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ORDA – From Beginner to Expert

ORDA, which stands for Object Relational Data Access, is a method of accessing data that combines the advantages of object-oriented programming with those of relational databases, allowing developers to focus on solving business problems rather than managing data access.

Whether you are new to ORDA or already familiar with it and want to expand your knowledge, consider this blog post a road map to guide you through the learning process.

This blog post includes the following:

Without further ado, let’s get down to business!

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Add Komoncharoensiri

Tips & Tricks for your 4D Apps – February 2023 Edition

by Add Komoncharoensiri, Director of Technical Services at 4D Inc

 

Here we go with another set of tips and tricks.

The 4D Knowledge Base is a library of information about 4D technology where weekly tech tips and monthly tech notes are actively published. If you missed the last tips on the KB, that’s fine; here is a compilation from the past few weeks.

This blog post covers 20 tips:

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Tips & Tricks for your 4D Apps – January 2023 Edition

by Add Komoncharoensiri, Director of Technical Services at 4D Inc

 

Here we go with another set of tips and tricks.

The 4D Knowledge Base is a library of information about 4D technology where weekly tech tips and monthly tech notes are actively published. If you missed the last tips on the KB, that’s fine; here is a compilation from the past few weeks.

This blog post covers 25 tips:

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Roland Lannuzel

4D Write Pro : Say Welcome to Floating Text Boxes!

4D Write Pro is an essential product for creating business documents. That’s why with every feature release, we give you more features to nail your work, and this time, 4D v19 R8 is bringing floating text boxes to 4D Write Pro.

So if you are required to use text boxes, let’s say, to create company letters in compliance with the company identity, you are free to get started right away.

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Fabrice Mainguené

Microsoft 365: Receive Emails with the Microsoft Graph API

To access the data in Microsoft 365 like emails, Microsoft is deprecating Basic authentication for IMAP and POP3 and is increasingly promoting the Graph API.

4D v19 R3 brought the 4D Netkit component to manage the OAuth 2.0 connection and the mail sending through the Graph API.

In the v19 R8, we add new commands to receive emails and list your mailbox folders.

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4D v19 R8 Beta Starts Today

And here comes the last feature release of 4D v19!

What could be a better way to kick off the year than getting your hands on a potent set of features this release has to offer 😊

Let’s discover what 4D v19 R8 Beta has in store for you:

 

 

 

  • Protect your data from unauthorized users with a robust and fully customizable system by deciding who is accessing the data and which data is accessed.
  • Design gorgeous interfaces with the automatic row height feature that is expanded to list boxes based on collections and entity selections.
  • Build your own chain or integrate 4D into a continuous integration tool thanks to the new Build4D component.
  • Handle errors more effectively with a global error handler — no more error dialog displayed on the server and no more uncaught errors.
  • Receive, copy, move, reply and delete emails with the added commands to the 4D Netkit component.
  • Create more compliant documents with 4D Write Pro floating text boxes.
  • Customize your 4D View Pro tables with over 60 predefined themes, or create one from scratch to suit your needs.
  • And much more awaits you with a feature release that goes all out!

Download 4D v19 R8 now (Exclusive to 4D Partners)

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4D v19 R7 is Here

4D v19 R7 is OUT with features you’ll surely enjoy using!

Here’s an overview of what this feature release has in store for you:

Download 4D v19 R7 (monthly Hot Fixes available)

  • 4D Write Pro got more features. Add report subtotals on each page thanks to the Carry-over rows feature, a new document editing detection feature, and a new display mode, showing formulas as a symbol ⓕ, indicating their presence.
  • Reading or adding one or more lines to an existing document (a log file, for instance) can now be done more efficiently than ever using the new file handles objects.
  • 4D View Pro comes with new commands allowing you to manage your table columns and rows more efficiently. Combining this new feature with data contexts enables you to design more advanced templates to automatically populate business content with the correct information for every situation.

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