SmartPill PHP Edition(TM) Release Candidate Now Available

[Micah Woods]

Kalamazoo, MI, January 9, 2007

Scodigo, Inc. is pleased to announce the availability of a release candidate version of our SmartPill PHP Edition plug-in for FileMaker. The public beta was announced back in August, just prior to DevCon, and we've spent the last 5 months testing, fine-tuning and extending SmartPill's functions. We'd like to thank the 1,500+ people that took time to download the beta version and special thanks to those that shared their experience, reported issues and suggested improvements.

New version with extended beta license available here: http://www.scodigo.com

What's New?

- PHP FileMaker extension (see below for more info)

- The latest version of PHP (5.2) is now included

- The ZIP extension is now included (zip and unzip files)

- The IMAP extension is now included (receive email)

- The PHP Support folder is now optional

- PHP_RunScript function has been renamed to PHP_Execute (less confusing)

- FileMaker style function syntax is now used (less confusing)

- PPC and Intel specific versions (for compatibility with FileMaker's AutoUpdate plug-in)

- New example file

- User manual

- Extended license, good until 1/31 (the beta license expired on 12/31)

About The New PHP FileMaker Extension

We've written a PHP extension that provides 2 very useful PHP functions. The first is fm_evaluate, which allows you to perform any FileMaker calculation from within your PHP code. This means that you can now get the contents of fields, use design functions, custom functions or other powerful functions like GetNthRecord, all from within your PHP code. The second function is fm_perform_script, which allows you to trigger scripts from your PHP code and even allows you to send a script parameter. With these 2 functions, you now have the combined power of PHP and the FileMaker calc engine plus the ability to trigger scripts.

What Is SmartPill PHP Edition?

SmartPill does one simple thing, it allows you to run PHP code and return the results back to FileMaker. Putting the power of PHP inside FileMaker opens a whole new world of possibilities. Visit PHP's website to view a complete list of functions: http://www.php.net/manual/en/funcref.php.

About This Version

This is a release candidate version, which means that it is very close to the final release. There may be minor bug fixes but all functions and error codes are final. This version is still not approved for use in production.

Release Date

Our planned date for commercial release is January 31, 2007.

Pricing

Pricing will be available when the plug-in is released.

Contact

Micah Woods

Scodigo, Inc.

2602 Carlyle Dr.

Kalamazoo, MI 49008

Phone: (269) 349-1175

Email: [email protected]

Web: http://www.scodigo.com

Edited January 10, 2007 by Guest