Category Archives: Demo

Integrated issue tracking with JIRA, 4D Summit 2020

Check out the session I put together for the 4D Summit 2020!  It was a lot of fun to put together, and the potential is easy to see once you get to the macros.  What a bummer that I could … Continue reading

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Worker Job Monitor

A basic strategy for monitoring worker activity or for creating a job queue using Call Worker and Call Form…

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Simple Code Execution Dialog

How to create a very simple code execution dialog in 4D. Warning! Be sure to understand the security implications of allowing such functionality!

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Print Selection?

Optimization and the glorious ‘Client log recording’ database parameter.  Are printing processes harassing your server?  Enter the No Harassment Zone!

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Dual Nature Of Objects

Exploring some interesting behaviors of the C_OBJECT variable type in 4D.  What is the true nature of the Object… pointer or primitive?

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Apply To Selection?

Old School Optimization Explore the performance differences in 4D between a few commands that can be used for the same purpose but have extremely different processing times that may not immediately be apparent without testing…  Apply To Selection, Array To … Continue reading

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Find in sorted array demo

Check out how much faster the new 4D ‘Find in sorted array’ command is than the older ‘Find in array’ command!  I know I’ll be using it.  Maybe it’s time for some refactoring?

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Virtual Reality

Check out my technical breakout session from the 4D Summit 2016 in Portland, OR. Explore a development strategy that we are using at the Art Institute of Chicago dubbed, The Virtual Structure. This approach helps to centralize data query and retrieval, … Continue reading

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Selection To Array with 4D Object field attributes

How to Selection To Array 4D Object field attribute values.

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Create Excel .xlsx docs using 4D and PHP

Create xlsx Excel files easily by using 4D and PHPExcel.  Here is a video that shows a quick and easy way to generate Excel data from 4D…

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