4D Write Pro – More control when using formulas
As a 4D Write Pro user, you've most likely used expressions (or more recently, formulas) to automatically fill in certain parts of your documents. The...
August 4, 2020
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Programming
Server code development in project applications
Developing and debugging server code in project applications has become easier than ever in 4D v18 R4. Without further ado, let’s take a look at how t...
July 24, 2020
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Access form object values by programming
An increasing number of developers are using the Form command to link their form objects and many of you require easy programming access to the values...
July 23, 2020
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Use an offscreen web area
Do you need to load web pages, extract metadata, or generate pictures from the contents of pages on a headless server? If you answered "yes", then you...
June 9, 2020
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Download your emails in MIME format with POP3
Do you need to store all business emails, for example, for legal or fiscal purposes? These documents must be stored as they are. That is, how they wer...
June 8, 2020
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Project Databases: Method documentation is back
When developing an application, it can be very useful to have quick access to the details of a method (e.g., an explanation of what it does, its synta...
June 1, 2020
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Multiple web servers in a single 4D instance
Have you ever needed to use multiple web servers in order to, for example, split your web application code into several business units, or separate th...
May 25, 2020
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Define the font size for automatic font
In a previous R-release, we added two new automatic themes to define font and the font size, so there are three automatic themes at your disposal whic...
May 20, 2020
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Objects Corner: easy sharing & other good news
How many times have you gotten the "Not supported value type in a shared object" error when trying to put an object into a shared object? What did yo...
May 19, 2020
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Enhanced XPath Support
XPath is a language allowing you to easily work with your XML documents. It's already usable via the DOM Find XML element command and with 4D v18 R3, ...
May 13, 2020
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