We have released the latest version of our plugin, ScriptMaster 4!

We have been working extremely hard to incorporate all of the suggestions, ideas, and feedback from the thousands of people using ScriptMaster 3, and we think that you will be happy with the result.

Improvements to the new ScriptMaster 4:

• Version 4 delivers major speed and stability improvements: Some ScriptMaster modules, like the choose file dialog and the color picker, display a visible GUI to the user. For other, non-GUI functions (which is the majority of them), we have optimized the threading model to run much faster. For example, the UUID module now generates about 3,300 UUIDs per second in version 4, where version 3 topped out at about 300 UUIDs per second. Compiling and registering modules should also be faster now.

• Version 4 includes the latest Groovy version, 1.7.1. For those of you writing your own ScriptMaster modules in Groovy, this will let you use the latest and greatest third party libraries.

New modules in ScriptMaster 4:

• iPhone push notifications (thanks Todd Geist)
• Path parsing, for easily grabbing sections of an XML document
• Move / rename files (thanks Jack James)
• Recursively get the size of a folder
• Find all image URLs in HTML for screen scraping

Version 4 is much more stable in our testing. Some people reported problems with hanging and freezing in version 3. As far as we can tell, these issues have been resolved.

There are also numerous minor issues which have been addressed, please see the release notes in the download for more details.

Get more power and generate plugins with ScriptMaster 4 Advanced

ScriptMaster 4 is a free product, and we foresee all future releases continuing to be freely distributable. Another option, starting with Version 4, is ScriptMaster Advanced. This is priced at $95 per developer per year, and is also included as part of the 360Works Portfolio License bundle. It includes the following features that are not included in the free version:

• The Advanced Edition will allow you to easily generate your own branded plugins. This greatly simplifies the process of deploying your favorite ScriptMaster modules with your solutions. Just check which modules you want and click the 'Make Plugin' button, and you've got a plugin with all of your favorite modules pre-compiled into it! You can distribute this self-contained plugin royalty-free with all of your custom solutions; there is no charge regardless of how many customers / users you distribute it to.

• The Advanced Edition allows direct access to the FileMaker clipboard, allowing you to read clipboard contents at runtime. You can even modify the clipboard items and then push the modified versions back onto the clipboard!

• The Advanced Edition allows direct access to the FileMaker SQL engine, which allows you to execute SQL commands directly from any script.

Again, thank you for using ScriptMaster. You can download the new ScriptMaster 4 or purchase ScriptMaster 4 Advanced from our website using the link below.

--The 360Works Staff
http://www.360works.com
(770) 234-9293

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SuperContainer Certificate Updated

We have released a maintenance update of SuperContainer (version 2.748). This release updates the SuperContainer applet certificate which expired prior to this version release. Please update SuperContainer to prevent the warning regarding an expired certificate.

Download SuperContainer version 2.748 at www.360works.com/supercontainer/

(SuperContainer applet is code signed with a SSL certificate -- this is a requirement for applets that need to interact with the local file system.)

—The 360Works Staff

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www.360works.com
866-662-9185

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Version 2.746

• Handles Japanese characters better in uploaded filenames
• Fixed bug where the 'checkForFile' flag in the SCDownload function was being ignored. This works correctly now, and will prompt the user before overwriting an existing file on their local computer.
• Fixed resolution, width, and zoom parameters so that they now work correctly for both bitmap and PDF files.
• Vector PDFs can be zoomed to any size with any resolution and retain high quality.
• Now sets the DPI metadata in thumbnails with a requested resolution parameter
• Fixed alignment issues on windows, and when printing
• Noapplet style now defaults to center-aligned (like the applet)

Version 3.34

• Fixed issues with re-entrant calls to ScriptMaster modules
• Fixed issue with Preferenses dialog
• Added an 'isDestResidential' true or false flag to FedEx shipping module

Version 2.744

• Fixed an issue with re-entrant calls to the plugin.
• Fixed an issue with the first page prievew for PDF documents.

Version 2.743

• Standalone version now automatically quits in 15 seconds if the user does not make a selection in the quit dialog.

This will fix issues with SuperContainer in standalone mode preventing automated server restarts.

