Hi Kirk, Check this out https://github.com/miyako/4d-utility-structure-to-svg-converter
On Sat, Mar 30, 2019 at 1:06 PM rooftop99--- via 4D_Tech < [email protected]> wrote: > > 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] > ********************************************************************** -- Kirk Brooks San Francisco, CA ======================= What can be said, can be said clearly, and what you can’t say, you should shut up about *Wittgenstein and the Computer * ********************************************************************** 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] **********************************************************************
