Troi File Plug-in for FileMaker Pro3.5.3 - Download

Troi File Plug-in 3.5 is a very powerful tool for getting access to information outside the FileMaker Pro database. Any files or folders stored on the computer can be accessed through the functions of the plug-in. Troi File Plug-in 3 makes use of the native plug-in API of FileMaker 7,8 or 8.5.
Calls to the plug-in's functions can now support Unicode and more and bigger parameters.

All from within FileMaker you can:
- get data from files that are on the disk of the computer into FileMaker Pro
- create files anywhere on the hard disk and put data from FileMaker fields into them
- manipulate files and folders on the disk: this includes creating, deleting, copying, moving and modifying files and folders
- query detailed information of files: the size on disk, creation and modification dates and much more
- launch files with their appropriate application directly from FileMaker Pro

New Features

Troi File Plug-in 3.5 adds these new functions and features:

- Made compatible with FileMaker Pro 8.5.
- (Mac OS X) Converted to Universal plug-in which runs natively on PowerPC and Intel Macs.
- Improved the TrFile_CopyFile function, it is faster and can now copy files bigger than 2 Gb.
- Added automatic conversion to FileMaker linebreaks upon text import.
- Added 3 functions to get the last access date/time/timestamp of a file.
- Added TrFile_SetMetaData function, which can set the IPTC metadata in JPEG files!
- It is now possible to create any sized thumbnails of images files

Suggested Uses
- Batch import of any text file, anywhere
- Let the user select a folder and process the contents of this folder
- Create a web site by exporting multiple HTML files
- Update solutions, by moving database files into place
- Read and write custom formatted files, for example from legacy systems
- Catalog complete projects, including pictures, and the meta data like EXIF and IPTC