POLYTROPE
Smart Solutions

Polytrope, LLC, is an independent database and web applications development firm in Dallas, Texas, with clients throughout the United States, Canada and in Europe. We develop custom database applications for small businesses, law firms, and higher education. We also make and support CMAssistant, formerly known as EXTRA!, the leading circulation management solution for alternative newsweeklies and other bulk distribution publications. Polytrope LLC is an Associate-level member of the FileMaker Solutions Alliance and most of our development work is done in FileMaker Pro and other technologies from FileMaker, Inc. Polytrope's owner and principal is William Porter. William is a former university professor turned programmer. He is a FileMaker 8 Certified Developer. In addition to his consulting and development work, William writes for publications such as Macworld, MacTech, TidBits, FileMaker Advisor. And on weekends, he photographs weddings and other special events.

Polytrope closings coming up

We will be closed Monday, 5-26-2008, in honor of Memorial Day.

And Will Porter will be on vacation in Colorado the first week of June. He will be able to check email daily, but he will not be able to respond as quickly to support calls as usual. Time to make sure you've got a backup of your database files and that you now what to do if catastrophe occurs and you cannot reach Will for help. Be back in the office Monday, June 8.

CMAssistant 6 hits the streets

OK, it's not exactly like the release of Microsoft Vista, but CMAssistant 6 is now in use at our first installation and over the coming month or two we'll be pushing upgrades. If you're eager, write Polytrope Support for more info.

Polytrope phone service glitch ( May 5, 2008)

The glitch with our phone service in early May has been fixed and our incoming phone service is working again. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Please note that, even with our incoming phone service back up, email is still the best way to reach me. If you're writing support and have a problem, I'm grateful if you describe the problem; I may be able to email you a reply. But if you don't have time to write, at least give me your call-back number. I'll call you back a.s.a.p. [WP]

Goodbooks Develop is now on the loose!

Goodbooks is a suite of applications tailored to the needs of religious communities such as Catholic monasteries, convents and retreat houses. The Develop (fundraising) module is now in use at monasteries in Pennsylvania and California. Modules for retreat scheduling and gift shop inventory are coming soon, and possibly--for those who really like to keep things simple--a finance management module as well. Please write for more info.

CMAssistant 6 is coming to town....

...soon. Stay tuned.

Search polytrope.com using Google!

You can now search polytrope.com quickly and accurately by clicking on the "Search" link in the menu at the left, filling in your search term (for example, "upgrade") and clicking Search. This custom search engine is restricted to our web site but uses Google technology. We should warn you that you may find stuff here that is out of date. That is the downside of searching, or will be until we have time to review the entire site carefully and update everything.

This page last modified: May 22, 2008