Troi's FileMaker DevCon

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FileMaker DevCon 2018 speakers

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Working the booth at FileMaker DevCon

At each FileMaker DevCon there is a product showcase with lots of vendors showing off their latest products. Troi Automatisering has been showing their plug-ins for over 18 years now, the first DevCon we showed plug-ins was in Monterey. Over the years we have seen a few new vendors, but in general it is a very steady group. Which I think says something about the stable environment of the FileMaker community. Some of them have become quite familiar faces.

Below you’ll find a few photo’s of this year showcase in Las Vegas, to give you an impression of what the three day’s of the showcase was like.

15 years of Excelisys

Excelisys celebrated 15 years in business this year. Below you see them at their booth, with the great Christo, who’s leading the pack on the right.

Then to the Troi trio: Tim, Peter and Diana were the booth-babes this year. Tim has grown quite a lot since he went to his first DevCon in 1999 in San Diego, where he had to hide beneath the booth, as children were not allowed. 

Luckily he is now 21 years, so this is the first FileMaker DevCon he could help as an adult.

Lunch was served in the same room as the showcase, so you had a view on the booths of the vendors while eating. Also as a vendor I could have some lunch, while looking at the booth, to see if I needed to assist.

More demoing going on here. Notice the blue iBeacon on the left, which could be used to play a game with the FileMaker Go app.

Vendor Sessions

Part of showcasing at the conference was the vendor session, where we told (and demonstrated) what our Troi plug-ins can do to enhance a FileMaker solution:

Showcasing: a great experience

The product showcase is always a great way to see what is new in the FileMaker world. It really helps developers new to the FileMaker platform, but also more experienced FileMaker developers to see the vast possibilities of additional products for FileMaker, that make developing easier. For some this is a real eyeopener. 

The showcase was sold out this year, so that resulted in about 25 vendors demonstrating their range of products and services.

It is always such a busy time being at the booth of the showcase, but certainly gives us a great feeling when we are demoing our plug-ins and talking to so many FileMaker enthusiasts. And that is why we love the FileMaker Community. 

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All the vendors of FileMaker DevCon 2016

The product showcase was a great success and was sold out this year, resulting in 25 vendors. Here you can see them all in one mosaic with our Troi booth in the middle. Click here to go to Flickr  where you can see the original image with all vendors in full size.

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FileMaker DevCon 2016 Las Vegas

It's been more than a month now that Troi Automatisering attended the annual FileMaker Developer Conference 2016 in Las Vegas. It was great seeing lots of old friends. And I'm amazed by how quick it all went.

Below is a small recap of the first few days, with some of the photo's I took.

Day 0: the day before DevCon 

On Sunday we went to the registration. People got their badges and a rucksack. And they could add their n-th year tags to their badges:

On Sunday I also made a group photo of all the speakers of this years DevCon:

This is quite a FileMaker brain pool! 

Day 1:  Monday 

On Monday the DevCon really got started, we setup our booth first:

Luckily all our bags had arrived (unlike other years) so the booth was ready quickly. We also had a nice flyer printed, to handout to customers.

(Download our DevCon flyer PDF here)

Then it was time for the Keynote presentation, where Andy LeCates, Rick Kalman and Anand Vaghela (amongst others) gave an inspiring talk about the current state (which is great!) and the future of FileMaker (which we can't discuss). Here Andy hands over the show to Rick:

The Product Showcase

At the showcase, which ran for 3 days, we met with lots of people, old customers and newbies, who we showed our range of Troi plug-ins.

To make it more visual we had a display using our Troi Serial Plug-in and FileMaker Pro 15, which hooked to an Arduino mini-computer (via USB port). It showed the current temperature at the venue, and tracked the data in FileMaker. Below you see the electronics:

It was a great success, lots of visitors tried to manipulate the temperature to a dry heat: 

More to come

That’s it for now. We will cover the rest of the conference with extra photo’s in a future post.

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With #FileMakerDevCon 2016 over I’m struggling to write down what it was like. The city of Las Vegas (and the Cosmopolitan) was certainly a unique venue, with some electrifying people. And with an outside temperature of 45 Celsius, (or 113 Fahrenheit) it got hot quite fast.  As you can see from the photos it is also a place with nice views.

But now I’ve left Las Vegas, I keep on wondering how quiet everything is compared to Vegas. 

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At the #FileMakerDevCon the @troiplugins booth is open for business during the Welcome Reception.

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The keynote was great! And with the keynote over #FileMaker Inc. wishes us a fantastic week of #FileMakerDevCon

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The speakers of this year's #FileMakerDevCon are all here and ready for a great show!

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Our Troi sign is standing out there and is the first in the row. #FileMakerDevCon is almost starting!

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FileMaker DevCon 2016 is near

We are exhibiting at the #FileMakerDevCon 2016 from July 18-21 in #Las Vegas. We hope to see you at our booth!

