Discover all options to use Standard Actions
Some developers believe that automatic actions are for beginners. However they might have missed a lot of potential we added in the last years. Standa...
April 12, 2017
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Timestamp is now available !
"Time is money", said Benjamin Franklin, so the more accurately we can count it, the better. We now have a new command for getting a precise UTC time ...
February 23, 2017
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Customize highlight color upon listbox row selection
A new step is reached to provide our developers with a fully customizable listbox object, entirely adaptable to user need. A new option is available i...
January 31, 2017
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Get list of formats contained in C_PICTURE
A picture field or variable can store different image formats – and even one image in several formats at the same time. As example, an image could be ...
December 7, 2016
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Listbox – columns AUTO resizing !
4D v16 includes a new feature providing your end-user great freedom and flexibility at the interface level when using list boxes. The constraints defi...
November 18, 2016
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New commands to save and restore print settings
This feature allows users to save and restore print settings (even those that cannot be set using 4D Get print option and SET PRINT OPTION commands) q...
November 16, 2016
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Execute action upon listbox column resizing
The event On Column Resize is now triggered "live" during the resizing of the list boxes as long as the user modifies the column widths (previously, i...
November 14, 2016
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New “On mouse up” event for picture object
In 4D v16, you now have a new “On Mouse Up” event for non-draggable picture object! This feature will provide you with an easy and notice way to draw...
October 20, 2016
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Add an icon to listbox header
From 4D v15 R5, you can add an icon in the listbox header by programming. The image can come from a file, a picture variable or the picture library. T...
July 19, 2016
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Suspend and Resume transaction
This feature is useful when you need to perform, from within a transaction, certain operations that do not need to be executed under the control of th...
March 9, 2016
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