Enhanced Session Management for Development and Testing
With the latest 4D updates, we've extended the Session command to the Client/Server connection, enabling access to session storage at the Client level...
January 21, 2025
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Deployment
Generate builds, manage signing and notarization, configure authentication modes, handle TLS certificates, apply security settings, and control environment specific deployment parameters.
Encryption. Authentication. & Certificate Authority Validation
In recent releases, 4D’s security capabilities have been significantly expanded, particularly in the area of certificates. This includes auto-generate...
November 14, 2024
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Permissions: Inspect Session Privileges for Easy Debugging
Today, you can benefit from a powerful feature to filter access to data, which is essential for preventing malicious access to your application. This...
July 19, 2024
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Custom Parameters for Initializing Embedded Web Area
Since the embedded web area utilizes CEF as its web browser engine, there have been requests for a method to incorporate additional CEF switches, like...
July 19, 2024
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Deprecation of the Legacy Network Layer
To handle the communication between 4D Client and 4D Server, 4D proposes 3 different network layers: Legacy, ServerNet, and QUIC. The Legac...
June 5, 2024
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ORDA – Restrict Data to Relevant Criteria
In 4D 19 R8, we introduced a robust permission system, granting you granular control over user access to your data. This system protects your data dep...
May 3, 2024
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How to Implement Continuous Integration with 4D: A Step-by-Step Guide
In the world of software development, a new concept has appeared in recent years called "Continuous Integration." The definition we see or hear everyw...
March 21, 2024
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Create a Client/Server Application with Build4D tool
Introducing the latest iteration of the Build4D component, now accessible on GitHub. In previous blog posts, we discussed the possibilities with a com...
February 26, 2024
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Auto-Generated SSL/TLS Certificates for Client-Server Communications
To simplify the security of client-server communications, from 4D v20 R4 onwards, 4D Server generates its own SSL/TLS certificates instead of relying ...
January 18, 2024
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SSL/TLS: Support for ECDSA certificates
4D uses SSL/TLS to secure client-server communication and HTTP requests. 4D is supporting RSA cryptography since more than a decade and with 4D v20R4 ...
January 16, 2024
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