FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Troi Automatisering releases Troi Dialog Plug-in 5 for FileMaker Pro 9
New dialog plug-in for FileMaker Pro 9 extends input capabilities and
lets you present slideshows.
Alphen aan den Rijn, The Netherlands, February 13th, 2008--Troi
Automatisering today announced the immediate availability of Troi
Dialog Plug-in 5 for FileMaker Pro 9.
Shows slideshows and more inputs
Troi Dialog Plug-in 5 is the new version of our flexible dialog
showing plug-in, and can now present images and movies fullscreen. It
also sports an improved Input Dialog which can have up to 15 inputs!
What is Troi Dialog Plug-in?
Troi Dialog Plug-in is a very powerful tool for displaying all sorts
of dialogs in FileMaker Pro 9. The text of the dialog and of the
buttons can be created dynamically by using a calculation. All from
within FileMaker you can:
- show dialogs with variable text and up to 4 buttons
- show an input dialog to let a user input data in up to 15 fields
- choose these input fields to be any of the following: simple text,
password field, popup list or check box
- show a list dialog or big text dialog
- show temporary flash screens
- show a progress bar for lengthy operations
- position the dialog box anywhere on the screen
- add a standard icon or your own icons
- present images and movies fullscreen
What is new in version 5?
Troi Dialog Plug-in 5 has these new features and changes:
- An improved InputDialog function: you can now use up to 15 input items!
- A new PresentImage function, which can show a full screen slideshow
of images and movies.
- A new high precision Dial_GetCurrentTimestamp function, which
returns the current date and time, including the fractions of a
second.
- Added compatibility with Windows Vista.
- Improved compatibility with Leopard.
- Several bugs and smaller issues are fixed.
Peter Baanen, company president, states: "Troi Dialog Plug-in 5 adds
the great new features users have been asking for. But I'm even more
exited about the extensive PresentImage function, as it makes
stunning slideshows from FileMaker Pro 9 finally possible."
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
- create a small list dialog when you have only a little list and a
big one if you have a big list
- 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 is available
for downloading at Troi's web site at:
<http://www.troi.com/software/dialogplugin.html>.
Troi Dialog Plug-in 5 works with FileMaker Pro 7, 8.x and 9. The
plug-in can also be used with runtimes from FileMaker Developer 7,
FileMaker Pro Advanced 8.x or FileMaker Pro Advanced 9. The plug-in
is available for Mac OS X and Windows.
On Mac OS X the plug-in runs in Mac OS X 10.4.5 or higher. The
plug-in also runs on Windows XP (Service Pack 2) or Windows Vista.
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
Product updates from earlier versions, bought on or after February
1st, 2007, are FREE: eligible users will receive a new registration
string today. Contact us if you have not received yours. Upgrades
from licenses bought before February 1st, 2007, 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.
Ten years of FileMaker plug-ins!
This plug-in release marks the 10th anniversary of FileMaker
plug-ins! Troi Automatisering has been releasing plug-ins since
January 1998.
The first FileMaker plug-in to be publicly released was Troi FM
Plug-in 1.0b3, on January 7th,1998. Troi Dialog Plug-in 5 is a direct
descendant of this plug-in. You can read our *old* press release for
Troi FM Plug-in 1.0b3 here:
<http://www.troi.com/news/archive/troi_fm_plugin_10b3_pr.html>.
We'd like to thank all our customers for their continued support and
feedback! We hope to keep making great plug-ins, that extend the
possibilities of FileMaker!
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
Vuurlaan 18
2408 NB Alphen aan den Rijn, The Netherlands
Telephone: +31-172-426606
Newsroom: <http://www.troi.com/news/>
