Updated universal and cross platform plug-in runs natively in FileMaker Pro 9 and lets you trigger scripts on the same or other computers.

October 9th, 2008, Alphen aan den Rijn, The Netherlands--Troi Automatisering today announced the availability of Troi Activator Plug-in 2.7 for FileMaker Pro 9.

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:
-run a script from any FileMaker calculation, for example a tooltip calculation
-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

New Features

Troi Activator Plug-in 2.7 adds these new functions and features:
-Added a new switch "-GetAllEventsList" to the Actr_GetEventInfo function. This will return a tab separated list of all the events that the plug-in knows about, including future and triggered events.
-Added a new switch "-GetAllEventIDs" to the Actr_GetEventInfo function. This will return a list of all the eventIDs that the plug-in knows about, including future and triggered events.
-Added new Actr_VersionAutoUpdate function. The Actr_VersionAutoUpdate function is part of an emerging standard for FileMaker plug-ins of third party vendors of plug-ins. The version number is returned in the format aabbccdd where every letter represents a digit of the level, so versions can be easily compared.
-Improved the display and handling of registration codes.

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 7 runtime to a FileMaker Pro 9 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 2.7 is available for downloading at Troi's Web site at: http://www.troi.com/software/activatorplugin.html.

Troi Activator Plug-in 2.7 works with FileMaker Pro 7, 8.x and 9. The plug-in can also be used with runtimes from FileMaker Developer 7 or with FileMaker Pro Advanced 8.x or FileMaker Pro Advanced 9. The plug-in is available for Mac OS X 10.4.5 or higher and Windows XP (Service Pack 2) and Vista.

Licenses cost US$ 89 per user. 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

Troi Activator 2.7 works with the registration code for version 2.5 and 2.6.
If you have a license for an older version (2.0 and earlier) you will need to upgrade to use the 2.7 version. Upgrades are available from US$ 29 per user. Upgrade prices for other licenses can be found on our web site. You can order upgrades from our web site.

About Troi Automatisering

Troi Automatisering is leading developer of cross platform FileMaker Pro plug-ins. For more information, visit our web site at:
http://www.troi.com/.

Contact information
D. Budding
Troi Automatisering
Vuurlaan 18
2408 NB Alphen aan den Rijn, The Netherlands
Telephone: +31-172-426606

Newsroom: http://www.troi.com/news/