4D for Mobile Tutorial – Define filter queries
For a mobile application, data is usually filtered to preserve storage space and provide direct and quick access to essential data.
With 4D, you have two types of filters.
- A static filter to filter the data for a table. For example, limit to tasks with the status ‘in progress.’
- A dynamic filter depends on the user’s information. For example, return only the user’s tasks.
This tutorial will show you how to use and combine these two filters.
Tips & Tricks for your 4D Apps – January 2023 Edition
by Add Komoncharoensiri, Director of Technical Services at 4D Inc
Here we go with another set of tips and tricks.
The 4D Knowledge Base is a library of information about 4D technology where weekly tech tips and monthly tech notes are actively published. If you missed the last tips on the KB, that’s fine; here is a compilation from the past few weeks.
This blog post covers 25 tips:
4D for Mobile Tutorial – Your first application
The 4D mobile application generator allows you to create mobile applications for Android and iOS. In the documentation, you have several tutorials to help you get started and even go further with advanced apps.
The first example is simple and allows you to create a contact catalog. All the details can be found here.
And if you prefer, here are all the steps in the video:
A Tailor Made Native App: Place Orders with 4D for mobile
4D v19 R6 and v19 R7 brought two interesting features to 4D for Mobile. Sessions and displaying web pages served by the 4D server in your native mobile app. But did you think about the possibilities you get when combining them both?
This blog post will show you one of these possibilities. We are going to see how to build a simple app that enables mobile users to place orders with their central purchasing office to consolidate their stock:
Tips & Tricks for your 4D Apps – December Edition
by Add Komoncharoensiri, Director of Technical Services at 4D Inc
Here we go with another set of tips and tricks.
The 4D Knowledge Base is a library of information about 4D technology where weekly tech tips and monthly tech notes are actively published. If you missed the last tips on the KB, that’s fine; here is a compilation from the past few weeks.
This blog post covers 20 tips:
Tips & Tricks for your 4D Apps – November Edition
by Add Komoncharoensiri, Director of Technical Services at 4D Inc
Here we go with another set of tips and tricks.
The 4D Knowledge Base is a library of information about 4D technology where weekly tech tips and monthly tech notes are actively published. If you missed the last tips on the KB, that’s fine; here is a compilation from the past few weeks.
This blog post covers 17 tips:
Tips & Tricks for your 4D Apps – October Edition
by Add Komoncharoensiri, Director of Technical Services at 4D Inc
Here we go with another set of tips and tricks.
The 4D Knowledge Base is a library of information about 4D technology where weekly tech tips and monthly tech notes are actively published. If you missed the last tips on the KB, that’s fine; here is a compilation from the past few weeks.
This blog post covers 19 tips:
Tips & Tricks for your 4D Apps – September Edition
by Add Komoncharoensiri, Director of Technical Services at 4D Inc
Here we go with another set of tips and tricks.
As you know, 4D Knowledge Base is a library of information about 4D technology where weekly tech tips and monthly tech notes are actively published. If you missed the last tips on the KB, that’s fine; here is a compilation from the past few weeks.
This blog post covers 16 tips:
Tips & Tricks for your 4D Apps – August Edition
by Add Komoncharoensiri, Director of Technical Services at 4D Inc
Here we go with another set of tips and tricks.
As you know, 4D Knowledge Base is a library of information about the 4D technology where weekly tech tips and monthly technotes are actively published. If you missed the last tips on the KB, that’s fine; here is a compilation from the past few weeks.
This blog post covers 16 tips:
Use 4D Write Pro to Create & Print a Batch of Documents
Whatever your business, you must create listings, inventories, tracking sheets, product sheets, invoices, and many other documents. These documents are usually printed or saved in PDF for archiving.
4D Write Pro is the ideal tool to create all your documents. Here is a list of several features available in 4D Write Pro that can help you make beautiful documents for printing:
- page layout and margin management for printing,
- pdf export,
- document protection,
- table creation,
- table formatting with repeated headers,
- definition of a data context,
- inserting ORDA formulas in a table (new in 4D v19 R6).
Using these different features, here are some examples of documents produced.
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