Where Are All The Steppers And Spinners?

Hi All, A bit gutted that we're not in Chicago right now meeting some of you, but hey what can you do -- it's a changing world! Anyway, here's a question for you to ponder regarding the new Stepper and Spinner objects (https://kb.4d.com/assetid=78429)... Any ideas why I cannot see either

The chained list of deleted records is circular?

Hi All, How do we fix this sort of issue that's been reported in a Verify Log File: Problem on the Audit_Log data table : The chained list of deleted records is circular Would also love to know how to deal with this: Problem on B-tree Index 12 on Audit_Log.LogDate index : Index is flagged

Re: Necessary To End Task After Quitting Server

Hi Tim, Timothy Penner wrote on 27/02/20 6:34 AM: the very last line of code in the On Server Shutdown message is a logging entry, which DOES get executed so we no it's not getting hung up on code in there. Perhaps the application is releasing the memory? Take a look at the Task Manager and

Re: Necessary To End Task After Quitting Server

Hi Stephen, Stephen J. Orth wrote on 26/02/20 10:00 AM: We get this occasionally and the best I can attribute it to is that 4D is waiting for something to stop before exiting. Just make sure you don't have something hung up during the shutdown process. Thanks.  Have been trying to do so but

Necessary To End Task After Quitting Server

Hi all, We've run into an issue where on a deployed server application, when using the File > Quit menu item, the server effectively hangs and does not actually quit (even when all Clients have disconnected), and the DBA has to use the Windows Task Manager to actually force quit the

Re: 4D Server Spontaneously Sets 'Reject New Connections' To 'Accept..."

twork layer" (again recommendation from 4D). We are quite desperate to find a solution for this. On 13 Feb 2019, at 23:12, Allan Udy via 4D_Tech <4d_tech@lists.4d.com> wrote: Hi all, I asked in November, and Tim Nevels confirmed he''d seen the issue once, but I need to ask again:

Email Attachments Missing after New process ?

Hi All, It seems to me that when building up an email using the new Mail theme commands in 4D v17R6/v18, if an attachment is added to the mail object, when that email object is sent to a new process using either the 'New process' or 'Execute on server' commands, the attachment Property in the

v17 64-bit -- error opening datafile on MacOS file server

Hi all, We use a couple of very small databases in-house, where the datafile is stored on a file server (MacOS), and various people will periodically access the system and then quit. Just upgraded one of these to v17R6 64-bit (from v17R4 32-bit)    at startup a record is written into

Re: Windows Build - STR# 10135, 18/19 Folders

Hi John Did you ever get to the bottom of this? I've just had v17R6 start to do this to me under Windows 10 when I attempt to compile/merge engine an app that compiled perfectly fine with v17R5. In my case the Server and Clients apps are in a folder called STR# 10135, 20 Any

Re: 4D Volume Desktop has stopped working

Thanks Chuck, Using a built Client as well. Not sure which downloaded files you're referring to...? Charles Miller wrote on 18/09/19 1:30 PM: I would try deleting the downloaded files when you connect and see if that has any impact on the situation. Are you running with built client or

4D Volume Desktop has stopped working

Hi all, Starting to get a bit desperate here, so wondering if anyone else has come across this issue .  one of our customers is running a built server, v17R4. The Server is running on Windows Server 2019, upwards of 15 clients running on Windows 10. The bulk of the clients are fine, but

Barcode Data Entry - Cool New Solution

Hi All, This is a simple heads up to anyone who is interested in the idea of getting barcode scanned data into your apps. I've just found the really interesting app 'Scan-IT For Office'  : https://www.tec-it.com/en/software/mobile-data-acquisition/scan-it-to-office/overview/Default.aspx As

Null End Point errors - a couple of years back

Date:Thu, 13 Oct 2016 19:40:30 -0400 From: Randy Jaynes Subject: NULL End Point errors So I finally have an installation location where many of the clients get the "NULL End point error dialogs” which point me to issues with the network. Hi Randy, Did you ever track down what was causing

4D View Pro Save Image of Current Sheet ?

