RE: PDF generation on Windows - Latest Thinking

2018-09-13 Thread Timothy Penner via 4D_Tech
> Discovered a couple of days ago that the Win10 printer creates huge pdf files > in comparison to pdfCreator. > One report containing graph images is around 200KB from pdfCreator and is > over 8MB with Print to PDF. This is a very interesting observation that I was previously unaware of (or

Re: PDF generation on Windows - Latest Thinking

2018-09-13 Thread Keith Goebel via 4D_Tech
We are using both pdfCreator and Win10’s “Print to PDF” printers - pdfCreator for pre-Win10 machines. It switches according to the OS version. Discovered a couple of days ago that the Win10 printer creates huge pdf files in comparison to pdfCreator. One report containing graph images is around

Re: v13+ Opening a structure interpreted

2018-09-13 Thread Chip Scheide via 4D_Tech
Thanks all On Thu, 13 Sep 2018 13:50:51 -0400, Charles Miller via 4D_Tech wrote: > I think there is a menu option to restart interpreted. > Look at tghe following tech tips > > http://kb.4d.com/assetid=76900 > http://kb.4d.com/assetid=50815 > > regards > > Chuck > > Regards > > > > On

Re: v13+ Opening a structure interpreted

2018-09-13 Thread Charles Miller via 4D_Tech
I think there is a menu option to restart interpreted. Look at tghe following tech tips http://kb.4d.com/assetid=76900 http://kb.4d.com/assetid=50815 regards Chuck Regards On Thu, Sep 13, 2018 at 1:20 PM Chip Scheide via 4D_Tech < 4d_tech@lists.4d.com> wrote: > I set a database to run

Re: v13+ Opening a structure interpreted

2018-09-13 Thread Jeremy French via 4D_Tech
Hi Chip, Yes. Open 4D first. Choose “File -> Open -> Open Local Database. After highlighting the database, do the following: On PC, click the drop down menu icon found on the “Open” button On Mac, click the “Options” button at bottom left. For both platforms a drop menu then appears. Choose

Re: v13+ Opening a structure interpreted

2018-09-13 Thread Douglas von Roeder via 4D_Tech
Chip: Don't know of a key combination but you could probably could do this without a mouse. Select "Local Database" from the File menu and you'll see a dropdown in the lower right corner of the open file dialog (lower left on OS X). You can choose between compiled, interpreted, or MSC though

v13+ Opening a structure interpreted

2018-09-13 Thread Chip Scheide via 4D_Tech
I set a database to run compiled, I now want to open it interpretedly. I can not load the database because there are uncompiled components. Is there a key combination which will allow me to choose the how to open the database (compiled or interpretedly)? Thanks Chip --- Gas is for

Re: 4Dv15 applications as a Service in Windows Server 2012

2018-09-13 Thread Ronnie Teo via 4D_Tech
Hi Justin, The SET ABOUT command is not used in this app. When testing David’s suggestion, I had also tested running the service both with and without checking the “Allow Service to interact with desktop” checkbox to no avail. I think I’ll just have to weigh between running v15.5 Server

Re: PDF generation on Windows - Latest Thinking

2018-09-13 Thread Charles Miller via 4D_Tech
Armin Can advise pricing for developer and deployment in server environments Thanks and regards Chuck On Thu, Sep 13, 2018 at 10:11 AM ADeeg via 4D_Tech <4d_tech@lists.4d.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > if you need a stable rock solid solution to print pdf files on windows, > have > a look at our

RE: PDF generation on Windows - Latest Thinking

2018-09-13 Thread ADeeg via 4D_Tech
Hi all, if you need a stable rock solid solution to print pdf files on windows, have a look at our pdf plugin with pdf driver. pdf printer driver and 32/64 Bit 4D plugin (v17 too ;-) no boring update messages much smaller pdfs than the win 10 built in driver add bookmarks add letter forms mail

Re: PDF generation on Windows - Latest Thinking

2018-09-13 Thread Kirk Brooks via 4D_Tech
I agree that PDF Creator is terrible on the server. I tried it briefly and it was a headache. In addition to the points Lutz made doing any printing Server side restricts you to a single print job at a time. That can become a problem - you have to write your own print job que. Plus PDFC can throw

Cursor position in 4D method editor is wrong a few pixels

2018-09-13 Thread Piotr Chabot Stadhouders via 4D_Tech
Hi, Tested on Windows 4D v17.0 When I click with my mouse in a text string (enclosed by double quotes) in the 4D method editor, the cursor position is often wrong a few pixels Then it looks like the cursor is after character Y, but it IS after character X (1 character before Y) Does anybody

RE: PDF generation on Windows - Latest Thinking

2018-09-13 Thread Epperlein, Lutz (agendo) via 4D_Tech
I second the statement below. We did some testing with PDF Creator in the Past and were not convinced. Especially we wanted to use it on the server side, creating PDFs for providing via the webserver. First, it was not stable. Second, we had to explain which software we want to install on the

Re: 4Dv15 applications as a Service in Windows Server 2012

2018-09-13 Thread Justin Carr via 4D_Tech
On 13 Sep 2018, at 5:14 pm, Ronnie Teo via 4D_Tech <4d_tech@lists.4d.com> wrote: > > Hi David, > > Thanks for your tip. > I have conducted the test as per your suggestion and from the results of the > test, it does not appear to be a firewall problem. > > a) 4Dv15.5 (32-bit) - server app

Re: 4Dv15 applications as a Service in Windows Server 2012

2018-09-13 Thread Ronnie Teo via 4D_Tech
Hi David, Thanks for your tip. I have conducted the test as per your suggestion and from the results of the test, it does not appear to be a firewall problem. a) 4Dv15.5 (32-bit) - server app launched directly - database server appears on Available tab on Client (works OK) b) 4Dv15.5