Modernize your 4D interfaces with Fluent UI
Behind the scenes, a significant engineering effort has been carried out to bring native Fluent UI integration into 4D. This means that 4D forms can now be displayed using Microsoft’s Fluent UI design system, the same modern visual style that defines Windows, Office, and Teams. 4D is one of the first development environments to offer native WinUI integration, allowing developers to bring the authentic Fluent UI experience to their desktop applications. On the client side, the transition couldn’t be simpler. All it takes is enabling Fluent UI rendering in your project settings and making a few minor layout adjustments in your forms to enjoy the new, modern look.
Test your Windows SDI Application
It’s been a long time since you could provide your customers with merged applications in SDI mode.
We know that testing an SDI application can be challenging, so with 4D v19 R8, you can view the result of your application without the need to build your standalone or client application.
Keep reading for all the details.
Apple macOS Ventura and Microsoft Windows 11 compatibility information
The end of 2022 brings a new macOS version: macOS Ventura (macOS 13) and the 22H2 version for Windows 11. As usual, it is the moment to sum up which 4D release – shipped or upcoming – supports which OS version!
4D introduces SDI mode for applications on Windows!
Hot news! 4D applications on Windows are entering a new world thanks to 4D Windows 64-bit. Do you remember the grey-background main window which contains all other application windows? This main window is technically called MDI (which stands for Multiple Document Interface) and now there’s a way to get rid of it and move to SDI (Single Document Interface) where application windows are all independent…
Interested? Just activate the SDI mode with a single checkbox and it’s done…without a line of code!