to expand.... you can create 1 or more constants files in xlif format. Inside each constants file you can create 'groups', logic assemblages of constants. i.e. Web_Display, Interface_Colors, Listbox_Properties, etc. There is a tool in 4DPop (4Dpop constants editor) to help with this process.
The constant file(s) are then placed next to the structure in a folder titled "Constants". This folder may not already exist and you may have to create it. On a Mac you need to open the structure package (show package contents) to create/modify the Constants folder. If you , or anyone else is interested, I have a version of 4DPop constants editor that I have modified to include the following enhancements (currently in v15 can/should be updatable to any newer version): [send me an email making the request - and I'll send the modified 4DPop source code along.] - open xlif files NOT in the current structure's path. i.e. open any xlif file, anywhere. - drag n drop xlif files (as part of above). - show all constants as a single list when there are groupings inside an xlif file, The constants are Not savable, including full sort order, in this 'mode'. - able to re-load an xlif file, if modified by an outside program (i.e. text editor). - sort (permanently if saved) not only the groupings, but the constants inside a group. - add a comment to any constant. - create and assign a UUID to each constant to avoid any issue with constant ID duplication. there might be more that I do not remember off the top of my head. Chip On Mon, 9 Dec 2019 15:20:05 +0000, Epperlein, Lutz (agendo) via 4D_Tech wrote: > You have to use xliff and you can find an example here: > https://kb.4d.com/assetid=76583 > > Regards > Lutz > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: 4D_Tech [mailto:[email protected]] Im Auftrag von > Eric Naujock via 4D_Tech > Betreff: Constants in code. > > Good morning, > This seem pretty rudimentary, but I don’t seem find anything in the > docs for this. > > Can you define your own Constants? I would like to define constants > in my database to cover various groups for permissions. But what I am > finding in the docs for v17r6 says they are listed in the constants > window. But there does not seem to be anything that tells you how to > create your own. Obviously there must be a way to do so since there > are constants for plugins. > ********************************************************************** > 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] > ********************************************************************** We have done so much, with so little, for so long; We are now qualified to anything with nothing <sigh> - unknown ********************************************************************** 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] **********************************************************************