• Fixed an issue with RawData URLs loading the preview instead of the original file, if a preview was generated
• Fixed "style=nolink" behavior
• SCGetContainer function is now more memory efficient
• Fixed "style=center" behavior in Preview mode

SafetyNet 1.1 has been released, with support added for SMTP authentication when sending out e-mail notifications.

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This release addresses the ‘java.lang.RuntimeException: The licence has expired. Expiry date: 15 Mar 2010’ error an issue with FTPeek v1.52

Download the new version from http://www.360works.com/ftp-plugin/

360Works has released an update for ScriptMaster. This update fixes an issue in OSX 10.5.8 when using the “Save a Copy as” function when saving over other database files which already exist, as well as with other system popups. This update is recommended for all 10.5.8 users.

Download the new update from http://360works.com/scriptmaster/

• Fixed a bug that prevented the values of additional parameters whose names are all lowercase from reaching the gateway
• Passwords are no longer supported by Authorize.Net, so you must use the API transaction key instead

This is a short interview between Jason Mundok and Jesse Barnum, discussing some of the highlights of FileMaker DevCon 2009: http://bit.ly/b1QWQ

At the 2009 FileMaker Developer Conference, I was surprised and honored to receive the FileMaker Excellence Award for Outstanding Contribution to the FileMaker Community.

Thank you to all of my friends in the FileMaker community! This really means a lot to me, and it has been exciting to meet everybody at the developer group meetings. DevCon 2009 rocked (I wish I could say that I rocked too, but those of you who saw me 'sing' at the Jam Session know otherwise), and I'll see you next year at DevCon 2010.

--Jesse Barnum, President, 360Works

360Works SafetyNet has been released!

SafetyNet makes it easy to set up remote backup routines for FileMaker Server administrators. Files are stored on Amazon’s “cloud-based” online file storage service, which runs on the same reliable and fast infrastructure that Amazon uses to run its own global network of web sites.

Once installed as a plugin on a FileMaker Server, SafetyNet watches for changes to the scheduled backup sets. When new files are detected, SafetyNet automatically compresses and transfers the latest backups to Amazon’s secure off-site digital storage facilities using SSL encryption. As with any effective, reliable backup solutions, SafetyNet requires no user intervention after the initial setup. It works automatically to guarantee that the latest versions of users’ files are safely stored on a remote server, and will e-mail the administrator in the event of a backup failure (and optionally, on backup success).

Download SafetyNet right now at http://360works.com/filemaker-offsite-backup/

We have released a maintenance update of SuperContainer (version 2.56). This release updates the SuperContainer applet certificate which expired prior to this version release. Please update SuperContainer to prevent the warning regarding an expired certificate.

Download SuperContainer version 2.56 at http://www.360works.com/supercontainer/

(SuperContainer applet is code signed with a SSL certificate, this is a requirement for applets that need to interact with the local file system.)

DevCon reminder - we're hoping to see you at DevCon 2009 in San Francisco. There's still one more week to get the early registration pricing (discount ends June 26th). If you've been before, you know how much fun and information gets packed into 3 and a half days. If you haven't then this is pretty much the one must-attend event of the year for any professional FileMaker developer.

I'll be doing two official sessions: "Backup strategies for FileMaker Server" on Friday at 1:30 and "XML Web Services with FileMaker Pro" on Saturday at 9 am.

I'll also be doing participating in two discussion panels: "Using FileMaker in the Enterprise", and "Doing Business in the FileMaker Market." The second one is going to be a discussion panel with Kirk Bowman, Molly Connolly, Matt Navarre, and Jonathan Stark.

Last but not least, just to ensure that we'll get no sleep for those 3 days, we'll be exhibiting our 360Works products in the exhibitor showcase area - so this is definitely going to be a busy DevCon for us.

See you in San Francisco!

--Jesse Barnum, President, 360Works

What's new in ScriptMaster 3?

ScriptMaster 3 no longer requires you to manually install a plugin! Using 360Works' Auto Update server, the plugin will be automatically installed upon launch, making it even easier to integrate ScriptMaster and its modules into your own solution.

