The new macOS Tahoe design comes to your 4D applications
With macOS Tahoe, Apple Inc. introduces a new visual language called Liquid Glass. In this release, we follow this interface style to stay aligned wit...
April 28, 2026
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Form Elements
Deploy Fluent UI effortlessly in your 4D applications
With 4D 21 R2, Fluent UI remains in Developer Preview, but reaches a new milestone with a full native integration directly into 4D. While still in pre...
January 22, 2026
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Enhance your Desktop Interface with Web widgets using 4D Qodly Pro
Ever wanted to enrich your user interface with widgets known from websites, such as a navigation map? Not by learning JavaScript and dealing with CSS ...
January 7, 2026
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Modernize your 4D interfaces with Fluent UI
Behind the scenes, a significant engineering effort has been carried out to bring native Fluent UI integration into 4D. This means that 4D forms can n...
October 21, 2025
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Smarter Copy-Paste to Protect Your Data
You work across environments — test, production, staging — and you copy more than text. Sometimes it’s formulas. Sometimes it’s data that shouldn’t mo...
July 15, 2025
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Building Forms on the fly with New Data Source Commands
In application development, it is often necessary to build forms dynamically. For example, you might want to generate a search form on the fly, tailor...
July 15, 2025
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Use class in embedded web area with $4d
With 4D 20 R9, 4D introduces new commands that allow developers to define an object context for $4d, ensuring only specific functions are exposed. Pre...
April 24, 2025
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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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Customize App Appearance with New Windows Types
With 4D 20 R5, unlocking new possibilities in application customization, two additional window types now offer flexible modal or non-modal windows wit...
May 6, 2024
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Evolution of Form Objects
To allow you to make the most beautiful interfaces, we continue to improve the form objects. Since 4D v19 R6, you can define a rounded border for stat...
April 28, 2023
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