On 4/10/2020 8:50 AM, Tim Nevels via 4D_Tech wrote:
I can confirm that v18.1 4D Server can open an uncompiled Project database and
users can connect to it and it appears to work. You can get into Design mode
and open the structure, methods and forms but you can't make changes to them.
You also cannot create new methods or forms. The “+” button in the Explorer is
disabled and if you use a keyboard shortcut to create a new method it give you
an error “There is no method for this table/form. You can’t create one because
the disk is locked.”
I’ve checked the v18 documentation and I can’t find an explicit statement about
using an uncompiled project database with 4D Server. So I’m not sure if this is
something that will be fully implemented in a later version. But it appears
that right now an uncompiled Project database is basically in read only mode in
terms of the Design environment.
Ah, Tim. Thank you for your gentle application of the clue stick. I now
see that I had a fundamentally flawed understanding of the proper usage
of project databases. I obviously missed the explanation of the workflow
for deployment and that project databases were intended for off-line
development with a build/compilation step prior to deployment in production.
Fair enough. Will re-jigger my expectations and look forward to the day
when I can develop in real-time against a server-deployed application in
project format.
Thanks again.
-M
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