Third-party Press Release
Troi Automatisering releases Troi Activator Plug-in for FileMaker Pro 8
New cross platform plug-in runs native in FileMaker Pro 8 and lets you trigger scripts on the same or other computers.
What is the Activator Plug-in?
The Activator Plug-in is a very powerful tool for triggering
scripts across the network, even over the Internet. All from within
FileMaker you can:
• trigger a FileMaker script on a different
client computer
• trigger a FileMaker script over the
Internet
• run a script and send data to a different
FileMaker application, all in the background
• 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
Apart from remote triggering you can also trigger scripts on the
same computer:
• trigger a script on a specified date and
time
• schedule events which trigger any script you
want
• trigger a script after exiting a field
• validate fields with a custom script suited to
your specific validation needs
Peter Baanen, company president, states: "Finally we have a
FileMaker Pro 8 version of our versatile script trigger plug-in. As
it is a FileMaker 7 native plug-in, it can also run with FileMaker
Pro 7!"
New Features
Troi Activator Plug-in 2.0b1 adds these new functions and
features:
• The plug-in is completely rewritten for
FileMaker 7 and 8.
• It has been converted to the external function
API of FileMaker Pro 7.
• All functions now support Unicode
characters.
• The plug-in uses the built-in triggering of the
new FileMaker API, making it more robust.
• You can specify data to be returned as the
script parameter of a script.
Suggested Uses
The Activator allows you to:
• create a real-time appointment solution, where
you can notify a colleague (on a different computer) of changes in
his/her appointments
• notify a user that a shared document can be
used
• process data in the background in a different
FileMaker application
• get someone out of a record, so that it is no
longer locked
All these features also work in a runtime solution and between
different versions of FileMaker Pro. So for example you can send
data from a FileMaker 6 runtime to a FileMaker Pro 8 database. We
invite you to test drive the new functions and see what you can do
with it!
Pricing & Availability
A fully functional demo version of Troi Activator Plug-in 2.0b1 is
available for downloading at Troi's Web site at:
<http://www.troi.com/software/activatorplugin.html>.
Troi Activator Plug-in 2.0b1 works with FileMaker Pro 7 and 8. The
plug-in can also be used with runtimes from FileMaker Developer 7
or with FileMaker Advanced 8. The plug-in is available for Mac OS X
10.3.9, Mac OS X 10.4.2 or higher and Windows 2000 (Service Pack 6)
or Windows XP.
Licenses cost US$ 89 per user. The registration you receive after
paying the license fee will work with version 2.0b1 as well as with
the classic Activator 1.5 for FileMaker 6, which was just released
too. Details on developer licenses and multi-user discounts can be
found on our web site. You can order licenses from our web
site.
Upgrade information
Product updates from version 1.4.1, bought on or after September
1st, 2004, are FREE: eligible users will be sent a new registration
string in the next few days. Upgrades from version 1.4.1 or
earlier, bought before September 1st, 2004, are available from US$
19 per user.
Upgrade prices for other licenses can be found on our web site. You
can order upgrades from our web site.
Six for Eight
Troi Automatisering now has released a total of 6 FileMaker Pro 8
native plug-ins. Please check our product overview page for more
information on this great selection of FileMaker 8 plug-ins, which
also run with FileMaker 7. You can find it here:
<http://www.troi.com/software/index.html>.
About Troi Automatisering
Troi Automatisering is leading developer of cross platform
FileMaker Pro plug-ins and winner of the FileMaker Pro Excellence
Award 2001. For more information, visit our web site at:
<http://www.troi.com/>.
Contact information
Diana Budding,
Troi Automatisering
Vuurlaan 18
2408 NB Alphen aan den Rijn, The Netherlands
Telephone: +31-172-426606,
Fax: +31-172-470539
Newsroom: <http://www.troi.com/news/>