FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Troi Automatisering releases Troi Text Plug-in 2.0b1 for FileMaker 5

New Plug-in lets you parse out incoming XML data in FileMaker Pro.

Alphen aan den Rijn, The Netherlands, December 27th, 2000--For all people
still reading email just before new year, Troi Automatisering today
announced the availability of its Troi Text Plug-in 2.0b1, for FileMaker
Pro 5 (and 4) both on Mac OS and Windows.

What is the Troi Text Plug-in?

The Troi Text Plug-in is a very powerful tool for dealing efficiently with
text in your FileMaker Pro database. It adds the following functions to
FileMaker Pro:

- Combine sets from 2 text fields:
* get all lines that are the same
* get all lines that differ
* and other combinations
- Get (unique) lines and sort words and lines
- Make a text sum from a related file that even updates without a script.
- Parse XML Text into fields
- and more...

Peter Baanen, company president, states: "XML is becoming an increasingly
popular tool for sharing information over the Internet. It's a great way to
standardize your incoming information from different sources. With the new
XML parsing function in this release of Troi Text plug-in, we make it
possible to efficiently take the info you need from the incoming XML data
files into your FileMaker Pro database".

"All I can say is WOW! WOW! WOW!!! THIS IS *FABULOUS*!", said Beverly Voth,
XML geek, Developer and DIGFM Web Ma'am, about the new XML function.

New Features

The Troi Text Plug-in 2.0b1 adds these new functions and features:

* New "XML" function.
With this function you can import information from XML data files and parse
it into your FileMaker Pro database. It will allow you to get the specified
node out of an XML formatted field. It will deal with nested nodes,
returning all child nodes or just the child node you specify. You can also
retrieve the attributes of nodes.

* New "NOTText" function.
Now you can also retrieve lines that are in one text field only.

* New SortLinesEx function
which can also sort in reverse alphabetical order.

*Improved "Version" function to retrieve the version number of the plug-in.
This allows you to check which version is running, so you'll know if
certain functionality is available.

* Show the Flash Dialog from a script.
This makes checking the registration state for endusers easier.

* New and updated Example databases
12 FileMaker files illustrate the use of each of the functions.

Together with the existing functions the possibilities are virtually
limitless. We invite you to test drive the new functions and see what you
can do with it!

Suggested Uses

* Present portal information horizontally
* Create an index for a book, which is updated automatically
* Find all addresses you want to send an email to, without sending duplicates
* Keep track of your client relations by generating a dynamic history
of activities
* Receive client information in XML format and parse it easily into
your database

Pricing & Availability

A fully functional version of Troi Text Plug-in 2.0b1 is available for
downloading at Troi's Web site at:
(http://www.troi.com/software/textplugin.html).

The Troi Text Plug-in 2.0b1 works with FileMaker Pro 4 and 5. The plug-in
is available for Mac OS and Windows95/98 and NT/2000, and costs US$ 29 per
user. Product updates from older versions are available from US$ 12 per
user. Details on developer licenses and multi-user discounts can be found
on our web site. You can order licenses via our web site.

XML formatted information

All information for this plug-in formatted in XML can be found here:
(http://www.troi.com/info/xsd/textplugin.xml).

If you list our software you can use this XML data to automatically update
information of this product. For more information on this and XSD
(extendable Software Description Language) look here:
(http://www.troi.com/info/xsd/).

End of year contest: win a free developer license for Troi Text plug-in

You may have noticed that we did not have enough inspiration to come up
with a nice new logo for this plug-in. But you may help us! Send us a
better logo for Troi Text Plug-in and if your design is chosen you win a
free Developer License!
Your logo should be 224 pixels wide by 158 pixels high and be in PICT
format. All entries will be judged by Troi Automatisering, who will choose
the winner. The winner agrees to his design being used as the logo of Troi
Text plug-in, and to Troi Automatisering obtaining all rights to it. Troi
Automatisering reserves the right to decide there is no winner to this
contest, if none of the entries lives up to our high expectations (grin/).

Send your entries by email to contest@troi.com before 30 January 2001. The
winner of the contest will be informed by email.

About Troi Automatisering

Troi Automatisering is leading developer of cross platform FileMaker
Pro plug-ins, databases and utilities. For more information, visit
our web site at:
(http://www.troi.com/).

Contact information

Diana Budding, diana@troi.com
Troi Automatisering
Vuurlaan 18
2408 NB Alphen aan den Rijn, The Netherlands
Telephone: +31-172-426606,
Fax: +31-172-470539
Newsroom: (http://www.troi.com/news/)