Product
Fabrice Mainguené

4D Netkit: Create, delete and update Gmail labels

Gmail labels provide a flexible way to categorize and organize emails, enabling personalized and efficient email management. Their use facilitates easy navigation and identification of messages, offering an enhanced user experience in email handling.

With this last set of functions that includes all the features to manage labels from the 4D v20 R4, you have in 4D NetKit a set of functions to manage your Gmail labels by programming.

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Roland Lannuzel

4D Write Pro: Electronic Invoice Generation!

4D v20 R4 introduces an exciting feature in 4D Write Pro—now, it empowers you to generate electronic invoices. But what exactly do we mean by e-invoices?

An electronic invoice (or e-invoice) is generated, transmitted, received, and stored electronically, enabling more efficient and environmentally friendly management of business transactions.

While they offer many advantages, they also come with their own specific constraints, particularly in terms of the complexity of the generation process. However, with 4D Write Pro, we’ve come to realize that managing this complexity is much more manageable than initially perceived!

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4D v20 R4 Beta Starts Today

Beta testing for 4D v20 R4 is starting today!

Let’s explore all the exciting features this release has in store for you:

 

 

 

  • Regarding 4D Write Pro,  you’ll now have the ability to export to PDF with attachments and create electronic invoices.
  • When it comes to programming, we’re elevating your coding experience with a Live Code Checker, a new Try(Expression) keyword for improved error handling, and the introduction of custom date and time formats, among other enhancements.
  • And that’s not all — There’s much more waiting for you to explore! 

Download 4D v20 R4 now (Exclusive to 4D Partners)

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4D v20 R3 is Here

Introducing 4D v20 R3 – Available Now!

Here’s a snapshot of what’s new:

Download 4D v20 R3 (monthly Hot Fixes available)

  • 4D Write Pro: Unlock the potential of PDF/A format for eco-friendly business transactions. Enhance document readability with named formulas, simplifying templates.
  • Enhanced Coding Experience: Bid farewell to repetitive code! Declare and initialize variables in a single line. Simplify method declarations with the “…” symbol for flexibility. Explore the efficiency of the new multiSort() function for data manipulation.
  • WebSocket: Customize client headers for better interaction control, transmitting security or application-specific data.
  • 4D View Pro: Enjoy improved performance handling larger 4D View Pro documents with a new blob format, storing compressed files in the database without speed compromise.
  • Visual Studio Code Extension: Easily access informative descriptions by hovering over commands or classes. Click for comprehensive details, enhancing your coding experience in VSCode thanks to the “Show 4D Documentation” feature.

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Product
Nicolas Brachfogel

ORDA: Assigning a path to a blob or picture attribute

Non-ORDA database commands allowed you to put images and blobs outside your data file thanks to the SET EXTERNAL DATA PATH command. This command is not adapted for ORDA, so we have decided to add similar functionality in v20 R3: The ability to assign to a blob or picture attribute a path pointing to a file. Let me tell you more about it.

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Tips
Add Komoncharoensiri

Tips & Tricks for your 4D Apps – December 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 12 tips:

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