RE: Benchmark Speed Test Method

Jody, The reason we chose to go this route is so we can assure our customers of the results. There is no bias in how the numbers were attained, or that they were possibly influenced by us. Additionally, the ability to say this is a Microsoft tool really helps politically. Most of our

Re: Benchmark Speed Test Method

Steve: Thanks for that information. I used to have one I had written in 4D. This tool will be superior I am certain of that. I will need to read up on this, as I have an install coming up. Jody > On Apr 5, 2019, at 2:04 PM, Stephen J. Orth via 4D_Tech > <4d_tech@lists.4d.com> wrote: > >

RE: Benchmark Speed Test Method

Stephen, We benchmark every Clients server storage system as part of our initial project management so we know if it will meet our requirements. We use a Microsoft tool called DiskSpd and have a configuration script to test various loads on the storage system. The results are plotted against

Re: Benchmark Speed Test Method

You might want to check with the EULA on that. It’s been some years since I checked but it did disallow publication of the results of performance tests. -- Douglas von Roeder 949-336-2902 On Fri, Apr 5, 2019 at 12:32 PM steve simpson via 4D_Tech < 4d_tech@lists.4d.com> wrote: > On Fri, Apr 5,

Re: Benchmark Speed Test Method

On Fri, Apr 5, 2019 at 3:00 PM Neal Schaefer wrote: > [snip] > > * We're getting a new Windows 2016 server for our 4DServer, and before I > migrate, I'd like to write a benchmark speed test to run before and after. > I'd like to measure create, edit, delete records, processing, IO, file >

Form Print Settings (And Their Little Secrets)

I understand that 4D forms store their own print driver settings, but I can't figure out how to actually see what the settings are for any form. The documentation tells me that to set the settings on a form, to click the "print settings" from the properties list. I can do this but when I open

Benchmark Speed Test Method

We're getting a new Windows 2016 server for our 4DServer, and before I migrate, I'd like to write a benchmark speed test to run before and after. I'd like to measure create, edit, delete records, processing, IO, file copying, and other relevant functions. We're also migrating from v16.6 to v17

Re: Auto Updating 4D Not Working

Hi Lutz, Thanks for replying. I’ve been using this mechanism in several applications for a few years now. No problems with any of them except this specific instance. I can’t see that I’m doing anything different in my code than with the other applications. Wondering if you can remember more

RE: Best scripting language to use with LEP (docx to PDF)

Hi Alexander, Some time ago we gave this tool a try. The results were really good. There were two versions of the tool, the Total Doc Converter for desktop use and the Total Doc ConverterX for server use. The testing of the desktop version shows a dialog with a progress bar, this is rather a

RE: Best scripting language to use with LEP (docx to PDF)

> An easy way to create Word files is: > - create a file in XML format > - Change the file extension from xml to docx > > Voila! AS long as your XML is well-formed and conforms to the Open XML > standard, it works a treat. That's nearly the same we do. With the difference that we don't create

Re: Best scripting language to use with LEP (docx to PDF)

An easy way to create Word files is: - create a file in XML format - Change the file extension from xml to docx Voila! AS long as your XML is well-formed and conforms to the Open XML standard, it works a treat. Seee https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Open_XML On Fri, 5 Apr 2019 at 12:32,

Re: Best scripting language to use with LEP (docx to PDF)

For conversion to and from doc/docx (pdf/html/rtf/etc.) we have been using an external tool (with command line interface). It does not require MS Word but you need to install the Office compatibility library from MS (free). It works well as service and is quite stable, the results are good

RE: Best scripting language to use with LEP (docx to PDF)

Regarding the topic: MS Word on the server In the past we use the following approach to generate native .doc files: - The application on the server generated reports as html files - These files got an extension .doc These files were able to open in MS Word. But there were problems e.g. if you

Re: Printing to PDF (again)

Oh right ... I'll have a look at that, thanks! Pat On Fri, 5 Apr 2019 at 11:41, Julio Carneiro via 4D_Tech < 4d_tech@lists.4d.com> wrote: > There’s another one there QPDF, have you looked at it? > > > On Apr 5, 2019, at 7:39 AM, Pat Bensky via 4D_Tech <4d_tech@lists.4d.com> > wrote: > > > > Hi

Re: Best scripting language to use with LEP (docx to PDF)

Good questions Lutz :) I'd like to think that it will work when running as a service as long as a) it runs silently and b) Word is installed on the server. But that is certainly something that will need to be tested. I am trying to find a solution that is very simple for users of all technical

Re: Printing to PDF (again)

There’s another one there QPDF, have you looked at it? > On Apr 5, 2019, at 7:39 AM, Pat Bensky via 4D_Tech <4d_tech@lists.4d.com> > wrote: > > Hi Julio, > I'm a big fan of Rob's plugins, but PDFX Plugin doesn't do what we need. > Pat > > On Fri, 5 Apr 2019 at 03:36, Julio Carneiro via 4D_Tech

Re: Printing to PDF (again)

Hi Julio, I'm a big fan of Rob's plugins, but PDFX Plugin doesn't do what we need. Pat On Fri, 5 Apr 2019 at 03:36, Julio Carneiro via 4D_Tech < 4d_tech@lists.4d.com> wrote: > Have you checked Rob Laveaux’s plugins at pluggers.nl ? > Those are x-platform and might do the

Re: Creating Word docs in 4D

Hello David, I do something similar, generically for .docx, .xlsx and so on: -Unzip the file, which creates a number of folders and files -Replace the embedded variables with data (freely configured in a report template: which document (docx, .xlsx), which variabes with which contents in which

RE: Best scripting language to use with LEP (docx to PDF)

The more interesting question is, at least from my point of view, which tools do you use for the conversion from docx to PDF. And do this tools work in a context of Windows service. Does the conversion works reliable if started from a 4D app running as a Windows Service. And as suggestion for

RE: Creating Word docs in 4D

We do that nearly the same way, with the difference that we don't use 4D Write or Write pro. And for Zipping and unzipping we use PHP. And with 4D 17R4 it should possible to export from Write Pro to docx. Regards Lutz > -Original Message- > Subject: Creating Word docs in 4D > > As of

RE: Auto Updating 4D Not Working

We use our own update mechanism (introduced before SET UPDATE FOLDER and RESTART 4D). But we tested the 4D mechanism some time ago (I think it was with 4D v13 or maybe v12). The main problem was, that the application after calling RESTART4D doesn’t quit fast enough. And there was no way to