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Bcrypt support for passwords

Security is a fundamental topic for today’s business solution systems. At 4D, we understand its importance; that’s why we keep delivering features that tackle this topic.

And with 4D v19 R3, 4D now uses a stronger hashing algorithm for user passwords. Let’s find out more!

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ORDA: Thoroughly compare two entity selections

Since ORDA allows you to work with several entity selections simultaneously, we’re sure you take advantage of this by passing entity selections as a parameter to project methods or to functions of ORDA Data model classes.

To work efficiently with object-oriented programming using as few lines of code as possible, you need robust and optimized functions. That’s why with 4D v19 R3, we are shipping a new function available on the entitySelection object: the selected() function.

Thanks to it, you’ll be able to inspect and compare two entity selections. Let’s see the details!

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Vanessa Talbot

Great news! The image settings dialog is here

Images are an essential part of documents. On an invoice for example, getting the right positioning for the company logo is important. That’s why the 4D Write Pro interface component offers a property dialog for images. You or your end users can easily define:

  • the size of the image
  • the display format
  • the margins and padding
  • the position on the page for anchored images

 

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David Azancot

4D for iOS: Sort criteria and action parameters enhancements

4D for iOS gives you the ability to define actions that automatically call a 4D method linked with an event on the smartphone. For example, using them, you can execute 4D code, manage and edit your app’s content using parameters, and, more recently, sort your app’s content easily using sort actions!

Defining sort criteria and action parameters has been improved to make things easier and help you work more quickly and efficiently.

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Vanessa Talbot

Simplified navigation between development windows

When writing a new function or method, or when creating a form, the work is never linear. We usually need to:

  • access the explorer to find the form in its folder
  • access the explorer to write the documentation for the method
  • read the documentation of a command on the 4D documentation website
  • read the documentation of a component’s method

 

In this new version, we have added some menu items in the code editor and form editor to allow you to better navigate between the different elements of a project.

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Vanessa Talbot

LZMA: The new compression algorithm

Whenever we exchange files, we always go through the ritual of compressing the files before sending them. Since 4D v18, two commands are available, allowing you to create and read a ZIP archive using the standard zip compression algorithm.

With 4D V19 R3, the Zip Create Archive command supports a new compression algorithm: LZMA. The advantage of this algorithm is that it creates smaller archives than the standard zip compression algorithm. Let’s find out more!

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