FM::NEXUS OPENS BETA PROGRAM FOR TWO UPCOMING PRODUCTS
– Testers Now Accepted for Dragon Web Surveys, for Flexible Survey Building, and the FM::Nexus Web Services Plug-in, for Quick WSDL Integration –
Dragon Web Surveys helps web developers build flexible surveys
into their web sites. The FM::Nexus Web Services Plug-in allows
FileMaker® solutions developers to implement
standards-based interoperability with Web Services quickly and
easily.
FM::Nexus invites experienced web and FileMaker developers for the
beta test program. Developers can apply starting today as beta
testers for either or both products at
<http://www.fmnexus.com/beta>.
"FM:Nexus provides tools that help developers build
better solutions," explained Vincenzo Menanno, founder and
president of FM::Nexus. "In this case, we're
asking developers to help us test two exciting, upcoming products.
First, the FM::Nexus Web Services Plug-in makes integrating web
services a snap -- as quick and easy as writing a FileMaker
calculation. Secondly, Dragon Web Surveys provides web developers
with multiple kinds of survey questions, in multiple languages, and
prevents submission of multiple surveys from the same
person."
Flexible Web Surveys
Dragon Web Surveys is designed to provide the most flexible, easy
way for any web developer to achieve an organization's data
collection goals. Dragon Web Survey provides unlimited surveys,
questions and responses. Dragon Web Survey makes extensive use of
cascading style sheets, allowing designers to show the survey in
their choice of style and even switch languages or designs on the
fly.
Dragon Web Surveys helps build surveys with multiple data
validation options, in one or multiple languages. Numerous people
can take surveys at once, with complex branching logic that appears
simple to each end-user. Authentication features only allow one
response to be submitted per person. Dragon Web Survey provides
elegant reporting options, exporting results to most standard
formats. FileMaker developers can also preview surveys using the
new Web Viewer capability in FileMaker version 8.5.
Add Web Services to FileMaker Solutions
The FM::Nexus Web Services Plug-in empowers FileMaker developers
to add hundreds of new functions to FileMaker solutions for instant
database interaction with other web services. The Web Services
Plug-in reads WSDL (Web Services Description Language) and exposes
the functions available from these published APIs, allowing
FileMaker-based solutions to easily integrate these functions
directly into their solutions. The FM::Nexus WebServices plug-in
can also be used in conjunction with the new Web Viewer capability
in FileMaker version 8.5. The Web Viewer from FileMaker lets a
developer/end-user?? view web-based content, while the Web Services
Plug-in from FM::Nexus provides for interaction with web-based
content for nearly seamless integration.
Adding a Web Service is as easy as dropping a new WSDL file into
the WSDL folder. By adding a new WSDL file, the plug-in makes the
functions included in that file available as FileMaker calculation
functions, which can then be easily used in a solution. The
FM::Nexus Web Services Plug-in makes integration simple by exposing
function prototypes which allow developers to quickly and easily
build in the corresponding powerful calculation.
About FM::Nexus
FM::Nexus is a FileMaker Solutions Alliance Member company that
develops FileMaker solutions which help businesses and
organizations stay focused on what they do best. FM::Nexus also
creates tools to help FileMaker developers build better solutions
and provides consulting and training for FileMaker developers.
Additional information can be found at
<http://www.fmnexus.com/>.
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