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4D Developer Automatic Activation

October 16, 2025

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Isn’t it tedious to manually enter license numbers every time you install your softwares on a new machine?
With 4D 21, that’s no longer necessary, 4D now does it for you automatically. Let’s see how.

As of version 21, 4D can be automatically activated with the development license included in your Partner Program.
To enable this, simply sign in through the Welcome Wizard when launching 4D.

If a development license is available for your current platform in your Partner Program account, 4D will automatically offer to activate it.
Yes, it’s really that simple!

And don’t worry, if your 4D account setup doesn’t allow automatic activation or you have additional licenses to activate, the license activation dialog remains fully functional and efficient.

There’s another benefit to signing in to the 4D application:
When using the license management dialog to activate a new license via “Instant activation”, you no longer need to re-enter your login credentials for each license number. That’s even more time saved!

These features are demonstrated in the short video below:

We hope this new functionality makes your life easier!

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- Product Owner - Damien Fuzeau joined the 4D Product team in February 2019. As a Product Owner, he is responsible for writing user stories and translating them into functional specifications. His role also involves ensuring that the delivered feature implementations meet customer needs. Damien holds a degree in Software Engineering from the University of Nantes. He spent over 23 years at his previous company, first as a developer (discovering 4D in 1997), and later as Engineering Manager and Software Architect. The company was an OEM partner of 4D and deployed enterprise software based on 4D for thousands of users across hundreds of servers. Damien is therefore well-versed in 4D development and deployment in multilingual environments.
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