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Databrowser – a better view on your data

Our 4D Component „Databrowser“ allows you to view, query, analize and modify all data of any 4D database in a generic, powerful, but yet user-friendly way. Drag&Drop Fields to display, sort columns, simple multi argument query in a single query field, get distinct values, find duplicate records, save selections as sets, perform set operations in…
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4D v18: The future of modern Business Applications

4D has released the latest version of its product line: 4D v18. Finally, we will have the possibility to store a 4D application as a project and benefit from all features of modern version control systems. On the database level have been implemented new encryption tools and the overall performance is much improved. 4D for…
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Connect 4D to Apples Address Book

Miyako publishes a plugin to connect 4D to the Apple Address Book. The plugin is free and open source, you can download it from here. It works reliable and offers all features you may need to synchronize your 4D app with the OS X contacts database. The only thing that is missing, is a detailed…
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4D v17 is here

4D just released version 17. The most eye-catching feature set of 4D v17 is ORDA: Object Relational Data Access. This is really something new (and unique in the world of databases) and will allow us to “play” with data in new and unprecedented ways. ORDA is so powerful that it will take time to explore…
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A “Swiss Army Knife for 4D”

A personal collection of (generic) 4D methods to solve common problems from A (Arrays) to X (XML): this is my swiss army knife for 4D. Many years ago, once I started to work on several projects for several customers, I realized that I’ll need a robust and versatile collection of utility methods. This would hopefully…
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