Version 3 includes the following new modules:

• QuickTime Frame Capture - Capture a snapshot from an iSight camera or any other QuickTime-compatible video input
• Create AES Secret Key - Generates a secure key that can be used with the next 2 functions
• EncryptAES / DecryptAES - Uses the Rijndael AES encryption algorithm to encrypt data adhering to US Government standards to protect classified information
• Crop Image - Crops an image to specified coordinates
• Popup Menu - Takes a return-separated list of menu choices; returns the user's choice as the function result
• Zip File - Creates a .zip archive of a file or directory
• URLDecode - Compliments FileMaker's built-in GetAsURLEncoded function
• List All Files Recursively - Lists all files in a directory, including subdirectories
• Get File Size - Gets the size, in bytes, of a file on disk
• Get File Modification Date - Gets the date that a file was modified
• Better Random - Handles issues with FileMaker's built-in random number generator
• Validate XML - Performs a syntax check on an XML text to see whether it is well-formed

We've focused on making ScriptMaster 3 easier to use than previous version. The new version includes re-written documentation and a video tutorial which makes it faster than ever for developers to get started with ScriptMaster and enhance their FileMaker functionality. We have also completely redesigned the user interface with help from Matt Petrowsky for a cleaner look and better navigation.

Find out more and watch scriptmaster demo videos at http://360works.com/scriptmaster/

Version 2.27 (2/13/2009)

We’ve changed the default behavior a bit, and now hide the "delete" button by default - use the style=showdelete if you want the old behavior back. If you don’t specify a showdelete or nodelete style, the default behavior is to hide the Delete button, but still allow deletion using the right-click contextual menu in the applet. This is more like the default behavior of containers in FileMaker, and looks a lot cleaner.

This version also adds a fix for Tomcat not being able to generate thumbnails on some machines. This only affected tomcat deployments, not standalone versions.

The 360Works Patterns plugin has been updated to version 1.6, this release includes multiline regular expression support, which means you can use the ^ and $ operators in your regular expression patterns.

So for example, to filter a return-separated list to only contain values containing numeric data, use the following:

regexMatchAll(text ; “^.*[0-9].*$”);

If the value of text is

one
two
thr3e
three
four
f1ve
s1x
se7en
seven
eight
nine
ten

The result would be

thr3e
f1ve
s1x
se7en

Sure is a lot simpler than a filemaker looping script or recursive function! Find out more at http://360works.com/regular-expressions-plugin/

We're pleased to announce a pre-release version of 360Works Messenger, exclusively for Portfolio License holders.

360Works Messenger is an instant messaging plugin that supports AOL IM, ICQ, and SMS text messages. The plugin enables FileMaker to send notifications to and from multiple IM accounts.

There are three ways you can deploy the plugin:

• With FileMaker Pro - 360Works Messenger can be used from any script which needs to send notifications about events. To help you get started, Messenger even comes with a functional IM notification system built in FileMaker Pro, resembling a traditional IM client.

• With FileMaker Server - use in scheduled scripts, which allows for monitoring and notification at regular intervals. This is great for instantly notifying users of events and updates in the database.

• With Web Publishing Engine - imagine receiving instant message notifications when your client updates status information on your IWP/CWP website.

To access this and other preview and unreleased software, go to http://wo.360works.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/360Store.woa/ and enter your Portfolio registration key. Once 360Works Messenger is released, it will be included in the Portfolio License and available for sale to everybody.

SuperContainer 2.25 adds an improved client-side caching algorithm which improves the performance of the SuperContainer applet. In addition, we’ve improved the “save” dialog in the applet view, making it easier to navigate to a directory to save files.

This release also includes a fix for auto-opening downloaded directories on windows, previously this would display an error on some windows systems.

Get SuperContainer at http://www.360works.com/supercontainer/

Version 2.07 of ScriptMaster adds a new function, getAsContainer, which allows you to return any InputStream from Groovy/Java as container data to FileMaker.

The example that comes with the development file shows how you could concatenate multiple files into a single container field result, using a SequenceInputStream.

You could also use this, for example, to have more control over URL connections - for example, setting custom authentication settings or cookies, and then returning the InputStream from the URLConnection.

Donwload the latest version at http://www.360works.com/scriptmaster

All 360Works plugins have been updated to be compatible with the new 10 release. Plugins can be used on the client, server, and web publishing engine/instant web publishing.

List of updated products:

AdminAnywhere version 1.2 was released today. This version addresses compatibility issues with FileMaker Server 10.

