Tailored Customization for Dates and Times
The manipulation of dates and times often requires specific formatting for various representations based on 4D's internal resources or operating syste...
January 24, 2024
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Programming
A Fresh Approach to Writing Variadic Functions
Many of you are familiar with using methods or functions that can accept an unspecified number of parameters, often referred to as variadic functions....
October 23, 2023
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Simplify Variable Declarations & Assignments in a Single Line
Starting with 4D v20 R3, you can wave goodbye to the days of writing multiple lines of code for variable declarations and assignments. Now, you can st...
October 20, 2023
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Deprecation of PHP Commands & Removal of 4D Built-in PHP Interpreter
PHP has played a crucial role in web development, and it was introduced into 4D v12 to offer features not readily available in the native language, su...
October 19, 2023
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Track data changes in your database
In this blog post, we're thrilled to introduce a powerful method to revolutionize how you manage and track changes within your data store. We'll unvei...
October 18, 2023
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Sync Several Collections with this new Function
4D offers powerful features to work with object collections. For example, you can create a collection of cities with their associated countries and co...
October 18, 2023
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Enhanced Error Management in 4D Code
Throwing errors in your 4D code is now possible starting from v20R2. Those errors behave as any 4D error: they trigger an error dialog or can be hand...
July 20, 2023
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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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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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