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Serial port communication plug-in updated for FileMaker Pro 2023. Lienden, the Netherlands, July 17, 2023–Troi today announced the immediate availability of Troi Serial Plug-in 8.0 for Claris FileMaker Pro 2023. What is Troi Serial Plug-in? Troi Serial Plug-in gives FileMaker Pro easy and powerful access to external devices with a serial interface: read from and write to the (virtual) serial ports of the computer directly from FileMaker Pro without the need of a separate application native FileMaker script triggering, to get incoming data into the database “Suspend/Resume Serial Port” script step to temporarily suspend the incoming data stream and resume it when you are interested in the data “Wait for Match” function to wait for a specific text before triggering the possibility to open an unlimited number of serial ports and to trigger different scripts for different ports What is new in version 8.0? Troi Serial Plug-in 8.0 has the following changes: Improved compatibility Tested and made compatible with Claris FileMaker Pro 2023 (FileMaker Pro 20.1.2). Tested and made compatible with Claris FileMaker Pro 19 up to Claris FileMaker Pro 19.6.3. Tested and made compatible with Claris Pro 40.2.1. Tested and made compatible with macOS 13 (Ventura). Tested and made compatible with Windows 11, including Windows 11 version 22H2 (September 20, 2022). New functionality and improvements Added new Serial_GetUSBInfo function. A serial port can be implemented as virtual port on top of a USB port. When this is the case this function returns information about the USB port hardware, like the USB vendor ID, vendor name, USB Product name and USB Serial number. To get a single item as a result you can use these switches: -USBVendorName -USBProductName -USBSerialNumber -USBVendorID -USBProductID Improved the Serial_SetDirectInsert function: the plug-in now also can insert data where the filename parameter contains a period in the name and the (.fmp12) extension was not included (Note that the FileMaker function “Get(Filename)” will not include the extension).For example if the filename parameter given is “Collector1.0” the plug-in now adds the .fmp12 extension, resulting in “Collector1.0.fmp12”. Improved script triggering when data is received: the plug-in now also triggers scripts where the filename parameter contains a period in the name and the (.fmp12) extension was not included.For example if the filename parameter given is “Terminal1.0” the plug-in now adds the .fmp12 extension, resulting in “Terminal1.0.fmp12”. (macOS) Fixed a problem on macOS 12 (Monterey) and FileMaker Pro 19.4, where the plug-in would not show the plug-in icon in the flash dialog. Startup Registration Log Improved the EasyInstallTroiPlugins.fmp12 example file (v1.8.6): added a script which adds the Startup Registration Log to the log field. This will get a text log of the startup registration process of the plug-in. Added an example script “Get Startup Registration Log of the plug-in” to Version.fmp12, which gets the text log of the startup registration of the plug-in. Added switch “-GetStartupRegistrationLog” to the Serial_Version function. This will return a text log of the plug-in’s registration process at startup time of FileMaker Pro. When you have problems registering the plug-in, you can see if the payment certificate was found and if a valid registration code was found. Improved security, other changes and bug fixes Improved the code in several places and made it more secure. (macOS) Modernized the code and removed dependency on legacy Carbon code in several places. IMPORTANT The minimum supported OS versions are macOS 10.14 (Mojave) and Windows 10. (macOS) Fixed a bug in the Serial_AsciiValueToText function when using the switch -Encoding=ASCII_Windows. The plug-in no longer crashes when you use values that are undefined for this encoding. The undefined values for this encoding (see Windows-1252 codepage wiki) are 0x81, 0x8D, 0x8F, 0x90 and 0x9D (decimal: 129, 141, 143, 144 and 157). For compatibility with the plug-in running on Windows these values will now be added with the same values as a Unicode character. Fixed several bugs, modernized the code in several places and made further improvements. Pricing & Availability A fully functional demo version of Troi Serial Plug-in 8.0 is available on the Serial Plug-in page. A cross platform developer license costs US$ 999. Details can be found on the Serial Plug-in page. You can order licenses there or from our shop. Upgrade information Version 8.0 uses a new v8 registration code. The upgrade is free for users who bought a license for Troi Serial Plug-in on or after July 1, 2022. Eligible users will be sent a new v8 registration. Contact us if you have not received yours after July 17, 2023. Upgrades from a cross platform developer license bought before July 1, 2022 are available for US$ 439. You can order upgrades from the Serial Plug-in page or from our store.

