4D v18 R5 is Here
We’re thrilled to announce that 4D v18 R5 is now available!
This feature release includes many functionalities you asked for, starting with a CSS preview in the form editor, to the ability to have 4D View Pro in your native language … just to name a few!
Without further ado, here’s an overview of what this feature release has in store for you:
Sharing leads to performance
Following this blog post about the new concept of shareable entity selections and the subsequent discussions on the forum, we’ll now take the time to explain how ORDA fits into the future.
Move to shareable entity selections smoothly
In this blog post, you discovered the power that shareable entity selections can offer. 4D focuses on data sharing because, in the long run, it leads to performance.
But we’re aware that this strategy might not be your current strategy. We’ve followed the discussions on the forum and understood your comments and feelings.
To soften this step and give you more flexibility and tools, we’ve made some enhancements regarding the nature (shareable or non-shareable) of entity selections.
Before continuing, we highly recommend that you read this blog post and this one so you can make sense of the enhancements described below.
6 practical examples on how to use macros
4D 18 R5 introduced form macros. They can be incredibly useful, for example, by providing an ideal way to save time on repetitive tasks. In this blog post, we’ll show you some basic examples to learn more about how macros work and the possibilities they offer. All of the following examples are available on GitHub.
4D View Pro now in 6 languages!
We know how important it is for both you and your customers to have 4D View Pro spreadsheets in your native language. That’s why 4D v18 R5 now provides a set of five supported languages! In addition to English, we’ve added support for French, German, Spanish, Japanese, and Portuguese!
4D Write Pro: Decimal point or comma for number alignment?
Numbers … big, small, very big, very small … No matter their size, it’s always better if they’re easy to read. In most countries and languages, separator characters are usually used to separate thousands (or tens of thousands) and there is always a character to distinguish the decimal part from the rest of the number. When it’s time to align these numbers correctly in documents, “decimal tabulators” are used (which are based on the decimal separator character of the numbers).
But what if the documents contain numbers from different countries and the numbers aren’t formatted in the right way? Let’s take a closer look at this!
Type ahead made easy
If you’re interested in the user interface, you may have already used the On before keystroke and On after keystroke events. You’ll certainly be happy to know that the handling of these events has been greatly enhanced with 4D v18 R5. In addition, a new command has been created to determine if there is ongoing input when the On before keystroke event is generated. Let’s find out more!
Copy, move, and delete emails with IMAP
Sometimes you need to save certain emails in dedicated mailboxes and other times you want to delete certain emails to keep up your INBOX tidy. The three new functions we’ve added to the IMAP transporter, copy(), move(), and delete() make this a breeze!
Multiple servers, one shared local resources
There may be times when you might need users to connect to many instances of the same merged server application. When this happens, the merged client application downloads as many local resources as the server connections. But if your server’s Resources folder is huge, this can be quite a drain on time, volume, and network! Fortunately, 4D v18 R5 has a solution for this scenario!
A new command to open a Form in the Form Editor
4D v18 R5 provides a new 4D command to open a form in the form editor. This can be especially useful for analysis or introspection tools.
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