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Four Troi Plug-ins updated for Claris FileMaker Pro 2025 and later Lienden, the Netherlands, March 23, 2026–Troi today announced the immediate availability of four updated plug-ins. These plug-ins add support for FileMaker Pro 22.0.5 and add initial compatibility with the upcoming new FileMaker version. Updated plug-ins Troi Activator Plug-in 10.1 Troi Encryptor Plug-in 8.0.1 Troi File Plug-in 17.2 Troi Serial Plug-in 9.1 Improved compatibility Added initial compatibility with upcoming new FileMaker version. Tested and made compatible with Claris FileMaker Pro 22.0.5. Improved code to prevent a possible crash: some objective-c classes which were implemented in multiple plug-ins had the same name. They now get a unique name. We added also several minor improvements and security enhancements to the plug-ins. For Troi File Plug-in 17.2 we also added this functionality: Enhanced Script Triggering functionality in Troi File Plug-in Added error handling when the plug-in has insufficient privilege for triggering scripts in a FileMaker file. The plug-in now shows an alert dialog if script triggering is not allowed in a (newly created) file. In this case you most likely need to enable the extended privilege Validate cross-file plug-in access (the ‘fmplugin’ extended privilege) in the fmp12 file. When running Troi File Plug-in on FileMaker Server the plug-in will not show a dialog, but it will add a warning to the Troi Plugin FMServer.log when the script triggering fails. The plug-in also links to our online help page: Enable “Validate cross-file plug-in access” extended privilege for FMP trigger scripts. Added new switch “-DontShowExtendedPrivilegeWarning” to the functions TrFile_DragAndDrop and TrFile_StartDragSource. When you add this switch no alert will be shown if script triggering fails because of insufficient privilege for triggering scripts. Updated the example file DragAndDrop.fmp12, and added a script which can test the switch “-DontShowExtendedPrivilegeWarning”. Pricing & Availability Fully functional demo versions of the updated plug-ins are available on the product pages of each plug-in. Licenses start at US$ 85 per user for the Troi Encryptor Plug-in. Details on developer licenses and multi-user discounts can be found on the product pages of each plug-in. You can order licenses there or from our web shop. Upgrade information The registration requirements for the plug-ins have not changed. If you have a current registration you can update for free. If you don’t own a current license you can order upgrades from our web shop.

Serial port communication plug-in updated for FileMaker Pro 2025. Lienden, the Netherlands, August 5, 2025–Troi today announced the immediate availability of Troi Serial Plug-in 9.0 for Claris FileMaker Pro 2025. 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 or directly insert incoming serial data into your database, in the background (without any script triggering) “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 works with all types of serial ports, including those added through an extension card or USB to serial adaptor What is new in version 9.0? Troi Serial Plug-in 9.0 has the following changes: Improved compatibility Tested and made compatible with Claris FileMaker 2025 (FileMaker Pro 22.0). Tested and made compatible with Claris FileMaker 2024 (FileMaker Pro 21.0). Tested and made compatible with macOS 15 (Sequoia) and macOS 14 (Sonoma). Tested and made compatible with Windows 11, including Windows 11 version 23H2 (October 31, 2023) and Windows 11 version 24H2 (October 1, 2024). New functionality and improvements The function Serial_GetUSBInfo now also returns the location ID in the result. Also added a switch “-USBLocationID” to get just the locationID as a result. The location ID of a serial USB port is a hexadecimal code which indicates the (physical) location in the USB device tree. For example 0x14200000 can indicate controller 1 -> USB hub 4 -> port 2. You can use the location ID to identify a USB serial device by determining which physical port it is plugged into. Enhanced Script Triggering functionality Added error handling when the plug-in has insufficient privilege for triggering scripts in a FileMaker file. The plug-in now shows an alert dialog if script triggering is not allowed in a (newly created) file. In this case you most likely need to enable the extended privilege Validate cross-file plug-in access (fmplugin extended privilege) in the fmp12 file. When running Troi Serial Plug-in on FileMaker Server the plug-in will not show a dialog, but it will add a warning to the Troi Plugin FMServer.log when the script triggering fails. The plug-in also links to our online help page: Enable “Validate cross-file plug-in access” extended privilege for FMP trigger scripts. Updated the example files Terminal.fmp12, MultiPorts.fmp12, Debug.fmp12 and added notes that you need to enable the “Validate cross-file plug-in access” extended privilege in newly created fmp12 files, for script triggering and/or direct insertion to work. Added new switch “-DontShowExtendedPrivilegeWarning” to the Serial_Open function. When you add this switch no alert will be shown if script triggering fails because of insufficient privilege for triggering scripts. Added extra “Switches” parameter to the Open Serial Port script step and added switch “-DontShowExtendedPrivilegeWarning”. When you add this switch no alert will be shown if script triggering fails because of insufficient privilege for triggering scripts. Enhanced Direct Insertion functionality Also added error handling when the plug-in has insufficient privilege for Direct Insertion data into a FileMaker file, the plug-in shows an alert dialog if direct insert is not allowed in a (newly created) file. Also here you most likely need to enable the extended privilege Validate cross-file plug-in access (fmplugin extended privilege) in the fmp12 file. Updated the example file MeasureTemperature.fmp12 and added notes that you need to enable the “Validate cross-file plug-in access” extended privilege in newly created fmp12 files, for direct insertion to work. Added new switch “-DontShowExtendedPrivilegeWarning” to the Serial_SetDirectInsert function. When you add this switch no alert will be shown if direct insertion into the database fails because of insufficient privilege. Furthermore we improved the Startup Registration Log and the code in several places. Pricing & Availability A fully functional demo version of Troi Serial Plug-in 9.0 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 9.0 uses a new v9 registration code. The upgrade is free for users who bought a license for Troi Serial Plug-in on or after August 1, 2024. Eligible users have been sent a new v9 registration. Contact us if you have not received yours. Upgrades from a cross platform developer license bought before August 1, 2024 are available for US$ 439. You can order upgrades from the Serial Plug-in page or from our store.

