Thank you Chip, I am aware of the xml and html exports. I have used the xml export for several purposes. My question is, how do I get the printed visual structure digram I need using either of these. Surely there are database schema [structure] diagram printing applications out there someplace that someone has used successfully. I am also open to 4D based solutions.
Kirk > On Mar 30, 2019, at 11:54 AM, Chip Scheide <[email protected]> wrote: > > I too can not print the structure any more.... > > However, there are 2 options I easily found. > with the structure window open, select the 'File' menu. > - Export -> Structure to xml > and > - Export -> Structure to HTML > > that should get you started. > > Chip >> Hi All, >> >> We are in the midst of analyzing a very old 4D application. We’d >> like to print/plot/PDF a structure diagram, in all it’s glory, to >> hang on the wall. It must represent all structure elements such as >> Tables, Fields, Relations, Indexes, etc…. I have seen these >> diagrams for other platforms but I haven’t been successful in >> extracting such from 4D. >> >> Way back in the day I could print a tiled version of the structure >> from the Structure editor window but that print menu seems to be >> disabled (at least for me) in current versions of 4D. Ideally I >> would like to export the database as xml or JASON and load it into >> another charting specific application to manipulate and print. I >> just need to find the proper application (or 4D component/methods) >> that can consume the xml/JASON and provide the needed diagrams. >> >> An example of what I am hoping for can be found in the top image of >> Vanessa Talbot’s 4D blog entry titled, “Detailed Analysis of Your >> Database Structure” Here is the link if it is allowed on the Nug: >> "https://blog.4d.com/detailed-analysis-database-structure/“ >> Something, clean, clear, and readable. >> >> FYI: We are on 4D v16R5 at the moment. Moving to v17 soon. >> >> Any help is appreciated! >> >> Thank you!! >> Kirk >> ********************************************************************** >> 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) >> Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html >> Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech >> Unsub: mailto:[email protected] >> ********************************************************************** > ------------ > Hell is other people > Jean-Paul Sartre ********************************************************************** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:[email protected] **********************************************************************
