Here you will find more information on Re-signing Troi plug-ins for notarizing a FileMaker runtime app. Stay tuned. Continue Reading
With macOS 10.14 Mojave Apple added new (and more strict) security measures, which may cause some functions of the Troi File Plug-in to return an error. Some FileMaker script steps that worked before, will now return error code $$-5000, which is error afpAccessDenied (User does not have the correct access to the file). You can get this error on Mojave or Catalina for example when you use the TrFile_CreateFile function. Continue Reading
Troi Dialog Plug-in adds the notifications functionality to FileMaker Pro. Below you see a few example notifications:
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Software Overview of Troi Plug-ins
Below you find the latest versions of our software (as of October 13, 2019)
Troi Dialog Plug-in adds the Dial_ProgressBar function to FileMaker Pro. This function manages the display of a progress bar dialog box. With this function you can indicate to a user that a script is doing a lengthy operation, and provide feedback on how long this operation will last. Below you see an example progress bar:
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With macOS 10.14 Mojave Apple added new (and more strict) security measures, which may cause some functions of the Troi File Plug-in to return an error. Some FileMaker script steps that worked before, will now return error code $$-5000, which is error afpAccessDenied (User does not have the correct access to the file). You can get this error on Mojave for example when you use the TrFile_CreateFile function. Continue Reading
In some cases Troi URL Plug-in 6.0 will crash on macOS when disabling the plug-in or when installing a new version. Below you find instructions to manually remove version 6.0 and install a newer version. Note that you only need to do this once.
Before you start, download the latest version of Troi URL Plug-in first.
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FileMaker Pro 18 adds a number of new file script steps. In previous versions of FileMaker these external file manipulations were only possible with the help of Troi File Plug-in. Here you’ll find how the native file functionality of FileMaker 18 compares to the features of Troi File Plug-in.
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Troi Activator Plug-in has a built-in HTTP server, which will trigger a script when data arrives. The HTTP server can be started with the Actr_StartHTTPServer function or the Start HTTP Server script step. You stop the server with the Actr_StopHTTPServer function or the Stop HTTP Server script step.
There are several ways in which you can use this functionality:
- use the plug-in as an (Image) Upload Server. This functionality is explained in the separate post Image Upload Server setup instructions.
- trigger a script via a URL. This functionality is explained below.
With the functionality of Troi Activator Plug-in your FileMaker Pro database can become an (Image) Upload Server. The Activator Plug-in can receive the uploaded (JPEG) images with user text and even (GPS) location information.
You can test the upload locally with your web browser.
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