Tag Archives: 4D developer

Dual Nature Of Objects

Posted on November 8, 2016 by 4DMethod

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?

Posted on October 26, 2016 by 4DMethod

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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August 31st Meeting – Messaging with 4D v16, Thomas Maul

Posted on August 1, 2016 by 4DMethod

August 31st, 2016, 12:00 noon, CDT (UTC−5:00) 116 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago IL 3rd floor Please RSVP if attending in person Special Topic: Messaging with 4D v16 –Thomas Maul. Let’s chat about messaging and how to communicate. No, this isn’t … Continue reading →

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Find in sorted array demo

Posted on July 22, 2016 by 4DMethod

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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July 20th Meeting – Code Analysis Component from Open Road Development

Posted on July 11, 2016 by 4DMethod

July 20th, 2016, 12:00 noon, CDT (UTC−5:00) 116 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago IL 3rd floor Please RSVP if attending in person Special Topic: Dani Beaubien from Open Road Development will demo his Code Analysis Component for 4D that is targeted to developers to do … Continue reading →

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June 7th Meeting – TestTakers SAT prep management with 4D

Posted on May 25, 2016 by 4DMethod

June 7th, 2016, 12:00 noon, CDT (UTC−5:00) 116 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago IL 3rd floor Please RSVP if attending in person Special Topic: Frank Pomilla, owner of TestTakers in New York City, will demo a custom 4D application for managing … Continue reading →

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April 21st Meeting – The Wakanda Digital App Factory, Ricardo Mello

Posted on April 12, 2016 by 4DMethod

April 21st, 2016, 12:00 noon, CDT (UTC−5:00) 116 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago IL 3rd floor Special Topic: We are living in a time where business takes place across multiple devices. From our tablets, laptops and smartphones we want one seamless … Continue reading →

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Virtualize Your Data Structure

Posted on March 31, 2016 by 4DMethod

Check out Brent Raymond’s session at the 4D Summits this year. 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, control application access … Continue reading →

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March 2nd Meeting – Canvas and NTK From Rob Laveaux, Pluggers

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 … Continue reading →

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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 … Continue reading →

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