Project databases: beautify your forms with style sheets
Classic 4D binary structures let you define style sheets to specify the font, font size, and text style to use in your forms for both the macOS and Wi...
November 8, 2019
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Multiple 4D data sources, interested?
We've got an exciting new feature to announce in 4D v18 and the title may have already given you a hint! This feature opens new possibilities for cli...
October 31, 2019
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Project databases: Architecture
Project databases, the headliner of the 4D v18 release, allow distributed teams to work collaboratively by storing an application's code in a source c...
October 29, 2019
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An ORDA Cheat Sheet
Blog post by guest author Cannon Smith, a 4D developer from southern Alberta, Canada: The introduction of collections and entities has dramatica...
September 11, 2019
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Power of objects and dot notation
With 4D v17 R5, we showed you how easy it is to manipulate an object to retrieve the attributes of a file or folder. Things have gotten even easier th...
September 3, 2019
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Optimize your ORDA code with requests logging
Ever need to analyze the traffic of your ORDA requests between a client and the 4D server? Sometimes it may take a while to receive a response from th...
August 28, 2019
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Easily customize the entry order of your dynamic forms
The power of dynamic forms was introduced with 4D v16 R6, allowing you to build your forms on the fly by building them in an object or loading them fr...
August 26, 2019
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More sophisticated ORDA queries with formulas
In 4D v17 R6, ORDA queries are becoming increasingly more powerful and concise. This blog post is for those of you who need more sophisticated search ...
August 6, 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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Write generic code with the latest ORDA features
ORDA has its share of features with 4D v17 R5, including various ways to write generic code. Writing generic code allows you to centralize your code ...
July 3, 2019
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