New text rendering in forms on Windows with DirectWrite
DirectWrite is the modern text rendering API on Windows. It improves text readability thanks to its subpixel quality, and is fully compatible with the...
November 25, 2021
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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.
Webcam support in Web Areas
With COVID-19, the remote office has become a new standard, and video conferencing is becoming commonplace for professionals. As a result, more and mo...
October 5, 2021
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CSS Media query for a dark or light UI
Dark mode has been gaining a lot of ground recently. That's why we've added support for it in 4D v19, and mentioned a few ways you can adjust it to yo...
May 19, 2021
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List Boxes: Time Columns and Footer Calculation!
List boxes are great, powerful tools to display data in the interface. They can display fields from records, items from arrays, and since recently, en...
April 23, 2021
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Use collections and lists within forms objects
Collections are increasingly used in 4D programming. Starting with 4D v19, you can use them to define the content of some interface objects, including...
April 23, 2021
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List boxes: Manage clicks in edited cells
As a developer, you're used to handling events inside form objects. The most common is the on clicked form event which can be used in most objects, in...
January 22, 2021
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6 practical examples on how to use macros
4D 18 R5 introduced form macros. They can be incredibly useful, for example, by providing an ideal way to save time on repetitive tasks. In this blog ...
November 20, 2020
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Type ahead made easy
If you're interested in the user interface, you may have already used the On before keystroke and On after keystroke events. You'll certainly be happy...
October 27, 2020
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A new command to open a Form in the Form Editor
4D v18 R5 provides a new 4D command to open a form in the form editor. This can be especially useful for analysis or introspection tools. ...
October 27, 2020
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Automate repetitive tasks and more with form macros!
If you're a fan of macros in the code editor, then 4D v18 R5 has some good news for you ... because now macros are also available in the form editor!...
October 27, 2020
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