Embed Qodly pages in a 4D web area without extra cost
With 4D 21, a new opportunity opens up: seamlessly embed a Qodly page inside a web area on a 4D form with no additional 4D Client license required. Powered by 4D Qodly Pro, you now have full access to a new generation of modern, dynamic user interfaces. No need to choose between desktop and web forms anymore: combine both, and evolve at your own pace.
ORDA – Permissions – Restrict / allow web access to the resources in one click
Discover here, how, in web processes, you can protect your resources (data + business logic) from malicious accesses and from unauthorized users … in one click.
In development mode, set the Restrict access by default property to FALSE to concentrate on your code organization, data model, Qodly pages architecture, tests … without any restriction to use data or to call functions.
When ready to implement user profiles, just set the Restrict access by default property to TRUE to ensure nobody will access your data and business logic without being explicitly authorized.
Track, Audit, Optimize: Take Control of Your 4D Web Sessions
Since the introduction of scalable sessions, server-side session management has become an important component of modern 4D architectures. These sessions enable fine-tuned scalability for web applications, but also require stricter supervision to guarantee performance, stability, and license control. With 4D 21, you now have a comprehensive means of inspecting all open web sessions, whether they originate from REST connections, SOAP calls, or 4DACTION requests.
Enhanced Session Management for Development and Testing
With the latest 4D updates, we’ve extended the Session command to the Client/Server connection, enabling access to session storage at the Client level. Pairing this functionality with the new ‘Restrict’ event in ORDA classes makes filtering results based on session data—such as privileges, roles, or even geographic areas—easier than ever.
Developing an application in 4D meant working in a local environment, such as a single user. In standalone mode, the Session command always returned Null. This meant that you had to write complex code, checks whether the Session object was Null to read from “Storage” or “Session.storage”. This workaround, while functional, was not elegant.
With 4D 20 R8, this is no longer an issue. The Session command now returns a valid object, even in standalone mode, simplifying application development and testing.
Introducing Session Singletons
Singletons have been one of the standout features of 4D 20 R5. Previously, developers could leverage two types of singletons:
- the process singleton, which is unique to each process but different across processes,
- and the shared singleton, which is unique across the whole application.
With 4D 20 R7, we are releasing a new type of singleton: the session singleton!
Exciting enhancements for managing processes and sessions
Managing processes and sessions is essential for optimizing and monitoring your 4D applications. You can easily manipulate and retrieve crucial information about these elements thanks to different commands.
With 4D 20 R7, we are pleased to announce a series of enhancements that make these functions even more accessible and effective. These new features are designed not only to simplify your work, but also to boost the performance of your code. The improvements include:
- Getting the process info in an object to make it easier to manipulate the properties,
- Allowing direct access to session info using a session ID for easier management,
- Making it easier to get a process number directly from its ID,
- Accessing the creation date of a process
- Optimized filtering of the results returned by the Process activity command to obtain all processes in a session.
Find out how these updates can transform your development experience and improve the efficiency of your applications!
Permissions: Inspect Session Privileges for Easy Debugging
Today, you can benefit from a powerful feature to filter access to data, which is essential for preventing malicious access to your application.
This feature uses privileges that allow certain actions on your data. These privileges are assigned to users through roles and stored in the Session during authentication.
In 4D 20 R6, we enhanced this functionality by allowing you to inspect the privileges in the Session, which is very helpful for debugging.
Keep reading to learn more.
Enhanced Session Storage Access
You can store information in the storage of various session types, such as Client/Server, Web, or Mobile, allowing for easy reuse across different processes.
Now, in 4D 20 R6, you can access the storage of a specific session. This enhancement enables users to easily maintain the continuity and consistency of information across multiple sessions of the same user. Imagine being able to pull up the same customer record across different applications such as Client/Server or Web.
New 4D remote session object with Client/Server connection and Stored procedure
In 4D applications, four types of sessions exist 4D Remote session, Stored Procedure session, Mobile session, and Web session.
The Session command already returns Web or Mobile sessions. This gives you access to a wealth of information about the session and an object shared by all processes in the session.
In 4D 20 R5, the Session command has been extended to the Client/Server connection and stored procedure.
Improved 4D Client Licenses Usage with Qodly Studio for 4D
Those of you who have started using Qodly Studio for 4D already know how powerful this new tool is for developing business web applications. If you haven’t yet, find here more information on getting started.
Apps made with Qodly Studio for 4D rely on the REST APIs. 4D 20 R5 is shipped with a great new feature: “Force Login” mode.
With Force Login mode, a 4D Client license is only consumed when users successfully log in and begin working with your application’s data and logic.
Keep reading to find out more! And don’t forget to download our demo to see it in action!
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