Welcome to the world of ORDA classes
ORDA was a revolution with 4D v17. It opened a whole new world of possibilities and took you to another programming dimension. A dimension where you c...
July 20, 2020
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ORDA
ORDA: an up-to-date datastore without restarting
We're thrilled to announce that 4D v18 R3 includes an enhancement that will have a huge impact on the developer's experience. A feature many of you ha...
June 3, 2020
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ORDA – Better list box row selecting
You've probably used the LISTBOX SELECT ROW command many times, looping through each entity in order to select the rows for an entity selection. 4D v...
May 11, 2020
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ORDA: Breaking news for entity selection methods
When it comes to ORDA, 4D v18 R3 is full of good news! New member methods are at your disposal to further enhance your coding experience. For starter...
May 5, 2020
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Remote datastores – A practical use case
One of the most interesting features delivered with 4D v18 was remote datastores. They opened a whole world of possibilities and in this blog post we'...
April 20, 2020
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A new tool to easily build Entity Selection list boxes
To display a list of records, an entity selection list box is the most suitable when using ORDA technology. 4D v18 R2 simplifies your life with a new ...
March 12, 2020
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Onboarding developers new to 4D? Here’s how we do it at Sweetwater
Blog post by guest author Joel Levy, a 4D developer at Sweetwater: 4D is the heartbeat of Sweetwater Sound. Our application harmoniously interconnec...
December 16, 2019
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Multiple 4D data sources, interested?
We've got an exciting new feature to announce in 4D v18 and the title may have already given you a hint! This feature opens new possibilities for cli...
October 31, 2019
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An ORDA Cheat Sheet
Blog post by guest author Cannon Smith, a 4D developer from southern Alberta, Canada: The introduction of collections and entities has dramatica...
September 11, 2019
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Optimize your ORDA code with requests logging
Ever need to analyze the traffic of your ORDA requests between a client and the 4D server? Sometimes it may take a while to receive a response from th...
August 28, 2019
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