New 4D View Pro form events
As of 4D v18, a new set of 4D View Pro form events are available. They return special information that can be accessed with the new FORM Event command...
November 19, 2019
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Commands
Expanding the abilities of the Form event command
As you may already know, the Form event command identifies the type of form event that has just occurred. It's typically used within a form or object ...
November 15, 2019
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Retrieve the current execution call chain
When programming an application, you may need to know where you are in your code, especially when one method calls other methods, which may then call ...
July 23, 2019
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Who’s who? A new way to identify users
As a 4D developer you often need to manage end users with your own directory system. For internal users, you might create a few profiles with differen...
May 15, 2019
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Formula: More power behind simplicity
The Formula command is available since 4D v17 R3. So far you might have thought of assigning a formula as a method to an object or building smart obje...
March 26, 2019
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Easily synchronize your processes
Preemptive processes are very useful for performing extensive calculations in parallel, using all of the cores in your CPU, but sometimes you need to ...
February 8, 2019
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New server administration commands
4D continues to deliver features to help you create your own applications to monitor your servers. From programmatically retrieving information about ...
February 6, 2019
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Get info about the running application
4D v17 R3 takes your database analysis a step further by enabling you to create a customized server administration dialog. Following the ability to re...
November 5, 2018
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Keep track of your formulas with this new command
Imagine you have a list of formulas containing table names and some fields ... then days later you decide to rename your tables. Now your formulas are...
June 12, 2018
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Get machine hardware information
4D v17 goes a step further to let you create a customized server administration dialog. Following the ability to retrieve information about users &...
May 9, 2018
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