How ORDA will change the way you work
Imagine a way of using your database with an object-oriented approach, without worrying about its physical structure. Imagine that you could maintain ...
April 4, 2018
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Objects
Autocomplete function expanded to object attributes
Object notation opens new possibilities! To help you adopt this way of coding, we have improved the autocomplete mechanism of the method editor. Whene...
February 7, 2018
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Discover the power of dynamic forms
You've told us how much you want a feature to dynamically build forms fully adapted to your end users' needs. Well, we heard you, and 4D v16 R6 now op...
January 30, 2018
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A wide range of possibilities to manage your collections
4D v16 R6 provides advanced capabilities to manipulate collections, thanks to a series of methods to be used with Object Notation. Over 40 methods are...
January 29, 2018
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Dates inside objects!
Objects are great! Their flexibility, combined with speed and elegance, make them a first choice for most developers. Using dates inside objects is no...
January 23, 2018
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Sharing information in multi-threading environment
4D v16 R6 introduces a new concept of communication between processes: shared object and shared collection variables! They are a solution so you can a...
January 18, 2018
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Four different ways to use objects with 4D Write Pro!
Quite frankly, we love objects. 4D Write Pro uses objects as the input/output of commands and functions to manipulate documents, text, paragraphs, etc...
November 27, 2017
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Working with JSON Pointers
In 4D v16 R4, we enriched object commands so you can validate JSON objects. 4D v16 R5 is going even further by introducing the support of JSON pointer...
October 30, 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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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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