FileMaker Pro 7 gets Activated
Troi Automatisering Activator Plug-in
Diana Budding writes: Troi Automatisering's new Activator Plug-in 1.4 for FileMaker 7 and 6 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
Databasing is useful and powerful...
Look at it this way: with Filemaker and Activator you can:
- 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
- schedule processing of incoming email and put the computer to sleep the rest of the time, saving energy
It's a lot of power for a little money!
Troi Activator
A fully functional version of Troi Activator Plug-in 1.4 is available for downloading at Troi's Web site
Activator works with FileMaker Pro 7, 6 and 5.x and FileMaker Developer 5.x or later. Users are advised to read the FileMaker Pro 7 conversion note included in the download for more information on compatibility with FileMaker 7.
- Company: Troi Automatisering, Rijn, The Netherlands - winner of the FileMaker Pro Excellence Award 2001
- Info & Download: www.troi.com
- Requires: Mac OS 9.1 or higher, Mac OS X 10.3.x or higher, Windows 98/Me/NT/2000/XP
- Price: $ 89 US, Upgrades from earlier versions are free: the new version works with the old registration string.
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