Updated Troi File Plug-in for FileMaker Pro 2023 improves drag and drop functionality Lienden, the Netherlands, June 1, 2023–Troi today announced the immediate availability of Troi File Plug-in 15.0 for FileMaker 2023. Troi File Plug-in 15.0 is made compatible with Claris FileMaker Pro 2023 (FileMaker Pro 20.1.1), Claris FileMaker Pro 19 up to version 19.6.3 and the latest versions of macOS and Windows. We added new functionality and improved several functions of the plug-in and improved the code in several places, making the plug-in faster and more secure. New functionality and improvements Added switch “-SkipInvisibles” to the TrFile_GetFolderSize function. If you add this switch the plug-in will not add the size of invisible (hidden) files to the returned size. Added support for Digital Negative (DNG) files and Apple ProRAW to the TrFile_CreateThumbnail function. Improved the Set MetaData of Image File script step and the TrFile_SetMetaData function with the switch “-SetIPTC”. The plug-in will now write the IPTC metdata earlier in the JPEG file, improving compatibility with other applications that read or write IPTC. (Windows) Enhanced the TrFile_CreateThumbnail function and significantly improved the speed of creating thumbnails for rotated JPEGs. (macOS) Improved extended attributes (xattrs) support with the script steps Insert in File, Set MetaData of Image File and Substitute In File and the functions TrFile_InsertContents, TrFile_SetMetadata and TrFile_Substitute. If the source file has extended attributes they are also copied to the destination file. If the source file has a (legacy) resource fork stored as xattr this is also copied. Improved Drag and Drop functionality Fixed a problem in the Add DragAndDrop Handler script step and the TrFile_DragAndDrop function: drag and drop now correctly works with FileMaker Pro 2023 (FileMaker Pro 20.1.1). (macOS only) Added the new switch “-AllowFilePromiseDrops” to the switches parameter of the TrFile_DragAndDropfunction. This allows you to drag files to the FileMaker window that don’t exist yet (a.k.a. file promises), such as zip files or images from a web application. Added new function TrFile_StartDragSource, which allows you to click and drag the (binary) contents of a container field or variable as a file out of FileMaker into other applications (for example a web application). (macOS) Improved the drag and drop functionality, improved the code and made it more robust if paths cannot be found or converted. Also improved handling of multiple mail drops on macOS 10.15 and later. (macOS) Improved the MailDrop functionality. Temporary files in the TroiTEMPDRAGFOLDER folder are now deleted after the system restarts and no longer show up in a Rescued Items folder in the trash. Updated the DragAndDrop.fmp12 example. Added notes and optional script steps to better find the bounds for drop zones on layouts with a Top Navigation Part. Also improved dropping mail into the DragAndDrop.fmp12 example. It now handles slow maildrops better, by waiting up to 5 seconds. Improved (movie) metadata support Improved the TrFile_GetMetaData function: you can use these switches to easily get a single metadata item of a movie: -GetMovieTitle -GetMovDescriptionStr * -GetMovieKeywords -GetMovieAlbum -GetMovieArtist -GetMovieAuthor -GetMovieComment -GetMovieCopyright -GetMovieInformation -GetMovieProducer -GetMovieDirector -GetMovieEncodedBy * Note that the -GetMovDescriptionStr switch is different from the existing -GetMovieDescription switch, which returns a list of (all) movie properties. Improved the TrFile_GetMetaData function: added support for getting EXIF out of PNG images. Improved security, increased speed and other changes Improved the code in several places and made it more secure. (macOS) Modernized the code and removed dependency on legacy Carbon code in several places. (Windows) Improved the speed of the TrFile_GetFileSize function for files on network drives. Added switch “-GetStartupRegistrationLog” to the TrFile_Version function. This will return a text log of the plug-in’s registration process at startup time of FileMaker Pro. When you have problems registering the plug-in, you can see if the payment certificate was found and if a valid registration code was found. Added an example script to Version.fmp12, which gets the text log of the startup registration of the plug-in. Also improved the EasyInstallTroiPlugins.fmp12 example file: added a script which adds the Startup Registration Log to the log field. This will get a text log of the startup registration process of the plug-in. (macOS) Fixed a problem with the script steps Insert in File, Set MetaData of Image File and Substitute In File and the functions TrFile_InsertContents, TrFile_SetMetadata and TrFile_Substitute. When running on macOS Ventura and the source and destination file being equal these functions would not work and return the error code $$-43 (fnfErr). More detailed information on all changes and improvements implemented in Troi File Plug-in 15.0 can be found on the File Plug-in page. Pricing & Availability A fully functional demo version of Troi File Plug-in 15.0 is available on the File Plug-in page. Licenses cost US$ 109 per user. Details on developer licenses and multi-user discounts can be found on the File Plug-in page. You can order licenses there or from our store. Upgrade information Version 15.0 needs a new registration. If you have a current subscription or if you bought a license on or after August 18, 2022, the upgrade is free. Eligible users have been sent a new v.15 registration code. Contact us if you have not received yours. Upgrades from licenses bought before August 18, 2022, are available from US$ 69 per user. Upgrade prices for other licenses can be found on the File Plug-in web page or in the store. You can order upgrades there.