News
Julien Banon

The making of the new 4D v19 logo

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by Julien Banon, UX and Creative Designer at 4D SAS

 

4D v19 is just around the corner and while our teams are putting the finishing touches on one of the best LTS yet, I thought I’d tell you the story behind the 4D v19 logo design.

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4D Data Explorer in Action

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Even though the 4D Data Explorer is still in Preview version (there are certainly more features to come in the next versions), we thought we’d show you the product in action and let you discover its capabilities.

This is a web browser interface usable by the administrator as well as the developer, remotely (in a secure way with an HTTPS connection) or locally on the same machine as your opened database.

Need to check your data during development? Need to find data that could cause bugs? The Data Explorer, with its powerful query engine and intuitive web interface, is made for you!

Let’s watch the video:

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Guest Post
Michael Höhne

Apply naming conventions with Form macros

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by guest author Michael Höhne, 4D developer (Munich, Germany) 

 

There’s a feature in 4D v18 R5 that may have been overlooked, or at least hasn’t gotten much attention so far: Form macros. To be honest, I hadn’t spent much time on them either, until recently. In this blog post, I’ll show you a macro that saves a lot of time when applying naming conventions to list box columns, column headers, and footers. You can easily change it to fit your needs. A dedicated repo is also available on Github.

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Product
Vanessa Talbot

Push notification with data synchronisation

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As of 4D v18 R4, you can send notifications to your application users. Now with 4D v18 R6, you can start data synchronization with a push notification.

This could be useful, for example, in the case of delivery tracking applications. First, the delivery information is updated in the database, then a notification is sent to the customer. The notification contains a request to synchronize the data, so when the customer consults the record on their smartphone, the data is up to date.

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Vanessa Talbot

More features in the 4D Write Pro interface widget

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The 4D Write Pro toolbar and sidebar continue to grow with more functionalities to help you create documents even faster and easier.

With 4D v18 R6, you can :

  • increment or decrement text
  • copy/paste the ruler
  • change the background color of a paragraph
  • change the style of a word (uppercase, lowercase, etc.)

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Product
Vanessa Talbot

More enhancements to the 4D debugger!

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4D v18 R6 comes with new features in the code editor to make things easier for you when writing code.

The same goes for the debugger. We know debugging an application can be difficult, that’s why we never stop working to help make your experience better. This time, we’ve added some options and additional information that will make it easier to trace and analyze your code.

Keep reading to see what’s in store for you:

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Fabrice Mainguené

Manage IMAP flags

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To allow your solution to smoothly integrate with other email clients, you often need to add information such as “already seen” or “urgent”. The IMAP protocol allows you to associate a list of flags with a message to manage this additional information. 4D v18 R6 includes a set of functions for the IMAP Transporter object to add or remove IMAP flags.

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