Updated dialog plug-in for FileMaker Pro 11 adds bigger icon support.

Alphen aan den Rijn, The Netherlands, May 10th, 2010--Troi Automatisering today announced the immediate availability of Troi Dialog Plug-in 5.5.2 for FileMaker Pro 11.

What is Troi Dialog Plug-in?

Troi Dialog Plug-in is a very powerful tool for displaying all sorts of dialogs in FileMaker Pro 11. The text of the dialog and of the buttons can be created dynamically by using a calculation. All from within FileMaker you can:
- show an input dialog to let a user input data in up to 15 fields and up to 4 buttons
- choose these input fields to be any of the following: simple text, password field, popup list or check box
- show a list dialog or very big text dialog
- show temporary flash screens
- show a progress bar for lengthy operations
- add a standard icon or your own custom icons, now also with transparent PNGs
- present a slideshow of images and movies fullscreen

What is new in version 5.5.2?

Troi Dialog Plug-in 5.5.2 adds support for bigger icons and several other tweaks. It also fixes several bugs:
- (Custom)icons can now be extra large, up to 48x48 pixels. With todays screen sizes this makes for pleasing dialog aesthetics.
- Improved the Dial_Dialog function: you can now also add the switch: "-StopOnESC". With this switch the user can press the ESC key to leave the dialog.
- (Windows) Improved support for (transparent) PNG custom icons.
- (Mac OS X only) Added new switch "-CheckSpellingWhileTyping" to enable continuous spell checking for the Dial_BigInputDialog function.
- (Mac OS X) Converted the Dial_ListDialog function completely to Cocoa, restoring all functionality.
- (Mac OS X) Several bug fixes in the Dial_InputDialog function.
- (Mac OS X) Fixed a bug in Dial_BigInputDialog function where typing the return key would result in a linefeed character in the returned text.
- (Mac OS X) Fixed a bug in Dial_ListDialog function where empty lines would make the wrong item pre-selected.
- (Windows) Fixed a flickering in the progress bar part of the Dial_ProgressBar function.
- (Mac OS X) Reenabled setting the dialog position: Dial_SetPosition now works again for all dialog types.
- Updated User Guide and Overview.fp7 to reflect the new functionality.

Suggested uses
- give your users better and flexible feedback
- show quick instructions without the user having to dismiss the dialog
- build multi-language systems more easily
- make your solutions look more professional by using your own icons and title bars in dialogs
- control the way users type in data: you can, for example, let them type more than 10 and less than 40 characters
- show a slideshow of images selected from a found set, for example all images with water as a keyword
- measure finishing times in a race
- measure with accuracy the efficiency of 2 differently implemented scripts.

All these features also work in a runtime solution. 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 Dialog Plug-in 5.5.2 is available for downloading at Troi's web site at: http://www.troi.com/software/dialogplugin.html.

Troi Dialog Plug-in 5.5.2 works with FileMaker Pro 9, 10 and 11. The plug-in can also be used with runtimes from FileMaker Pro Advanced 9, 10 or FileMaker Pro Advanced 11. The plug-in is available for Mac OS X and Windows.

On Mac OS X the plug-in runs in Mac OS X 10.5.7 or higher. The plug-in also runs on Windows Vista or Windows 7. QuickTime 7 or later is needed for the Dial_PresentImage() function.

Licenses cost US$ 59 per user. Details on developer licenses and multi-user packs can be found on our web site. You can order licenses from our web site.

Upgrade information

Users who bought a license for Troi Dialog Plug-in on or after February 1st, 2008 are entitled to a free upgrade. We have emailed these registered users a new registration string.

Upgrades from licenses bought before February 1st, 2008 are available from US$ 29 per user. You can order upgrades from our web site.

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
D. Budding
Troi Automatisering
Boliviastraat 11
2408 MX Alphen aan den Rijn, The Netherlands
Telephone: +31-172-426606

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