by Add Komoncharoensiri, Director of Technical Services at 4D Inc
Here we go with another set of tips and tricks.
The 4D Knowledge Base is a library of information about 4D technology where weekly tech tips and monthly tech notes are actively published. If you missed the last tips on the KB, that’s fine; here is a compilation from the past few weeks.
This blog post covers 20 tips:
- Shortcuts to add variables and expressions in the debugger window
- Text Form Object Automatic Themes
- Utility method to return character at string position
- Count values option in .distinct() function is now supported
- Quickly finding build number from built exe or app without opening the app
- Use Caution when Comparing against a Variant Type
- How to check if log file is being written to
- How to check for obsolete plugins
- Horizontal and Vertical Padding for List Boxes
- “Impossible to import structure” error
- Generically assign values to and retrieve values from a form data object
- Reindexing with ICU/Unicode Update
- Entity class function pitfall in client/server
- Automatic Row Height Column Property now supported in Collection-based List Boxes
- Entity IDs and UUIDs differences in single user and client-server
- Use a 4D method in the “Variable or Expression” property of a form widget
- Corner Radius Property in Text Area and Input Form Objects
- Difference between backup log file and backup journal file
- Utilizing the Program Counter
- 4D client-server timeout vs router setting timeout