Declaring Class Properties
The 4D language is constantly improving. For v20, we bring you a new feature that will ease the use of your classes: declared class properties. Declar...
May 31, 2023
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Programming
Build an Application with 4D Commands
Since several versions of 4D, different features have been added to create your own build chain. For example, the creation of a ".zip" folder, t...
April 29, 2023
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Meet the Improved Distinct Function
Retrieving the list of unique data elements is always helpful when manipulating data. In some cases, retrieving the number of occurrences of each valu...
April 26, 2023
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Object and Collection Literal Initializer
In your code, objects and collections can be instantiated using New object and New collection commands. However, starting from 4D v20, a more conveni...
April 26, 2023
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Create a Help Menu with a Simple Collection
The "Help" menu of a software is handy. Obviously, you have a menu item to open the online documentation of the software, but also how to contact the ...
April 25, 2023
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Catch errors everywhere
Error management is often a constraining part of development in all languages. In 4D, if you forget to call an error-handling method in a new process/...
February 6, 2023
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Say Hello to Rounded Corners
The current trend is for light, clean, soft colors and rounded corners. For you to embellish your applications and follow the latest trends, we have...
October 19, 2022
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Latest Improvements of the HTTP Client
With 4D v19R6, we brought you a new way to perform HTTP requests: HTTP classes. At that time, some of the HTTP classes functionalities were not final,...
October 18, 2022
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Files, Folders… and now File Handles!
The File and Folder commands, which appeared in 4D v17 R5, enable you to manage folders and files on disk in a modern and efficient way. When it come...
October 14, 2022
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HTTP classes: A New Way to Perform Asynchronous HTTP Requests
In our constant effort to improve 4D syntax and functionalities, we have decided to bring you new commands to perform HTTP requests in 4D: the HTTP cl...
July 19, 2022
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