4D for iOS: Sign and read barcodes from your app
Actions using parameters have been available since 4D v17 R5, and we're constantly working to make your apps more and more interactive with enhanced ...
January 26, 2021
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4D Product Extensions
Explore blog posts featuring tools and modules to enhance and extend your 4D environment.
Save emails in a specific mailbox
When you send emails from 4D, your customers might expect to get a copy in the “Sent” mailbox displayed by Outlook or Apple Mail. For this, 4D v18 R6 ...
January 25, 2021
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4D View Pro: Find and replace with code
Sometimes when you initialize a 4D View Pro document, you need to find some values or tags in it and replace them with data issued from 4D. Now it's a...
January 25, 2021
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4D for iOS: Turn your iPhone into a barcode scanner
Nowadays, barcodes and QR codes are everywhere. They make things a lot easier because they save time, increase efficiency, and reduce human errors! A...
January 22, 2021
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Connect your mail transporters with an OAuth 2.0 token
Lately, email servers on the web have started to move to OAuth 2.0 authentication to increase security. Starting with 4D v18 R6, 4D provides a way to ...
January 21, 2021
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4D Write Pro – Full text indexation
"I want to find all of the documents that talk about tango! I need them quickly! Can I do that?" Ok, but first breathe! Keyword searches within 4D W...
December 10, 2020
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4D Write Pro: Decimal point or comma for number alignment?
Numbers ... big, small, very big, very small ... No matter their size, it's always better if they're easy to read. In most countries and languages, s...
October 27, 2020
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Copy, move, and delete emails with IMAP
Sometimes you need to save certain emails in dedicated mailboxes and other times you want to delete certain emails to keep up your INBOX tidy. The thr...
October 27, 2020
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Search emails with IMAP protocol
Sometimes you need to find all of the unread emails on your mail server and download them to display them to your client. The searchMails method does ...
October 27, 2020
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4D View Pro: Use 4D formulas in your spreadsheet
4D v18 R5 introduces a new command that simplifies writing your code: VP SET CUSTOM FUNCTIONS. It creates custom functions in 4D View Pro which execut...
October 27, 2020
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