AdminAnywhere takes your FileMaker Server mobile, and lets you accomplish critical administrative tasks from anywhere there is an internet connection, including your iPhone, Blackberry, or Palm Treo. Get more information at http://www.360works.com/adminanywhere/

There was a build error in 2.05a that prevented ScriptMaster from working in Tiger. 2.05b fixes this, and is now working in both Tiger and Leopard.

We're pleased to introduce our new 360Works Portfolio License - a way to get all our products at a great price.

The 360Works Portfolio License provides you with:

• More than 70% discount on all our products
• New releases and paid upgrades at no extra charge
• Early access to unreleased products
• Discount on custom development
• Single license key convenience
  

How does it work?

For $1,995, the 360Works Portfolio License entitles you to Enterprise versions all our current products, including the popular SuperContainer. The Enterprise License allows unlimited use within a single organization regardless of the number of users and locations, and includes deployment on FileMaker Server and through Web Publishing.

As an active 360Works Portfolio License holder, you will receive a Enterprise versions of new products and paid upgrades released up to a year after your Portfolio License purchase. Simply renew your License for an annual cost of $995 to keep receiving new and upgraded products after the first year. The products you receive during your Portfolio License subscription are yours to keep, regardless of whether you choose to renew your License.

Credit for previous purchases

You can apply up to $1,600 of past product purchases towards a 360Works Portfolio License, simply by entering existing registration keys on the online checkout page. If you already own more than one of our products, you can pick up the rest for next to nothing!

Early access

The 360Works Portfolio License allows you a sneak peak at our unreleased and upcoming products. When the product officially ships, you will of course receive it as well.

Save on custom development

As a 360Works Portfolio License holder, you can save an additional 20% off custom plugin development, whether it's adding specific functionality to an existing product or creating a unique solution just for you. Even if you don't use this directly, you'll benefit indirectly by receiving these enhancements for free as part of your Portfolio license.

Greater convenience

A single Portfolio License key will activate and register all products included in the Portfolio License, including future releases and upgrades.

How much does a Portfolio License save you?

The 360Works Portfolio License saves a full $5,394 over the purchase of all our current products separately. In fact, a Portfolio License costs less than just three of our most popular products - SuperContainer, Textractor, and Plastic. The cost savings is just one of the many benefits of the Portfolio License, which also include:

• Single license key convenience
  
• Discount on custom development
• Early access to unreleased products
• New releases and paid upgrades at no extra charge

Learn more

You can find out more about the 360Works Portfolio License at www.360works.com/portfolio/ and explore our products at www.360works.com/products/. Feel free to call us with any questions at 866-662-9185.

Due to a change in Java 1.6 update 10, following plugins were updated:

• SuperContainer companion plugin
• Scriptmaster
• Textractor
• Charts
• Patterns
• Email
• Difference Engine
• JDBC
• WebAssistant
• RemoteScripter

This update fixes an issue which may prevent display of applets in the FileMaker webviewer. This issues should only effect Java 1.6 users. Users of the plugins listed above are encouraged to get the latest version of the plugins by visiting 360Works Products

Big thanks to Matt Petrowsky at http://filemakermagazine.com for his video article on using the 360Works ScriptMaster plugin with iText to combine PDF files. Check it out - it's the September 29th, 2008 article.

360Works President Jesse Barnum discussing new products SuperContainer 2.0 and ScriptMaster 2.0 with Dan Weiss of Adatasol at the FileMaker Developer Conference in Phoenix, AZ. Listen in iTunes.

360Works is proud to announce the immediate availability of ScriptMaster 2.0. This free general-purpose plugin now includes the following features:

• Speed - orders of magnitude faster than previous version
• No installation required - ScriptMaster.fp7 database uses the auto-update feature of FileMaker Server to download the plugin from your FileMaker Server to each user's desktop
• Easy SOAP access - now includes Java SOAP Web Service libraries and examples
• Java code editing support - syntax error highlighting, better error reporting, Java and Groovy documentation, and more
• New modules - formatted dialogs, Base 64 encoding/decoding, gradient generation, and more

360Works is proud to announce the immediate availability of SuperContainer 2.0. This release contains a number of exciting new features, including:

• Drag and drop for uploads and downloads
• Progress bars on upload
• Upload and download entire folders
• Support for OS X bundles like Pages document
• Integration with PHP API
• A new installer package makes deployment even easier

Looks like there was a bug in our RSS feed which resulted in duplicate news items. This is now fixed.

