With about 200 people the german developer conference is being held from 8 October until 10 Oktober.
Troi is proud sponsor of the conference. We also prepared a leaflet with our plug-ins in German:
You can the see the PDF of it here:
www.troi.com/deutsch/troi_plug-ins_fur_filemaker_pro_deutsch.pdf
Here you’ll find some information regarding compatibility of Troi Plug-ins with FileMaker Pro 14.
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Here you’ll find some information regarding compatibility of Troi Plug-ins for FileMaker Pro with Windows 7-10.
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FileMaker Pro 10 added a new script trigger feature. Previously you could only trigger scripts with the help of Troi Activator Plug-in. Here you’ll find how the native script triggering functionality of FileMaker 10 (and later) compares to the features of Troi Activator Plug-in 2.7 and later.
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Today we released an updated version of Troi File Plug-in, our plug-in for manipulating external files and folders directly from FileMaker Pro. This is a maintenance update, which has a few bugfixes and improvements in the Search, GetDate and Metadata functions. Upgrading to version 8.0.1 is free for all users of version 8.0.
More info here: www.troi.com/software/fileplugin.html
Today we released Troi File Plug-in 8.0, which adds support for 64-bit architecture with FileMaker Pro 14. We rewrote the plug-in so the TrFile_SelectFileDialog, TrFile_SelectFolderDialog and TrFile_SaveFileDialog functions are now available for you to use too.
More info here: www.troi.com/software/fileplugin.html
Assume you have an external serial device connected to a (virtual) serial port on your computer. You can use a serial-USB adapter to connect to a USB port on your computer, which will then act as a virtual serial port.
To receive data from this device, first open the (virtual) serial port on your computer using the Serial_Open function. Add this script step to a ScriptMaker script:
Set Variable[ $ErrorCode; Serial_Open( "-Unused"; "COM1"; ) ]
This will open the COM1 port.
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Here you’ll find some information regarding compatibility of Troi Plug-ins with FileMaker running in 64-bit mode.
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Use the TrFile_SelectFileDialog function to open up a dialog which lets the user select a file. By default all the files can be selected. If you want the user to be able to select only files with a certain extension use the TrFile_SetDefaultType function first.
To let the user select any file add these script steps to a ScriptMaker script:
Set Variable [$DontCare; TrFile_SetDefaultType( "-Unused"; "")]
Set Variable [$FilePath; TrFile_SelectFileDialog( "-Unused" ; "Please select a file.") ]
This will return the path to the file for example:
MacHD:Users:John:Documents:FinancialReport2014.xlsx
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Rob Salusbury wrote to us that he is using our Troi URL plug-in to make FileMaker Pro into an incredibly powerful web client, in particular for communicating with SQL databases.
He thinks we are sitting on a real game changer that potential customers might not be aware of. Combined with Troi File and Troi Encryptor it delivers the ability to create very fast (VERY fast), very secure SQL applications that provide a ton of extended capabilities over any browser-only based solutions.
You can find the quote on our comments page.
The link below points to a page on his site that explains a little more about the concept.
http://customdataservices.net/sqlclients.htm.
We have to admit we don’t completely understand how this works, so you’ll have to quiz him on the details. We are amazed what our users can accomplish with the help of our plug-ins.
This is just one of the functionalities added by the Troi URL Plug-in. Another possibility is for example to send tweets to Twitter.
On the Troi URL Plug-in page you can download a fully functional demo with all the functions explained:
www.troi.com/software/urlplugin.html
It is a great and easy way to enhance your database for you or your customers.
