enabling you to automate this power.
63 Functions give you ample powerTroi File Plug-in adds 63 functions to FileMaker Pro, giving you virtually limitless possibilities! Below you find a bit more detail on some of the functions: Command your shellWith the TrFile_ExecuteShell function you can execute a command in the command shell of the operating system. On Mac OS X this will be a command executed in the UNIX Bourne shell, and on Windows this is the Windows CMD shell. Manage your media
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