Troi Serial Plugin Changelog


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  • - Troi Serial Plugin 3.2 - 27th March 2012
    • Tested and made compatible with FileMaker Pro 11.
    • Optimized the plug-in when running under Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard).
    • Added new switch to Serial_Version function: -UnregisterPlugin. This will remove the registration data. The plug-in will be in a unregistered state after this. See the “Temporary Register Serial Plug-in” script in the file RegiFunc.fp7 for an example use.
    • Fixed a missing script in the Terminal.fp7 example file.
    • Corrected the path of logs files in the document filemaker-server-side-plug-ins.htm.
    • Made small change to the bundle (on Mac OS X) and FileVersion resource (on Windows) so it now reflects the correct version number.
    • Updated incorrect text in All Serial Examples.fp7
  • + Troi Serial Plugin 3.1.1 - 22nd June 2009
    • (Windows) Fixed a bug in the Serial_Send function, where an error code of $$14007 could be returned.
    • Fixed a missing Perform script step in the SimpleSerial.fp7 example.
    • Fixed a button with a missing script step in the SimpleSerial.fp7 example.
  • + Troi Serial Plugin 3.1 - 10th March 2009
    • Made compatible with FileMaker Pro 10.
    • Fixed a syntax error in the MultiPorts.fp7 example file.
    • Added the plug-in’s version number to the description in FileMaker’s preference pane.
    • Added new Serial_VersionAutoUpdate function. The Serial_VersionAutoUpdate function is part of an emerging standard for FileMaker plug-ins of third party vendors of plug-ins. The version number is returned in the format aabbccdd where every letter represents a digit of the level, so versions can be easily compared.
    • Fixed a bug in the Serial_SetDispatchScript function, where it would not work when you specified a portname.
    • Fixed typo in the documentation of Serial_SetDispatchScript (extra ;).
    • Troi Serial plug-in is now compatible to run under FileMaker Server (server side)! The plug-in now creates log files when running under FileMaker Server to make troubleshooting installing easier and and provides feedback regarding errors and registration status. Also note that you might need a special Server/WebEngine license to use this plug-in on FileMaker Server. See our web site for details.
  • + Troi Serial Plugin 3.0.2 - 26th March 2007
    • (Windows) fixed a bug where opening COM ports with names COM5 or higher would result in an $$2 error.
    • Improved Barcode.fp7 example file.
    • Fixed a bug in the Serial_DataWasReceived function, where it would return $$-50.
  • + Troi Serial Plugin 3.0.1 - 16th October 2006
    • Significantly improved speed of triggering scripts when data comes in.
    • Fixed a bug when using the waitstring parameter in Serial_SetDispatchScript.
    • Improved triggering when a script is already running:.
    • If a script is already running: the plug-in will pause the current running script, run the trigger script and then automatically pick up the original script where it left off.
    • If a script is paused: the plug-in will pause the current running script, run the trigger script. When the trigger script is finished, the original script is still paused.
    • If you want different behaviour: add a Halt or Pause/Resume step in your trigger script.
    • Added “-ResumeWhenScriptPaused” switch to Serial_Open function: this changes the behaviour of the trigger script: if another script is already running and is paused, the paused script will now resume after the trigger script is finished.
    • Added final version of user guide.
    • Improved All Serial Examples.fp7, so that for for Debug.fp7 the correct script “Open File” is called.
    • Improved several example files and removed remaining old style function calls.
    • Changed incorrect function name Serial_AsciiValueToTxt in documentation. It is now correctly referred as Serial_AsciiValueToText. (Note the extra e in Text at the end).
  • + Troi Serial Plugin 3.0b1 Beta - 3rd October 2006
    • Made compatible FileMaker Pro 8.5.
    • (Mac OS X) Converted to Universal plug-in which runs natively on PowerPC and Intel Macs.
    • Added new Serial_TextToAsciiValue function, which converts a text to the ASCII values.
    • (Windows) The Serial_GetPortNames function now detects all existing serial ports, instead of always returning with COM1…COM4.
  • + Troi Serial Plugin 2.6 - 3rd October 2006
    • Prepared for new version of registration.
  • + Troi Serial Plugin 2.5.0.1 - 13th March 2003
    • Improved the Terminal.fp5 example file.
  • + Troi Serial Plugin 2.5 - 8th July 2002
    • Added a Serial-Debug function, which helps you to troubleshoot setting up a serial port. It can beep when data arrives and test the triggering of the dispatch script.
    • Added a Serial-SetSetting function. With this function you can specify a different way to trigger scripts, where Active X is not available.
    • Added a switch -GetLastMatch in Serial-Receive, which will return the last matchstring received.
    • Added a Serial-Reinitialize function, which you can use when new or different serial ports are added dynamically, for example if you plug-in a USB-To-Serial adapter.
    • Added functions to change the separator between parameters. This is useful for Japanese systems, where portnames contain the pipe characters.
    • Fixed a bug on Mac OS, where flow control would not be set properly. This happened with the switch flowControl=DtrDsr, flowControl=DtrDsr=RtsCts and the advanced versions of these.
    • Fixed a bug where not all data would be returned when multiple matchstrings where received.
    • Updated the user guide and added Barcode and other examples.
  • + Troi Serial Plugin 2.2 - 30th October 2001
    • Tested with FileMaker 5.5 and ported to Mac OS X. The Mac version of the plug-in is now a so called ‘Super Fat’ plug-in that will run on Mac OS 8, 9 and Mac OS X. On Mac OS X the file “Troi Serial X extension” is required in the FileMaker Extensions folder.
    • Added possibility to trigger different scripts for each port.
    • Added extra example files.
  • + Troi Serial Plugin 2.0 - 13th October 1999
    • Made compatible with FileMaker Pro 5.0.
    • Added Active X support for Script Triggering.
    • Added Apple event support for Script Triggering.
    • Added Control function, which can Temporary suspend the data stream. (Ideal for continuous devices).
    • Added Wait for string function, which can wait for a specific character before triggering.
  • + Troi Serial Plugin 1.0 - 23rd February 1999
    • Added Serial-ToASCII function, which takes one or more numbers and converts them to their ASCII characters.
    • Fixed a bug on Mac OS machines, which caused parameters to parse incorrectly. For example with the Serial-open command, settings parameters like “-baud=1200” would not to be interpreted right, causing to default it to 9600 baud.