360Works Releases SuperContainer
SuperContainer software lets you use the FileMaker 8.5 Web Viewer as a networked file system; solves file size and speed problems of normal container fields.
The smart way to store documents and images in FileMaker
Using the Web Viewer as a networked file system keeps your
FileMaker databases small, and eliminates the need for mounted
network volumes, platform-specific path ref-erences, or copying
files from user's hard drives onto a server. This makes it
perfect for storing large collections of files. SuperContainer runs
on a server; there are no plugins required.
Easily upload and view documents on the Web
SuperContainer is the ideal way to read and write files from the
web. Unlike normal con-tainer fields, SuperContainer allows you to
upload files directly to FileMaker Server 8 Advanced from a web
browser, even with Instant Web Publishing (watch the demo movie
http://www.360works.com/supercontainer/demos/iwp/ ). Since
SuperContainer uses the standard HTTP protocol to transfer files,
it's very easy to include documents and images from
SuperContainer into FileMaker web sites that you create.
Major performance improvements
Dynamic thumbnail generation feature makes image loading much
faster and more effi-cient, especially for large images (see a
speed comparison at
http://www.360works.com/supercontainer/demos/speed/ ). It is no
longer necessary to write scripts to interact with external
applications to create image thumbnails.
Ordinary container fields are single-threaded, which means your
users will not be able to interact with the FileMaker user
interface for the entire time that it takes to load the contents of
the container field. SuperContainer is multi-threaded, which allows
your us-ers to work in FileMaker while images load in the
background.
More developer and administrative control
Files are stored in a neatly organized folder structure under your
control. You can use any URL you like for the Web Viewer for a
record in FileMaker, and SuperContainer will create a directory
structure on the server corresponding to that URL. This means that
you can set your URL to AcmeCo/BigProject/12345, and that same
folder structure will be created when the file is uploaded for that
URL.
Revision tracking feature allows every version of a file to be
stored and retrieved. By simply incrementing a number on the URL,
like AcmeCo/BigProject/12345_1, you can store multiple versions of
the same document. Users cannot edit or delete previous re-visions,
they can only add new ones, which makes it ideal for corporate
document man-agement.
SuperContainer is fast and easy to set up, as demonstrated in this
1:37 movie -
http://www.360works.com/supercontainer/demos/migrate
SuperContainer was originally demonstrated at the 2006 Developer
Conference Key-note by Andy Lecates. Since then, numerous features
have been added and the instal-lation process has been greatly
simplified.
Pricing and availability
A Workgroup license for SuperContainer is $195 and allows up to 10
users to use Su-perContainer with the Web Viewer in FileMaker 8.5.
An Enterprise license is available for $695 which allows an
unlimited number of users, and also allows publishing
Super-Container from the Web Publishing Engine with FileMaker
Server Advanced. Reseller and academic discounts are available.
Licenses can be purchased immediately on our online store at
http://www.360works.com/supercontainer .
SuperContainer customer reactions
Gerard Beutler of Pool Pro Office, Inc. (http://poolprooffice.com)
had this to say about SuperContainer: “After 30 weeks
[using normal container fields], the data file was over 3.5gig in
size and the backups were taking in excess of 20 minutes and having
a big impact on user experience during this time... After all of
the container fields were trans-ferred to SuperContainer, data file
size dropped to 20megs, backup time dropped to less than a minute,
and user experience was greatly enhanced during backup.
Perform-ance was increased by 500% during selected operations,
because FileMaker did not need to cache large container
objects.”
“I LOVE the new plugin function to d/l the document
quickly to tmp and launch it auto-matically in native app...
I'll be buying licenses for most of my clients.”
--Chris Kubica of Application Architects, LLC
--- About 360Works --- 360Works (
http://www.360works.com ) is a Platinum member of the FileMaker
Busi-ness Alliance with offices in Atlanta and San Francisco.
360Works was established in 1996 with a focus on FileMaker
consulting and Java development. We now also offer custom and
pre-built FileMaker Plugins, web hosting services, and a variety of
Java open source projects. Contact us at (866) 662-9185.
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Customer contact: 866-662-9185 or http://www.360works.com
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