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FileFire improved and compatible with macOS Catalina

Dacons • October 19, 2019

FileFire 2.0.22 update released

Dacons announces the release of the FileMaker® plug-in FileFire 2.0.22.

This version of FileFire has the following improvements:


  • Improved: The plug-in has been notarised technically by Apple for the use with macOS 10.15 (Catalina).
  • Improved: FFire_GetFolderItems added two additional parameters for sorting the returned list of objects.
  • Improved: Removed case sensitivity of parameters in some functions. For better compatibility with the previous version of FileFire.
  • Fixed: FFire_GetFolderItems filters did not work correctly. This has been fixed.
  • Fixed: FFire_WriteTextFile did not display line breaks when viewing a file in Notepad application on MS Windows. This has been fixed.
  • Fixed: FFire_GetFindResult does not analyze the search parameters correctly when using operators "≠", "≥", "≤". This has been fixed.


This update is free for all owners of FileFire 2 licenses.

Download FileFire 2.0.22 here:
https://www.dacons.net/downloads

The FileFire features include:

- Supports FileMaker up until version 18 including 32- and 64 bit.

- Define drop zones to define drop targets in your FileMaker solutions. Drop zones can be bound to a window/layout. You can also define multiple drop zones per layout. Responsive design drop zones are possible on macOS.

- ZipList: Archive a list of files.

- Get meta data of files such as header data of pictures.

- Create thumbnails of files such as pictures to be shown in FileMaker.

- ExecuteShell: Execute shell commands to accomplish advanced operating system tasks from within FileMaker.

Discover the new FileFire here . https://www.dacons.net/f ilefire

Instant use of the new FileFire 2 in FileMaker solutions
FileFire 2 comes with a set of open source starter solutions. Also the technical upgrade from previous versions to FileFire 2 is easy. Developer only need to touch scripts if they plan to use the new features. All existing functions work as before.

How to buy:
Licenses for FileFire 2 are available as single, network, server and developer licenses.
FileFire licenses can be bought h ere: https://www.dacons.net/pricing-and-purchase

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