Full size background pictures with 4D Write Pro
There are common user stories where there is a need to have a background image fill the entire printable area, such as paper-folding lines or a waterm...
October 27, 2017
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Help tips on list boxes!
Help tips or hints are very useful, as they simplify the user interface and help users understand objects that sometimes aren’t self-evident. 4D suppo...
October 25, 2017
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Generate digest now supports SHA-2
The digest functions are mathematical functions that compute a digest key for a document. Identical documents have the same digest key; if you change ...
October 23, 2017
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More commands to run in preemptive processes
A preemptive process is powerful as it allows your application to take full advantage of multi-core computers; consequently, its results in a faster g...
October 20, 2017
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Hash and verify passwords for web user login
Security is becoming an increasingly important topic as business applications become more frequently accessible through the web and are, as a result, ...
October 18, 2017
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Programmatically manage headers and footers in 4D Write Pro
We've received several customer requests to provide the ability to use the 4D Write Pro template with headers and footers to create other documents ba...
October 16, 2017
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Automatic row height in list boxes, a new 4D View Pro feature!
Starting with 4D v16, you can set a different row height for each row in your list box. So with a few lines of code, you have a list box with rows tha...
October 13, 2017
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Don’t be afraid of undefined values
With 4D v16 R4, we introduced Object Notation which is a great enhancement to the 4D language: your code is fast, flexible, efficient and elegant! Thi...
October 11, 2017
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More security for your 4D Server
Over the years, security has become a core topic for business applications. Transport Layer Security (TLS) and its predecessor, Secure Sockets Layer (...
October 9, 2017
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Passing data back and forth between forms
Wouldn't it be great if you could just open a form and pass it some parameters to initialize your form objects? What about being able to also get the ...
October 6, 2017
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