4D V16 R5 IS HERE!
4D v16 R5 is now available!
Enhanced security, 4D language improvements, more commands to handle your 4D Write Pro documents, and an automatic mode for 4D View Pro advanced lists, are the highlights of 4D v16 R5.
Download 4D v16 R5 and discover all the advances in this R-release!
4D Write Pro: use leading characters for tabs
No matter what line of work you are in, you may want to know how to use tabs (left, right, center, decimal tab). They are quite useful as, for example, they allow you to structure documents by separating and indenting your information.
In typography and design, details matter. But getting details just right can be quite time-consuming. 4D Write Pro now provides an additional functionality to fine tune your design in an instant: leading characters. You know the repeated dots or other characters in a table of contents … the ones that go from the end of the text in your first column to the beginning of the text in the second column? That’s them!
Our top 10 blog posts from 2017!
From Object Notation to 4D Write Pro and security to straightforward tips, 2017 had it all! Let’s take a look back with ten of our most-read posts. Here are the topics that grabbed your attention in 2017:
Play videos with 4D
We’re in the visual and interactive content era. It’s becoming increasingly more and more prominent. Take a look at digital community statistics and you’ll discover that YouTube is the second most popular social network.
At some point, most web developers want to include videos in their sites and coincidentally, databases frequently contain links to videos (either hosted locally or on the web). This post shows you two ways to include videos in your 4D applications.
4D Summit 2018 – It’s almost here!
The 4D summit 2018 is fast approaching, and quite frankly, we couldn’t be more exited!
If you’re already registered, we’re looking forward to seeing you. If not, now’s the time to do it…while we still have available places.
4D Write-like toolbar example for 4D Write Pro
Moving to 4D Write Pro is a great evolution to make your applications ready for the latest (and future) operating systems. However, new tools can sometimes be intimidating. Do you miss the vintage 4D Write plugin’s toolbar? No problem, here’s a 4D Write Pro toolbar example that looks just like it!
4D v16.3 ready for download
We are pleased to announce the latest update to our 4D v16 product line: 4D v16.3.
4D v16.3 is certified to work with the latest OS versions, namely macOS High Sierra (10.13) and the latest Windows 10 update.
To download 4D v16.3, visit your 4D website today.
How to use Twitter’s search API with 4D
Given that there are around 6,000 tweets every second (i.e. over 350,000 tweets per minute, 500 million tweets per day equaling approximately 200 billion tweets per year), it would be great if we could search for those related to a specific subject rather than an avalanche of tweets we’re not interested in. Good news! Twitter provides a REST Search API that is great for searching tweets.
Ready-to-use toolbar example for 4D Write Pro
You’d like to use 4D Write Pro, but don’t have the time to create a toolbar from scratch? We’ve created a sample application with a ready-to-use toolbar, including two icon families, so you can choose the toolbar style you prefer (flat design or classic). And on top of that, we also added a complete menu bar! Check it out and reuse it for your own applications!
Four different ways to use objects with 4D Write Pro!
Quite frankly, we love objects. 4D Write Pro uses objects as the input/output of commands and functions to manipulate documents, text, paragraphs, etc. In this blog post, we’ll show you four different ways to use objects with 4D Write Pro.
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