Canvas and NTK – Rob Laveaux

Posted on February 18, 2016 by 4DMethod

March 2nd, 2016, 12:00 noon, CST (UTC−6:00)
116 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago IL 3rd floor

Special Topic:
Rob Laveaux of Pluggers Software will demo two of his most popular 4D plugins, Canvas and Networking ToolKit (NTK).  First, Rob will give a quick tutorial on the basic concepts of the Canvas plugin, followed by a few practical examples.  Then we will see an overview of the NTK plugin, followed by the new features for version 3.0.  Get an inside look at the new JavaScript engine and how you can use it to write, for example, server-side JavaScript code. Continue reading →

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Looking for a Valentine’s Day Escape?

Posted on February 14, 2016 by 4DMethod

Escape, the maker of the QPix, QGrid, QDrop, QMedia and QMedical plug-ins, is offering to members of the 4DMethod group a 20% discount on Developer licenses. The offer is good through 2016.

Contact <sales@escape.gr> before ordering to take advantage of the offer.

Hugs & kisses

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Tell Rob Laveaux what to demo!

Posted on February 4, 2016 by 4DMethod

In our upcoming meeting on Wednesday, March 2nd, Rob Laveaux of Pluggers Software will demo his powerful plugins for 4D.  Which plugin(s) he will talk about is up to us!  Vote below to determine which of the Pluggers plugins are demonstrated by Rob himself the next time 4DMethod meets.

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Selection To Array with 4D Object field attributes

Posted on January 11, 2016 by 4DMethod

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

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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

Special Topic:
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

Special Topic:
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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