| Title | Description | Download | Commands Used |
|---|---|---|---|
| User Modifiable Forms | This database will show how to allow your end users to edit forms in a compiled database with the new Edit Form commands in 4D 2004. Using the example provided here, as well as the documentation provided with 4D 2004, should give you a better understanding of what can and cannot be done with the Edit Form commands. | Win | Mac | |
| Virtual Structure 1 | This database will show how to setup a virtual structure from within 4D 2004. Often when developing a database you may use names that are meaningful to the developer but may not make as much sense to the users of the database. With the newly updated commands in 4D 2004 you can have the best of both worlds. | Win | Mac | |
| Virtual Structure 2 | This is the second part of the above example. The first example introduced the methods needed to modify and view the virtual structure, and this example will show how to save the virtual structure between launches of 4D. | Win | Mac | |
| 3D Buttons | This database will show how to use 3D Buttons. | Win | Mac | |
| Auto Date Entry | This database will show how to automatically enter the date into a field or variable. | Win | Mac | |
| Boolean Formatting on Forms | This database will show how to use the Properties of a Boolean field to format the field without programming. By default a Boolean field is displayed as True or False. By changing the properties of the field you can set the text of the displayed field to whatever is appropriate for your needs. | Win | Mac | |
| Capitalize | This example of text parsing will capitalize the first letter of text that is preceded by a space, comma, hyphen, or period character. | Win | Mac | |
| Using Entry Filters | This database will show how to setup Entry Filters to limit the data entry to various formats and styles of data. | Win | Mac | |
| Filter Keystroke | this database will show how to use the FILTER KEYSTROKE and the KEYSTROKE command. | Win | Mac | |
| Format Telephone | This example will demonstrate how to format a phone number as (XXX) XXX-XXXX using 408 as the default area code. | Win | Mac | |
| Help Tips | This database will show how to use Help Tips to provide information to your users about a button, field or any other active object on your forms. | Win | Mac | |
| Hide or Show the Menu Bar | This database will show how to Hide or Show the Menu Bar using the commands HIDE MENU BAR, SHOW MENU BAR, and BUTTON TEXT. | Win | Mac | |
| Hide or Show the Tool Bar | This database will show how to Hide or Show the Tool Bar using the commands HIDE TOOL BAR, SHOW TOOL BAR, and BUTTON TEXT. | Win | Mac | |
| List Boxes | This database will show how to setup List Boxes using 4D code. | Win | Mac | |
| Popup Menu | This database will show how to setup and use a Pop Up menu. | Win | Mac | |
| Remove CRs | This example shows how to implement a method that will remove carriage returns from a text. | Win | Mac | |
| Set Visible | This database will show how to use the SET VISIBLE command to either show or hide objects on a form. | Win | Mac | |
| Tri-State Checkboxes | Ever needed a "Do Not Care" option? This database will show how to use the new tri-state checkboxes found in 4D 2004. | Win | Mac | |
| Uppercase/Lowercase | This very simple database shows the use of the commands LOWERCASE and UPPERCASE. | Win | Mac | |
| Window Types | This database will show how to use different window types and locations. | Win | Mac |