Non-blocking Printing
With 4D v20 R4, we significantly improved the management of print jobs inside 4D. 4D can now run multiple print jobs in parallel, significantly increa...
January 19, 2024
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User Interface / GUI
Design maintainable desktop interfaces with forms, dynamic data binding, embedded web areas, improved subform behavior, window customization, and structured UI patterns that keep logic centralized.
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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Meet the Updated Print form & FORM LOAD Commands
4D v16 R5 brought a significant improvement to the DIALOG command. An improvement that lays in the possibility of passing a new parameter "formData" o...
April 28, 2023
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Create a Help Menu with a Simple Collection
The "Help" menu of a software is handy. Obviously, you have a menu item to open the online documentation of the software, but also how to contact the ...
April 25, 2023
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PDF format for Print Previewing on Windows
PDF format is a viable alternative to XPS for print previewing on Windows, providing users with a more accessible option. Microsoft's decision to make...
April 25, 2023
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Test your Windows SDI Application
It's been a long time since you could provide your customers with merged applications in SDI mode. We know that testing an SDI application can be cha...
January 16, 2023
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Automatic Row Heights in Collection Based List Boxes
List boxes are the most versatile and customizable form objects. Automatic row heights were already possible for array-based list boxes. With the arri...
January 15, 2023
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Say Hello to Rounded Corners
The current trend is for light, clean, soft colors and rounded corners. For you to embellish your applications and follow the latest trends, we have...
October 19, 2022
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LIST BOXES – Say Goodbye to Alt Key!
The drag and drop action is a standard action in computer interfaces. In the case of list boxes, pressing the "Alt" key is necessary to move several i...
October 18, 2022
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LIST BOXES: More Control. More Beauty!
List boxes are powerful and very customizable form objects. And their power is extended with 4D v19 R6 thanks to two new properties: horizontal and ve...
July 14, 2022
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