| Title | Description | Download | See Also |
|---|---|---|---|
| Template Database | This database will discuss how to add your database to the list of Database Templates that are shown when you create a new 4D database. | Win | Mac | |
| Object Libraries | Object Libraries are like a permanent clipboard that can be used or shared betwen users, platforms and computers. | Win | Mac | |
| 4D Chart | This database will show how to display array values using 4D Chart. Examine the code and comments in the Project Method "Chart_Load" to see how the 4D Chart area is built when the form is loaded. | Win | Mac | |
| 4D Write | This database will show how to use the 4D Write Plugin by creating a simple form letter type application. | Win | Mac | |
| About Box | This database will show how to implement an About Box for your database. An About Box is used to display information about the database (it's version, creator, etc.). | Win | Mac | |
| Auto Numbering Records | This database will show several ways to automatically generate numbers for records. | Win | Mac | |
| Backup and Restore | This database will show how to use the backup commands found in 4D 2004. | Win | Mac | |
| Build Application | The BUILD APPLICATION command allows you to create an application from your 4D database code. This is really only useful to developers since no data is included in the built application. | Win | Mac | |
| Working with the Clipboard | This database will show how to use the clipboard in various ways. The first will take whatever text is typed into the Text variable and place it in the clipboard, and the other will take text in the clipboard and place it into the Text variable. | Win | Mac | |
| Clock | This database will show how to use a floating window in it's own process to display a clock that gets updated every second. | Win | Mac | |
| File Names and Paths | This database will show how to extract the filename or the folder that a file is located in from the full path that is returned from a command like OPEN DOCUMENT. | Win | Mac | |
| Formula Editor | This database will show how to use the Formula Editor in your output forms. | Win | Mac | |
| Get Serial Port Mapping | This database will show how to use the command GET SERIAL PORT MAPPING to show which ports are available on your system. The port numbers are useful when working with the SET CHANNEL command. | Win | Mac | |
| Multiple Platform Deployment | This database will discuss the various issues that affect multiple platform deployment and show how to detect which platform, Mac OS or Windows, that the database is being used on. | Win | Mac | |
| Multiple User Issues | This database will discuss the various issues that affect multiple user database design. | Win | Mac | |
| Open 4D Preferences | This database will show how to open specific 4D Preferences. The demo also shows how to get various elements of the hierarchical popup when it's selected. | Win | Mac | |
| Printer Settings | This database will show how to get and set various printer options. | Win | Mac | |
| Getting and Setting Printer Options | This database will show how to get and set various printer options. Once a printer is selected the various options that can be set using 4D code are shown. | Win | Mac | |
| Progress Bar | This database will show how to create a progress bar. Progress bars can be used to let the user know when an operation will be finished. | Win | Mac | |
| How to Quit Your Database | This database will show how to close all open processes/windows when the user selects to quit the database. | Win | Mac | |
| Sequence Number | This database will show how to use the SEQUENCE NUMBER command to create unique record IDs for each table in the database. | Win | Mac | |
| Sets | Sets are a representation of records that can be stored, reloaded and cleared. The actual record is not stored in a a set, only a reference to the record. This database shows how to use Sets in 4D. | Win | Mac | |
| Spell Checking | This database will show how to use the built in spell check for 4D. | Win | Mac | |
| Startup Operation | The database method ON STARTUP runs once every time the database is launched. It is the very first place that you can place code that will be executed. This database will show how to use the ON STARTUP method. | Win | Mac | |
| Strings | This database will show how to use several of the 4D commands that work with string values. These commands will allow you to manipulate strings or change date, time and numeric values into string values. | Win | Mac |
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