Updated script triggering plug-in for FileMaker Pro 2024 and 2025 Lienden, the Netherlands, July 17, 2025–Troi today announced the immediate availability of Troi Activator Plug-in 10.0 for FileMaker Pro 2025. What is Troi Activator Plug-in? Troi Activator Plug-in is a very powerful tool for triggering scripts remotely. All from within FileMaker you can: trigger a FileMaker script on a different computer (remotely) trigger a FileMaker script over internet 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 communicate with databases in different FileMaker versions or even runtimes run a (secure) web server, which can trigger a script and send a (HTML) response Except from remote triggering you can also use the Activator Plug-in for: triggering a script on a specified date and time scheduling events which trigger any script you want running a script from any FileMaker calculation, for example a tooltip calculation trigger a FileMaker script when a file or folder is added to a folder validating fields on exiting a record with a custom script suited to your specific needs What is new in version 10.0? Troi Activator Plug-in 10.0 is tested and made compatible with: Claris FileMaker 2025 (FileMaker Pro 22.0) and Claris FileMaker 2024 (FileMaker Pro 21.0). macOS 15 (Sequoia). Windows 11, including Windows 11 version 24H2 (October 1, 2024). We added the following enhanced Script Triggering functionality to Troi Activator Plug-in 10.0: Added error handling when the plug-in has insufficient privilege for triggering scripts in a FileMaker file. The plug-in now shows an alert dialog if script triggering is not allowed in a (newly created) file. In this case you most likely need to enable the extended privilege Validate cross-file plug-in access (fmplugin extended privilege) in the fmp12 file. When running the Activator plug-in on FileMaker Server the plug-in will not show a dialog, but it will add a warning to the Troi Plugin FMServer.log when the script triggering fails. The plug-in also links to our online help page: Enable “Validate cross-file plug-in access” extended privilege for FMP trigger scripts. Updated the example files ScheduleTriggers.fmp12, HTTPResponse.fmp12, UploadData.fmp12, RemoteTriggers.fmp12 and FolderTrigger.fmp12 and added notes that you need to enable the “Validate cross-file plug-in access” extended privilege in newly created fmp12 files, for script triggering to work. Added new switch “-DontShowExtendedPrivilegeWarning” to the Actr_ScheduleEvent function, Start HTTP Server script step and Actr_StartHTTPServer function. When you add this switch no alert will be shown if script triggering fails because of insufficient privilege for triggering scripts. Bug fixes and changes: (Windows) Fixed a bug that prevented the plug-in from loading in FileMaker Pro 18 (installing it would result in error code 1550). (Windows) Fixed a bug that prevented running the Secure (HTTPS) Server with the Start HTTP Server script step and Actr_StartHTTPServer function when running FileMaker Pro 18 or FileMaker Pro 19.1 to 19.5. (Windows) Fixed a bug which could make the FileMaker app unresponsive when running a Secure Server when receiving certain web requests. Updated the UploadData.fmp12 example file: it now gives more detailed information when an error occurs. Other improvements: Improved the code in several places and made it more secure. (macOS) Removed superfluous logging that could be added to the system log in several places in the code. Updated the plug-in’s compilation environment, it now compiles with a current Plug-in SDK. Several small bug fixes and speed improvements. Improved the Startup Registration Log: now the name and version of the plug-in are shown at the beginning of the log. (macOS) Modernized the code for registration and flash dialog handling. (Windows) Improved the appearance of the flash dialog of the plug-in: the Troi Plugins logo is now displayed sharper and bigger on screens with higher scale factors. Pricing & Availability A fully functional demo version of Troi Activator Plug-in 10.0 is available on the Activator Plug-in page. Licenses cost US$ 99 per user. Details on developer licenses and multi-user discounts can be found on the Activator Plug-in page. You can order licenses from our shop. Upgrade information Version 10.0 needs a new registration. The upgrade is free for users who bought a license for Troi Activator Plug-in on or after July 1, 2024. Eligible users have been sent a new registration. Contact us if you have not received yours. Upgrades from licenses bought before July 1, 2024 are available from US$ 59 per user. Upgrade prices for other licenses can be found in the shop. You can order upgrades there.