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Troi Automatisering releases Troi Activator, Dialog and URL Plug-in for FileMaker Pro 14

Updated plug-ins add support for 64-bit architecture with FileMaker Pro 14

Alphen aan den Rijn, The Netherlands, May 12th, 2015--Troi Automatisering today announced the immediate availability of Troi Activator Plug-in 3.6, Troi Dialog Plug-in 6.1 and Troi URL Plug-in 4.1 for FileMaker Pro 14.

What is new in Troi Activator Plug-in 3.6?

Troi Activator Plug-in is a very powerful tool for triggering scripts across the network, even over the Internet. Version 3.6 fixes a bug that could make FileMaker Pro 14 crash when showing a flash dialog.

A fully functional demo version of Troi Activator Plug-in 3.6 is available for downloading at Troi's Web site at: http://www.troi.com/software/activatorplugin.html The upgrade to version 3.6 is free for all users of version 3.5.x. The 3.6 version works with the 3.5 version of the registration. Upgrade prices from older licenses can be found on our web site. You can order upgrades from our web site.

What is new in Troi Dialog Plug-in 6.1?

Troi Dialog Plug-in is a very powerful tool for displaying all sorts of dialogs in FileMaker Pro. The text of the dialog and of the buttons can be created dynamically by using a calculation. Version 6.1 is the first 64-bit compatible version of Troi Dialog Plug-in. New features include the possibility to return the text of the button that was clicked in the Dial_Dialog function.

A fully functional demo version of Troi Dialog Plug-in 6.1 is available for downloading at Troi's Web site at: http://www.troi.com/software/dialogplugin.html The upgrade to version 6.1 is free for all users of version 6.0. The 6.1 version works with the 6.0 version of the registration. Upgrade prices from older licenses can be found on our web site. You can order upgrades from our web site.

What is new in Troi URL Plug-in 4.1?

Troi URL Plug-in can help you fill in forms on the Internet, all from FileMaker Pro. It also retrieves data or images from web sites. Version 4.1 fixes a bug that could make FileMaker Pro 14 become unresponsive after calling the TURL_Get and TURL_Post functions.

A fully functional demo version of Troi URL Plug-in 4.1 is available for downloading at Troi's Web site at: http://www.troi.com/software/urlplugin.html The upgrade to version 4.1 is free for all users of version 4.0. The 4.1 version works with the 4.0 version of the registration. Upgrade prices from older licenses can be found on our web site. You can order upgrades from our web site.

Pricing & Availability

Details on pricing, developer licenses and multi-user discounts can be found on our web site. You can order licenses from our web site.

All three updated plug-ins work with FileMaker Pro 12, 13 and 14. The plug-ins can also be used with runtimes from FileMaker Pro Advanced 12, 13 and 14. The plug-ins are available for OS X 10.6.x or higher, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 8.1.

FileMaker Server requirements

Troi Activator Plug-in 3.6 and Troi URL Plug-in 4.1 also work with FileMaker Server 12, 13 and 14 as a server-side plug-in and as a plug-in used by the web publishing engine and WebDirect. To use this, you need to purchase a special cross-platform Server/Web license. We have prepared extensive information on how to install and use Troi Plug-ins server-side and web-side on this web page: http://www.troi.com/support/filemaker-server-side-plug-ins.html

About Troi Automatisering

Troi Automatisering develops professional iOS apps, is a 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/    

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Troi File Plug-in for FileMaker Pro 13 is available

 January 20th, 2015 We have created a new version of the Troi File Plug-in, which adds a new implementation for the Search function on Mac OS X. This implementation uses modern technology and results in a more accurate list of found files and folders on disk. Upgrading to version 7.6 is free for all users of version 7.5.x. To the Troi File Plug-in page.

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Troi Activator Plug-in 3.5.4 for FileMaker Pro 13 released.

Today we released Troi Activator Plug-in 3.5.4, our plug-in for triggering scripts remotely from an other computer. This release is a maintenance update, fixing a bug on Windows with the handling of daylight savings time and improving the code in a few places. We recommend all users download the 3.5.4 version. More info here: http://www.troi.com/software/activatorplugin.html

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FileMaker DevCon in Las Vegas

We updated the list of FileMaker Devcon venues to include the next one for 2015, in Las Vegas, which will be the 20th FileMaker Developer Conference:

http://www.troi.com/news/devconimpressions.html

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Just in time for the Developer Conference:

We fixed some bugs in the updated version of Troi Activator Plug-in 3.5.3 for FileMaker Pro 13 and FileMaker Server 13. More info here: http://www.troi.com/software/activatorplugin.html

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FileMaker Pro 13 has been released

Today FileMaker Inc. released a new version of FileMaker Pro:

FileMaker Pro 13 and FileMaker Pro Advanced 13. This is a great new released. We have been testing our plug-ins and most of our plug-ins are compatible with FileMaker Pro 13!

For more details see our FileMaker Pro 13 compatibility page:

http://www.troi.com/filemaker_13.html

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It's a dry heat!

FileMaker DevCon 2014 will be held in San Antonio, TX, from July 28-31. Thats less than a year! Hope to see you all there.