The 4D Tech Tip  (https://kb.4d.com/assetid=78210) showing how to use WA Evaluate JavaScript to save an image of a current 4DViewPro area is handy, but it appears that it only saves the current Viewport, not the whole sheet. Is anyone here capable enough with the use of WA Evaluate JavaScript

RE: Error connecting to 4D Server

Keith White We first saw many of these symptoms with v16R6 using the new network layer ... using v16R6 with the new network layer, we did get mass disconnections occurring and also seeing the Admin window changing the Accept/Reject by itself.  So after a mass disconnection, new

Re: Error connecting to 4D Server

Stephen J. Orth wrote on 9/04/19 12:11 AM: We have worked with our users regarding all kinds of Windows settings, including power, network, sleep, etc. however this is the first time I’ve heard the recommendation to put the server at “High Performance”. Interesting… Steve, that info is

RE: Error connecting to 4D Server

From: Chip Scheide <4d_o...@pghrepository.org> not a merged server expert - at all - BUT 4D server does (or at least did in earlier versions) reject new client connections during a backup. it is possible that 4D server is doing a backup, changing the setting/disabling connections during

RE: Error connecting to 4D Server

From: "Stephen J. Orth" I don't have an solution for you but I would love to know how to stop these issues as they are regular problems facing our OEM Clients. We have talked to our Clients about port time outs, external scanning software, etc. We have made adjustments on our side where we

Re: v17 web area

FWIW, we recently had something similar (again in v17 Windows 64bit server/32bit client), a web area showing a Google map which had been working fine for ages, and then stopped working. The solution to this was to open up the form, click on the Web Area, go to the Properties window and turn

Nested For Loops and the Debugger ...?

Odd behaviour with the debugger today -- initially thought it might be a bug in v17R3, but then went back to v14 and found the same behaviour With the following code: Trace For ($Loop1;1;10)     ALERT("Iteration: "+String($Loop1))     For ($Loop2;1;10)         BEEP     End for // <- 

4D Server Spontaneously Sets 'Reject New Connections' To 'Accept..."

Hi all, I asked in November, and Tim Nevels confirmed he''d seen the issue once, but I need to ask again: Has anyone else seen an instance of the 'Reject New Connections' button on the Application Server page of the 4D Server Admin window, spontaneously changing to 'Accept New Connections'

Re: 4D v16.4 Built database won't open in Mojave

Walt, Sorry - haven't been reading the NUG for a couple of weeks -- did you ever solve this issue? I had something very similar a few months back with v16 and a client who had upgraded his machine to High Sierra -- suddenly the app stopped working in a very similar way. >From memory we

4D Server automatically setting 'Reject New Connections' ?

Hi All, Has anyone else seen 4D Server spontaneously 'dropping' 4D Client connections, and automatically setting the 'Reject New Connections' option in the server Administration window? We've seen this with both v16 and v17. Usually when the DBA goes to 'Accept New Connections' in the

Re: WritePro letter emailed to MS Outlook

Hi Pat, I'd suggest that you try using SMTP_Quicksend instead of the lower-level SMTP functions. Read up on SMTP_Quicksend and I think you'll find that you can do everything you need with that, and (in our pretty thorough testing) it sends emails that are accepted by Outlook, Yahoo, Gmail,

Anyone using FTP_Receive under 64-bit? SOLVED

Hi all, One for the archives -- a month or so ago we noted we were having problems with the Internet Commands command FTP_Receive under 64-bit MacOS (v16R6 and earlier). I'm having a problem with Internet Commands FTP_Receive under 64-bit -- the command immediately returns a -2201 error and

PDF Creation on Windows under v16 -- Changed?

Hi again, After recently upgrading one of our vertical market apps to v16R6 (from v14), we're getting reports from several user sites that the (relatively simple) PDF reports that they've been emailing to their clients are now failing on a more regular basis. Failure consists of: a)

Re: Anyone using FTP_Receive under 64-bit?

Hi Randy, I'd greatly appreciate seeing a bit of example code that works. Many thanks. Randy Jaynes wrote on 16/08/18 9:25 AM: Yes it does. I have it implemented if you’d like a copy of the method I can email it directly to you. It’s fairly generic, but I can strip out the application

Anyone using FTP_Receive under 64-bit?