New Troi File Plug-in for Claris FileMaker 2025 adds support for powerful FileID file management Lienden, the Netherlands, July 8, 2025–Troi today announced the immediate availability of Troi File Plug-in 17.0 for Claris FileMaker 2025. Troi File Plug-in 17.0 is made compatible with Claris FileMaker Pro 22 (FileMaker Pro 2025), macOS 15 (Sequoia) and Windows 11 version 24H2. 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 FileID functionality and support Added support for using the FileID (inode) and the DeviceID (Volume Serial Number) of a file or folder in several functions and script steps. The (macOS or Windows) operating system assigns each file and folder on a disk a serial number, which is a unique number to that disk. These IDs (inodes) stay the same if the file is moved or renamed, making it possible to locate a moved file. Added new switches “-FileIDAttr” and “-DeviceIDAtrr” to the TrFile_GetFileAttribute function. This will return the FileID or the DeviceID of a file or folder. Added new function TrFile_GetFullPathFromFileID, which returns the current full path of a file or folder using the DeviceID and the FileID of a file or folder. (macOS) Added support for volFS file paths, in functions and script steps where a path is used as parameter. You can now use “/.vol/deviceID/fileID” as a path. Date and time improvements Added a new switch “-UTC” to the 9 functions that get a date/time of a file. When you add this switch the returned result will be in the UTC time standard (Coordinated Universal Time), which is the same as the GMT timezone. You can add this switch for example to TrFile_GetTimestampCreated, TrFile_GetTimestampModified or TrFile_GetTimeCreated. Also added the switch “-UTC” to the TrFile_SetTimestampCreated and TrFile_SetTimestampModified functions. When you add this switch the date/time of the file will be set with the UTC time standard (Coordinated Universal Time). (Windows) Fixed a problem with the handling of daylight saving time in the 9 functions that retrieve dates and time from a file, like the TrFile_GetTimestampCreated, the TrFile_GetTimestampModified and the TrFile_GetDateCreated function. These functions now correctly account for daylight saving time at the time of creation of the file. NOTE In some cases the returned time (and date) may differ an hour from the incorrect values returned by previous versions of Troi File (the incorrect values would be returned when DST is currently not in effect, for files that were created during DST). Improved the Attribute.fmp12 example file, it now handles UTC timezones. Extended disk information (Windows) Added new switch “-ExtendedDiskInfo” to the TrFile_ListDisks function. This will return a XML list of all volumes (with GUIDs, drive letters, 32-bit Volume Serial Number and NTFS Serial Numbers, if available). Improved ICC color profile support Improved the ICC Profile support in the TrFile_GetMetaData function: added support for TIFF and PNG images when using the switches “-GetIccProfileName”, “-GetLocalizedIccProfileName” and “-GetIccProfileDescription”. Improved the GetICC_Profile.fmp12 example file: images which don’t have an embedded ICC Profile but have a ColorSpace tag in the EXIF metadata are now properly handled. This case is also indicated on the layout as an EXIF tag only profile. Improved Drag and Drop functionality Drag and drop is now compatible with FileMaker Pro 22. Updated the DragAndDrop.fmp12 example and added notes that you need to enable the “Validate cross-file plug-in access” extended privilege in newly created fmp12 files, for script triggering and drag and drop to work. See also our web page: Trigger scripts and FMP19: enable “Validate cross-file plug-in access” extended privilege. Other fixes and changes Improved the Startup Registration Log: now the name and version of the plug-in are shown at the beginning of the log. (macOS) Modernized the code for registration and flash dialog handling. (Windows) Improved the appearance of the flash dialog of the plug-in: the Troi Plugins logo is now displayed sharper and bigger on screens with higher scale factors. Improved the FolderManipulation.fmp12 example file. Several small bug fixes and speed improvements. Pricing & Availability A fully functional demo version of Troi File Plug-in 17.0 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 17.0 needs a new registration. If you have a current subscription or if you bought a license on or after June 4, 2024, the upgrade is free. Eligible users have been sent a new v.17 registration code. Contact us if you have not received yours. Upgrades from licenses bought before June 4, 2024, 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.