January 16, 2019, 12:00 noon, CST (UTC−6:00)
Special Topic:
Kentika : an API for efficient electronic document management (EDM) in 4D, Alexandre Bernard, Ph.D
Kentika is a French company that has been developing electronic document management (EDM) software in 4D for the last 30 years. Now with about 2000 installations, mostly in Europe and Canada, the PRO version of Kentika allows users to manage all kinds of documents and metadata as well as associated access rights and flows.
November 15, 2018, 12:00 noon, CST (UTC−6:00)
Special Topic:
Using 4D v17 Dynamic Forms for Custom Label Printing, Tim Nevels
Tim Nevels, President of Innovative Solutions, will give us a backstage tour of a recent project he is working on in which printing labels is a major part of the database application. Literally thousands of mission critical labels are printed each day by each client in the format that they prefer — and in some cases require. The content and position of items on the labels change with every new client in order to support many different types of label printers and precisely positioned necessary label content. Continue reading
September 26, 2018, 12:00 noon, CDT (UTC−5:00)
Special Topic:
Subforms as dynamic data objects – Rethinking the 4D form, Kirk Brooks
Kirk Brooks of The Energy House will introduce you to the new way of thinking about the whole structure of a 4D database as compared to simply figuring out how to make it do what 4D has always done before. This 4D v17 demo encapsulates new approaches to interface development with a focus on object based definition of dynamic forms and subforms made available via component.
August 8, 2018, 12:00 noon, CDT (UTC−5:00)
Special Topic:
Configuration management for IT infrastructure using 4D, Balinder Singh Walia
Let’s dive deep into the cloud and check out a 4D demo application running on Amazon Web Services (AWS)! See how the entire infrastructure, like EC2 instances, web server config, networking, ports, passwords, etc., can be fully automated and managed by 4D and Ansible Automation and Configuration management tool.
June 27, 2018, 12:00 noon, CDT (UTC−5:00)
Special Topic:
List box going in a new dimension with ORDA, Thomas Maul
ORDA (Object Relational Data Access) was the top highlight of 4D Summit 2018, is the main feature in 4D v17 and will have a huge impact on how you will write code in the future. But, it is not only about coding. The “A” in ORDA is about accessing data, and this includes using data in forms, especially in a list box.
April 25, 2018, 12:00 noon, CDT (UTC−5:00)
116 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago IL 3rd floor
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Special Topic:
Leveraging 4D with a Xojo Web app front end
John Baughman from BY’te DESIGN Hawaii will present an introduction to building web applications using the Xojo, formerly RealBasic, IDE. The basics of the Xojo IDE and deployment options will be covered as well as a look at the code he uses in 4D to 
communicate with the Xojo web app. John currently has 5 Xojo web applications font-ending 4D databases and finds them especially easy to build, deploy, and maintain.
In our recent meeting, we noted that it seems 4D has used Marvel comics theming for their new product development on several occasions in the past. Who is the Marvel fan at 4D?!?! Check out the discussion here.
Perhaps we can offer some suggestions for which character to use next!
March 7th, 2018, 6:00 PM, CST (UTC−6:00)
Special Topic:
Fintech Application Platform by IP Ventures, Steve Brown
Let’s take a look at e-Premium, a state of the art lending solution used by financiers, lenders, and financial institutions to acquire and manage both commercial and consumer loans across a diverse range of asset classes and portfolios. This demo will be from a users perspective to see how the application functions and review the advanced interface concepts at play. Continue reading
On this Martin Luther King Day, I’d like to share a recent quote from the director of the Art Institute of Chicago, James Rondeau.
James Rondeau
Art Institute of Chicago
Art museums matter. As a museum director, one of my essential responsibilities is taking forward the unwavering commitment of my community—colleagues, artists, philanthropic supporters and visitors—to champion the power of art and the experiences that makers, museums and audiences create and share to make sense of our collective past, present and future.
January 17th, 2018, 12:00 PM, CST (UTC−6:00)
116 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago IL 3rd floor
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Special Topic:
4D Web Access and Angular2 Components
Julio Carneiro from Pascal Information Technology Ltd will show his “RESTlike” 4D V16 Component that provides CRUD functionality via HTTP access to any 4D Database, along with an Angular2 Typescript Component.
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