Hi all, I'm having a problem with Internet Commands FTP_Receive under 64-bit -- the command immediately returns a -2201 error and nothing is received (on Mac and Windows). Using 4D v16R6 32-bit, the code works fine and files can be received. Same code using v16R6 64-bit fails. The 64-bit

Ten Year Old Self Help Tutorials. Really?

Hi All, I'm about to start training a new programmer in the black arts of 4D development A hunt on the 4D website suggests that the last 'Self Training' tutorial material available was created for v11 (i.e. TEN years ago in 2007) !! Is that correct or are there more recent resources

Re: Default Font ? 4D 15.4 & Windows 10

Hi all, We have this problem as well. If someone finds out what Font has been removed (so that we can put it back), that would solve a lot of short term headaches, thanks Cheers, Allan Udy Golden Micro Solutions Ltd, Blenheim, New Zealand http://www.golden.co.nz

Failed To Create A Listening Socket ?

Hi All, We have a Windows Server 2012 setup as a test machine. It was used for testing last weekend - Web Server started and behaved perfectly fine. This afternoon I started the 4D server for more testing and got a Runtime error (it's a Compiled and Merged Server app): Failed to create a

Options To Put Data Into Existing Excel Spreadsheets?

Hi All, I'm up the proverbial creek without a paddle... Years ago (v11) we started using the 'Excel Library' component put together (I think) by Keisuke. For the life of me I can no longer find a source version of this (if there ever was one), and it appears that any online link to the

EX_IS_PROCESS_DYING ?

Hi All, In working through my recent DebugLogs, in order to find a reason why 4D Remotes are being disconnected from the server application, I've come across a few instances of the following (in the Logs): 4D Internet Commands: EX_IS_PROCESS_DYING(Command ID 2;414) This is

Re: 4D Debug Log Reader - Plugin Commands

Hi Justin, Justin previously determined that this is the case, and in his Log Parsing database that we're using, the plugin command ID's are assumed to start with 3;YYY. Through a bit of trial and error I can now say with reasonable certainty that in v16 at least, the plugin Commands now

Numeric Array Variable Not Reset When Array Redefined

Hi All, One for the newbies, or the oldies who like us didn't realise Recently changed some code, which resulted in a runtime error for a client, and it took us a while to track it down. As per the example code below, it appears that redefining an array variable and resetting its size

RE: Connection is broken, cannot receive request reply

Hi David, We've seen something similar in recent weeks. Merged Server database running under Windows 2012 Server, problem seen with both 4D v16R3 and v16R4 Periodically, once every 18-36 hours the ten or more 4D Remote clients connected to the server lose contact with the server

SQL Fail On Windows

Hi All, Currently using the following example code from the Knowledge Base to determine the AutoIncrement status of a field: C_LONGINT($1;$table_id_l) C_LONGINT($2;$column_id_l) C_BOOLEAN($0;$autoInc_b) If (Count parameters>=2) $table_id_l:=$1 $column_id_l:=$2 Begin SQL

Database Settings Publishing Info IP Address - Tip

Here's another tip for the archives... We have one client running a web server db under 4D v14.4. We're working at moving this to v16 in the very near future, but wanted to do a few tidy up's in v14 before we started the update process. Things went badly and suddenly no one could connect to

Resetting The Explorer Window - Tip

Hi All, Here's a quick tip if you suddenly loose the buttons at the bottom of your Explorer window, as I did this afternoon -- I couldn't view method Comments (no Preview/Comments button), nor could I Add [+] or Delete [-] methods etc -- those options were just not available to me. What to

Indian developers?

Hi all, Are there any 4D developers, resident in India, lurking on this list? If you are one, or know of one, please PM me at the email address below. I'm not looking for anyone to do any development work, but potentially looking for someone to help support an application. Cheers, Allan Udy

Re: Is 'DB4D Index builder' process is running on server

specifically but you can make a function that uses Count tasks to loop through all processes and return $0=true if it's there. If you set the Execute on server attribute (property?) for the method then you're looking at the processes on the server. On Tue, May 2, 2017 at 1:26 AM, Allan Udy via 4D_Tech