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Introducing Qodly Studio

Today, we are excited to announce the availability of Qodly Studio (currently in Developer Preview) to all our Silver Partners (and higher).

Starting is straightforward: open 4D, refresh your 4D Partner licenses, and you’re ready to proceed.

In this blog post, we’ll explain what Qodly Studio is, why it matters, pricing details, and how you can get started.

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4D v20 R2 Beta Starts Today

We are pleased to announce the launch of beta testing for 4D v20 R2! 

Following the successful release of 4D v20 LTS, this new version comes with even more enhancements and exciting additional features you wouldn’t want to overlook!

Let’s uncover all that 4D v20 R2 Beta has to offer:

 

 

 

  • Introducing the 4D Write Pro Table Wizard, an intuitive tool designed for end-users, enabling them to leverage developer-provided templates tailored to their business requirements.
  • Experience elevated error management capabilities that enhance user feedback by providing comprehensive and timely information directly within your interfaces.
  • Embrace the new .sjs file format in 4D View Pro, specifically designed to address performance challenges encountered when working with larger files.
  • Explore the new functionality to send emails via the Gmail API, expanding your communication capabilities.
  • Discover the latest addition of a Visual Studio Code extension feature that enables code formatting.
  • And that’s not all —Much more awaits you!

Download 4D v20 R2 now (Exclusive to 4D Partners)

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Fabrice Mainguené

4D View Pro: Create a Pivot Table from a data table

Pivot tables are among the most valuable features that allow users to swiftly summarize and analyze large quantities of data to see comparisons, patterns, and trends in their data. From the 4D v19, pivot tables are included in 4D View Pro. This blog post reviews how to use a pivot table through the ribbon interface.

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Vanessa Talbot

Data Explorer Embedded in 4D

Data Explorer allows you to view the data in your database. You can choose which fields to display, organize, filter, and sort the data.

With 4D v20, the Data Explorer can be opened in 4D instead of an external browser. Users can access the Data Explorer directly from the toolbar with just one click, saving time and improving productivity.

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Vanessa Talbot

Evolution of Form Objects

To allow you to make the most beautiful interfaces, we continue to improve the form objects. Since 4D v19 R6, you can define a rounded border for static text and input text form objects.

With 4D v20, new possibilities are available.

  • For buttons, radio buttons, and checkboxes, we have added new settings for the text and the icon.
  • For radio buttons and checkboxes, the number of states for the icon has been improved to allow a better rendering for the end user.

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Nicolas Brachfogel

Automatic integration of multiple journals

As developers and database administrators, you know the importance of quickly recovering from data corruption. Backups and journals help you with the task. But sometimes, a backup may be corrupted, and you need to come back from an older backup and integrate multiple journals consecutively. Or maybe your journal file is growing big too quickly, and you prefer to regularly create a new one to avoid cluttering your server hard drive. Or you are just using your own way of backing up your database. In all these cases, you must integrate multiple journals, which is only manually possible through the Maintenance and Security Center.

With 4D v20, you can automatically integrate multiple journals at database startup. Let me explain to you how it works.

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New VS Code Editor Features with 4D v20

As usual, a new release, new VS Code extension features for developers who want to view and edit code with this free editor.

4D v20 brings new capabilities to the Visual Studio Code editor through the 4D-Analyzer extension: Say hello to Document Syntax Checking, which will help the developer to type fewer mistakes, Code Folding and Indentation for a better look, and tool4d to allow faster LSP server starting.

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