Salesperson incentive interface – Guy Algot

Posted on January 6, 2016 by 4DMethod

January 21st, 2016, 12:00 noon, CST (UTC−6:00)
116 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago IL 3rd floor

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Guy Algot from Edmonton, Alberta will demo a salesperson incentive interface he developed with 4D, ObjectTools, and AreaList Pro. With 4D’s release of v14, objects became the latest, greatest feature. Guy has been using objects for years. He will demo an interface which collects sales data and creates incentives from this data. Since the sales data comes from many different areas, it is too cumbersome to fit into the standard table/field model. Continue reading →

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Create Excel .xlsx docs using 4D and PHP

Posted on November 10, 2015 by 4DMethod

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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New plugin for executing real 4D Code within HTML templates – Christian Sakowski

Posted on November 5, 2015 by 4DMethod

December 2nd, 2015, 12:00 noon, CST (UTC−6:00)
116 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago IL 3rd floor

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Christian Sakowski of heubach-media in Hamburg, Germany will demo a new plugin for executing real 4D code within HTML templates. It offers a full set of low level commands for creating execution contexts, variable initialization, support of virtual structures and local variables. The executer was delivered with hmReports 3.0 and is now available as a new separate plugin which comes with a no-hassle license. Continue reading →

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What 3rd party plugins do you use with 4D?

Posted on October 27, 2015 by 4DMethod
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CatBase: The Database Publishing Solution – Pat Bensky

Posted on September 30, 2015 by 4DMethod

October 22nd, 2015, 12:00 noon, CST (UTC−6:00)
(clarification for UK email blast:  6:00 pm)
116 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago IL 3rd floor

Special Topic:
Pat Bensky of Tenthmatrix Information Systems will give us a tour of CatBase: The Database Publishing Solution.  CatBase is a powerful solution for turning data into illustrated catalogues, directories, price lists, etc.  The database is very user-configurable: in the demo we’ll show how a user can:
– Define as many tables, fields, and the relationships between them as they need.
– Design their own data entry forms, placing and sizing fields and other objects, such as included lists from related tables.
– Define the columns to appear on each table’s list view.
– Set up Publishing Projects to publish their data. Continue reading →

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What version(s) of 4D do you have in production?

Posted on September 16, 2015 by 4DMethod
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The Film Workers Club – Todd Freese

Posted on September 3, 2015 by 4DMethod

September 10th, 2015, 12:00 noon, CST (UTC−6:00)
116 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago IL 3rd floor

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Todd Freese will demo a 4D application in use at The Film Workers Club in Chicago, IL that serves scheduling data via server/ client, web and iPhone. Continue reading →

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Address validation using Google Maps API and 4D – Brent Raymond

Posted on July 8, 2015 by 4DMethod

July 30th, 2015, 12:00 noon, CST (UTC−6:00)
116 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago IL 3rd floor

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Brent Raymond will demonstrate how to validate and autocomplete mailing addresses using the Google Maps API, HTTP client commands and 4D Objects. Continue reading →

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Automatically set 4D field index types

Posted on June 30, 2015 by 4DMethod

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4D Mobile In Action – David Robbins

Posted on June 1, 2015 by 4DMethod

June 18, 2015, 12:00 noon, CST (UTC−6:00)
116 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago IL 3rd floor

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You won’t want to miss this month’s meeting!  David Robbins, Wakanda Technical account manager, will demo two new 4D Mobile projects that he’s been working on with two different 4D vertical market companies.  You’ll see the elegant responsive web applications that can be built using Wakanda, Angular JS, Bootstrap and current 4D applications.  We think you’ll come away from this meeting inspired to start using 4D Mobile with your v14 applications. Continue reading →

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