We’re thrilled to announce the launch of beta testing for 4D v19 R5. You told us where you are going next, and this release —like the one before and the ones to come — has the features to help you get there ? 

• Besides introducing data contexts, 4D benefits from an upgraded SpreadJS version that brings many enhancements, such as the print interface. 4D View Pro is taking it to a whole new level.
• 4D Write Pro has its share of new features: table headers, linked paragraphs, data contexts, and many improvements to the interface widgets — offering you even more possibilities to produce documents that meet your requirements.
• We’re offering you better control over the ORDA contexts and cache for both Client/Server and REST to improve performance.
• We completely reorganized the diagnostic logs, giving you a better-filtered content (log levels such as trace, debug, info, warn, and error).
• And you can now get rid of unnecessary libraries (e.g., CEF/Web Area, PHP) to reduce the size of your applications.
• Much more awaits you! 

Download 4D v19 R5 now (Exclusive to 4D Partners)

We’re thrilled to announce that 4D v19 R4 is now available! A feature-rich release that goes all out ✨ 

Besides the monthly Hot Fixes, here’s an overview of what this feature release has in store for you:

Download 4D v19 R4 (monthly Hot Fixes available)

• Upon your request, we introduced support of high-resolution displays, such as 4K displays, in Windows, which results in sharper text, highly detailed photos, and ultimately a more defined user interface for business applications.
• Another highly requested feature is now available: the possibility to launch an external process asynchronously to enhance your users’ experience. 
• As for the 4D language, we couldn’t be more excited to share the many improvements we made available to elevate your coding experience. From jump statements and short-circuit evaluation to ternary operators and compound assignment operators.

If you are one of the customers keen to use a Feature Release but still hesitant because of the time it takes to get bug fixes, we are bringing good news, and the title may have already given a hint! 

Starting with 4D v19 R4, we will have monthly Hot Fixes for the current Feature Release.

Yet another release, but not just any other release ?

We’re thrilled to announce the launch of beta testing for 4D v19 R4, which incorporates many features you requested, plus features we believe will be delightful to use!

Without further ado, let’s take a look and see what it has in store for you:

• Upon your request, we supported high-resolution displays, such as 4K displays, in Windows. This results in better text and image quality.
• Another highly requested feature is at your disposal, the possibility to launch an external process asynchronously to enhance your users’ experience. 
• What about pessimistic lock management via REST? YES, we have that too.
• As for the 4D language, we couldn’t be more excited to share the many improvements we made available with you to elevate your coding experience.
• 4D Write Pro is embracing the dark (mode)! And enabling you to add page breaks inside table rows.  
• Speed up your development process with 4D View Pro “templates.”
• The code editor has its share of features. For example, comment tags, quick access to different class functions, and syntax error checking.
• And much more (see below)! 

We’re thrilled to announce that 4D v19 R3 is now available! One of the richest feature releases we have shipped so far.

Here’s an overview of what this feature release has in store for you:

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• Say hello to Computed Attributes in ORDA, Classes, iOS, and Android. Your business logic will love this new feature.
• Speaking of ORDA, blobs are fully supported, just like any other type, enabling ORDA developers to use BLOB type attributes in operations with entities.
• 4D for iOS is released with features allowing to interact with native Apple apps and build even more advanced UI’s. 
• As for 4D for Android, we’re giving you a way to test your Android app on an actual device before releasing it to users.
• Enjoy a simplified cross-platform client/server applications building on Windows.
• 4D Write Pro is shipped with an image setting dialog, the possibility to have different numbers of columns on the same page with continuous section breaks, and additional options to manage formula visibility. 
• Out-of-the-box security boost with the support of the bcrypt algorithm for passwords. The best bit? There’s nothing to change in the code. Everything is automatic. 
• More news for dark mode enthusiasts. After giving end-users a choice between dark and light mode for the appearance of their applications, it is now the turn of developers to choose between these modes during development on macOS.