If you want to hear about the most up-to-date info about our products, you should subscribe to the RSS feed. There are often minor upgrades and fixes to products which don’t warrant an email announcement, but we will post them on the site news page.

New features in 360Works Charts!

• Regression line support for time series
• Additional parameters for customizing the displays of charts
  • legend: hide/show the legend at the bottom of the chart
  • hideLabels: hide the labels in pie charts
• Improvements to the demo file

New in this version of SuperContainer, the SCGetInfo plugin function accepts an optional second parameter which allows you to specify additional metadata about a file stored in SuperContainer.

Specify “MD5” as the second parameter, and the SCGetInfo function will return the MD5 hash of the file on the server. This serves as a unique signature of the file, and can be used to track duplicate file uploads, or verify the integrity of files. Read all about MD5 on Wikipedia.

360Works is pleased to announce a new version of its 360Works SuperContainer!

New in this version:

Version 1.851 (2/14/2008)

• Fixed a problem with OS X Core Image processing on very large EPS files

360Works is pleased to announce a new version of its 360Works SuperContainer!

New in this version:

Version 1.85 (2/6/2008)

• Server: Better cross-platform support for displaying correctly sized images when SuperContainer cannot create a thumbnail.
• Plugin: Improvements to speed and stability when downloading files from SuperContainer to the local machine via the plugin.
• Plugin: Downloading PDF files from a server which is using OS X Core Imaging displays an image if max width or height is specified (this means you can now view PDF thumbnails in portals).

Version 1.841 (2/6/2008)

• Changes to Mac-only image resizer with OS X Core Imaging - continues to use this, even if one image does not work

Version 1.84 (2/5/2008)

• Fixes to how file paths are converted between the FileMaker path format (includes volume name) and OS X format (does not include volume name)
• Fix bug when uploading large number of files with SCSetContainer - previously froze up after about 300 uploads.

Version 1.83 (2/4/2008)

• Better handling of gigantic file sizes; now returns original unresized file to browser without running out of memory

Version 1.82 (1/29/2008)

• Now embeds a max-width css attribute into the img tag, even if it cannot resize the image. This means that it will display correctly in your browser / web viewer, although you are downloading the full size image and then it is being shrunk down in the browser.
• Fixed a problem where SCGetContainer plugin function could return this error: "Can't start the AWT because Java was started on the first thread"
• Fixed some memory leaks in the companion plugin; could cause excessive memory useage when used thousands of times.
• Better error reporting

You can download the latest release files from http://www.360works.com/supercontainer/

360Works is pleased to announce a new version of its 360Works SuperContainer!

New in this version:

• Fixed image resizing for large images on some platforms (image exceeds threshold size...)

You can download the latest release files from http://www.360works.com/supercontainer/

This is a 2.5 hour video of Jesse Barnum of 360Works discussing SuperContainer as a guest of the North Carolina FileMaker Developer and User Group last week.

http://www.pointinspace.com/ncfmpdug/

Thanks again to Jesse for making the trip and presenting for everyone. Thanks also to John May of Point In Space Internet Solutions for shooting the video, hosting and setting up the stream.

Sincerely,

Chris Kubica President, Founder

Application Architects, LLC

Jesse Barnum posted a code example showing how to use the ScriptMaster plugin to display a popup menu that appears wherever the user’s mouse is. The user can pick an item from this list and return the result to FileMaker. The code example can be viewed at the ScriptMaster discussion forum.

360Works is pleased to announce a new version of its 360Works AdminAnywhere!

New in version 1.041:

• Better date formatting of international dates
• Better handling of Unicode characters, curly quotes, and international characters. Added a charset encoding tag to all pages.
• Windows: Now works when booting off of a drive than C: drive
• Fixed a bug where the application became unresponsive after several days of inactivity

You can download the latest release files here from http://www.360works.com/adminanywhere/

If you have any issues, concerns, or feedback, please respond directly to this email, we'd love to hear them.

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