Author: Intissar Elmezroui

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• Product Marketing Manager • Intissar joined 4D in 2017 as a Product Marketing Manager. She works closely with the product, marketing, engineering, and technical support teams to highlight the ‘why’, the ‘how’, and the ‘what’ of new and updated features to different audiences. This close proximity allows her to craft messaging frameworks and write in-depth content and code samples for the 4D blog and website. After graduating with an engineer's degree in Computer Science from VINCI university, Intissar worked in several startups as a software engineer. Her hands-on experience includes software specification, design, and development, user training and support, and team management.
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4D v17 R4 is here!

We’re pleased to announce that 4D v17 R4 is now available! 

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

  • Take full advantage of your multi-core computers with: preemptive processes on the client, and Begin SQL/ End SQL command that is now preemptive-compliant.
  • Exporting your documents in .docx format and graphically managing vertical margins thanks to a vertical ruler are just a part of the new 4D Write Pro features.  
  • Make use of restricted queries, multi-criteria search, and the ability to create custom data formatters in your 4D for iOS application.
  • Discover the new way of sending emails in 4D. You’ll be pleasantly surprised by the simplicity and power.
  • Explore the additional commands we’re shipping to programmatically handle your 4D View Pro documents.

All of this and more awaits you!

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Go the distance with the best of 4D

Things have been really exciting for us here at 4D, but also in our community. Especially with 4Dv17 and its R-releases containing many groundbreaking features such as ORDA, 4D for iOS, 4D Write Pro, 4D View Pro, dynamic forms, and much more. Now there’s even more good news … we’re hitting the road to share all of these great advances with you in person! We’re hosting events where you can meet the 4D team face to face and gain in-depth knowledge about 4D technologies: 50+ countries and 44 cities around to introduce you to the latest 4D innovations!

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4D V17 R4 Beta starts today

We’re pleased to announce the launch of beta testing for 4D v17 R4! This release is loaded with enhancements and new features that you won’t want to miss!

 

  • Your processes can be run preemptively on 4D Remote which means taking full advantage of the power of multi-core computers.
  • Exporting your documents in .docx format and a new vertical ruler to manage margins are just a sneak peek of the new 4D Write Pro features.
  • Restricted queries, support of multi-criteria searches, and the possibility to create a custom data formatter are what 4D for iOS has to offer with this R-release.
  • A new way to send emails is at your disposal. Easy and more powerful than the former way using 4D Internet Commands.
  • Your formulas are more readable and easily accessible with 4D View Pro’s automatic completion thanks to named ranges and formulas.
  • And much more (see below).
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4D v17 R3 is here!

4D v17 R3 is now available! 

To whet your appetite, here’s an overview of what this R-release has to offer:

  • Create your own object methods and move one step closer towards classes in the 4D language.
  • More 4D for iOS features for a customized mobile application with data formatters, personalized templates, and the ability to add your own icons.  
  • The ability to export the .4DB file into multiple text files as a first step towards full source control support – coming in a future release.
  • 4D Write Pro is getting more feature-rich with new commands and attributes to create complex and beautiful documents.
  • Import and export Microsoft Excel documents (.xlsx format) with 4D View Pro.

All of this and more awaits you!

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2018 in Review: Our top 10 blog posts of the year!

It’s that time of the year where we take a look back at ten of our most-read posts. What a year it’s been! From ORDA to help you write code in an object-oriented mode, to 4D for iOS to extend your existing business applications to mobile devices, and much more. 2018 was filled with huge product announcements and a plethora of exciting features! Let’s take a look at the topics that grabbed your attention in 2018:

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4D Write Pro and the UI widgets

4D Write Pro has no default interface because it’s meant to be embedded in your application. Therefore, it needs to fit your user interface design and provide just the right amount of features for your use case(s). We decided to provide you an easy way to create your own interface with Standard Actions. Since starting from scratch is not always easy, we’ve made widgets available that you can use directly. Better yet, if you’re a partner, you can even customize them (i.e., remove features, change the order/organization of tabs, buttons, etc.)!

In this blog post, we’ll go through the interface possibilities offered by 4D Write Pro.