More commands to run in preemptive processes
A preemptive process is powerful as it allows your application to take full advantage of multi-core computers; consequently, its results in a faster g...
October 20, 2017
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v16 R5
Hash and verify passwords for web user login
Security is becoming an increasingly important topic as business applications become more frequently accessible through the web and are, as a result, ...
October 18, 2017
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Programmatically manage headers and footers in 4D Write Pro
We've received several customer requests to provide the ability to use the 4D Write Pro template with headers and footers to create other documents ba...
October 16, 2017
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Automatic row height in list boxes, a new 4D View Pro feature!
Starting with 4D v16, you can set a different row height for each row in your list box. So with a few lines of code, you have a list box with rows tha...
October 13, 2017
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Don’t be afraid of undefined values
With 4D v16 R4, we introduced Object Notation which is a great enhancement to the 4D language: your code is fast, flexible, efficient and elegant! Thi...
October 11, 2017
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More security for your 4D Server
Over the years, security has become a core topic for business applications. Transport Layer Security (TLS) and its predecessor, Secure Sockets Layer (...
October 9, 2017
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Passing data back and forth between forms
Wouldn't it be great if you could just open a form and pass it some parameters to initialize your form objects? What about being able to also get the ...
October 6, 2017
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4D v16 R5 Beta starts today!
We are pleased to announce the launch of beta testing for 4D v16 R5! It's chock-full of interesting things, so let's take a look and see what 4D v16 R...
October 5, 2017
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