Updated script triggering plug-in for FileMaker Pro 2024 and 2025
Lienden, the Netherlands, July 17, 2025–Troi today announced the immediate availability of Troi Activator Plug-in 10.0 for FileMaker Pro 2025.
What is Troi Activator Plug-in?
Troi Activator Plug-in is a very powerful tool for triggering scripts remotely. All from within FileMaker you can:
- trigger a FileMaker script on a different computer (remotely)
- trigger a FileMaker script over internet
- use the built-in security to prevent unauthorized triggering
- send a number (e.g. a record ID) and a long text with the trigger
- start and stop listening for remote trigger messages with one script step
- communicate with databases in different FileMaker versions or even runtimes
- run a (secure) web server, which can trigger a script and send a (HTML) response
Except from remote triggering you can also use the Activator Plug-in for:
- triggering a script on a specified date and time
- scheduling events which trigger any script you want
- running a script from any FileMaker calculation, for example a tooltip calculation
- trigger a FileMaker script when a file or folder is added to a folder
- validating fields on exiting a record with a custom script suited to your specific needs
What is new in version 10.0?
Troi Activator Plug-in 10.0 is tested and made compatible with:
- Claris FileMaker 2025 (FileMaker Pro 22.0) and Claris FileMaker 2024 (FileMaker Pro 21.0).
- macOS 15 (Sequoia).
- Windows 11, including Windows 11 version 24H2 (October 1, 2024).
We added the following enhanced Script Triggering functionality to Troi Activator Plug-in 10.0:
- Added error handling when the plug-in has insufficient privilege for triggering scripts in a FileMaker file. The plug-in now shows an alert dialog if script triggering is not allowed in a (newly created) file. In this case you most likely need to enable the extended privilege Validate cross-file plug-in access (fmplugin extended privilege) in the fmp12 file.
- When running the Activator plug-in on FileMaker Server the plug-in will not show a dialog, but it will add a warning to the Troi Plugin FMServer.log when the script triggering fails.
- The plug-in also links to our online help page:
Enable “Validate cross-file plug-in access” extended privilege for FMP trigger scripts. - Updated the example files ScheduleTriggers.fmp12, HTTPResponse.fmp12, UploadData.fmp12, RemoteTriggers.fmp12 and FolderTrigger.fmp12 and added notes that you need to enable the “Validate cross-file plug-in access” extended privilege in newly created fmp12 files, for script triggering to work.
- Added new switch “-DontShowExtendedPrivilegeWarning” to the Actr_ScheduleEvent function, Start HTTP Server script step and Actr_StartHTTPServer function. When you add this switch no alert will be shown if script triggering fails because of insufficient privilege for triggering scripts.
Bug fixes and changes:
- (Windows) Fixed a bug that prevented the plug-in from loading in FileMaker Pro 18 (installing it would result in error code 1550).
- (Windows) Fixed a bug that prevented running the Secure (HTTPS) Server with the Start HTTP Server script step and Actr_StartHTTPServer function when running FileMaker Pro 18 or FileMaker Pro 19.1 to 19.5.
- (Windows) Fixed a bug which could make the FileMaker app unresponsive when running a Secure Server when receiving certain web requests.
- Updated the UploadData.fmp12 example file: it now gives more detailed information when an error occurs.
Other improvements:
- Improved the code in several places and made it more secure.
- (macOS) Removed superfluous logging that could be added to the system log in several places in the code.
- Updated the plug-in’s compilation environment, it now compiles with a current Plug-in SDK.
- Several small bug fixes and speed improvements.
- Improved the Startup Registration Log: now the name and version of the plug-in are shown at the beginning of the log.
- (macOS) Modernized the code for registration and flash dialog handling.
- (Windows) Improved the appearance of the flash dialog of the plug-in: the Troi Plugins logo is now displayed sharper and bigger on screens with higher scale factors.
Pricing & Availability
A fully functional demo version of Troi Activator Plug-in 10.0 is available on the Activator Plug-in page.
Licenses cost US$ 99 per user. Details on developer licenses and multi-user discounts can be found on the Activator Plug-in page. You can order licenses from our shop.
Upgrade information
Version 10.0 needs a new registration. The upgrade is free for users who bought a license for Troi Activator Plug-in on or after July 1, 2024. Eligible users have been sent a new registration. Contact us if you have not received yours.
Upgrades from licenses bought before July 1, 2024 are available from US$ 59 per user. Upgrade prices for other licenses can be found in the shop. You can order upgrades there.
