Deploy Stand-Alone applications without embedded license



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Starting with 4D 20 R7 and upcoming 4D 20.6, you can now build Stand-Alone applications without needing an embedded license. Let’s dive into the details of this new behavior.

Building a Stand-Alone application without an embedded license

A Stand-Alone application can now be built without embedded license. This behavior is available with 4D 20 R7 (and of course 4D 20 R8), and 4D 20 LTS starting 4D 20.5 build 101668 and upcoming 4D 20.6.

What about deployed applications?

When the end user opens the Stand-Alone application for the first time, the license registration dialog will appear, allowing them to register a 4D Desktop license. The procedure is the same as for 4D Server.

Licenses registered with the dialog are stored in the system:
– /Users/{user}/Library/Application Support/4D/Licenses on macOS
– C:\ProgramData\4D\Licenses on Windows

Note that a Stand-Alone application running with a 4D Desktop license will not display the Sponsored dialog when quitting.

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- Product Owner - Damien Fuzeau joined the 4D Product team in February 2019. As a Product Owner, he is responsible for writing user stories and translating them into functional specifications. His role also involves ensuring that the delivered feature implementations meet customer needs. Damien holds a degree in Software Engineering from the University of Nantes. He spent over 23 years at his previous company, first as a developer (discovering 4D in 1997), and later as Engineering Manager and Software Architect. The company was an OEM partner of 4D and deployed enterprise software based on 4D for thousands of users across hundreds of servers. Damien is therefore well-versed in 4D development and deployment in multilingual environments.