Re: Thoughts and Suggestions?

Ken, The tricky part is: On Mon, Oct 1, 2018 at 5:00 PM Kenneth Geiger via 4D_Tech < 4d_tech@lists.4d.com> wrote: > These people need to take notes and record data during their field-work > using iPads. Then, once they get back to “civilization”, this data needs to > be uploaded to the Database.

Re: Thoughts and Suggestions?

Hi Randy, THANK YOU This scenario is kind of what I was anticipating. Your comments have really helped flesh-out my plans. Regards, Ken > On Oct 1, 2018, at 6:35 PM, Randy Engle via 4D_Tech <4d_tech@lists.4d.com> > wrote: > > Ken, > > Sound like a worthy project! > > We do this in our

RE: Thoughts and Suggestions?

Ken, Sound like a worthy project! We do this in our system. We use SOAP for the connection (cause it's an old system, before Objects and Http Request in 4D) NOTE: You should use "Alpha" fields as your ID fields Have each remote use their own Alpha-Prefix for the field value This is an "EXTREME

Thoughts and Suggestions?

Hi All, I’m in the initial stages of discussing a potential new 4D Database with a client. It will be Client/Server (5 to 10 users) in a Mac environment. The issue is that they will have people working outside in the woods where they are virtually guarantied not to have Internet access via cel

Match regex convenience method

If you like regex but find the tediousness of checking array lengths, substring, etc. to be a turnoff, here’s a convenience method to find within a string using regex, returning the first grouping match if there is one, or the entire match. Use as: $text:=STR_Find_w_Regex ("

Update Self-Training for v17

With all of the new features in v17 I am wondering if anyone has any knowledge of plans to upgrade the Self-Training tutorial. Although it was offered as part of the v16 Documentation, I do not see any analogous link in v17, yet. Although it has been dragged on into v 16, this tutorial has not

Re: C_OBJECT Performance problem with arrays

Miyako, On Mon, Oct 1, 2018 at 1:29 PM Keisuke Miyako via 4D_Tech < 4d_tech@lists.4d.com> wrote: > > This makes it easy to, say, iterate through each element. Beyond > > convenience are you saying this is more efficient than using the full dot > > notation? > > it depends on how frequently you fo

Re: C_OBJECT Performance problem with arrays

> 2018/10/02 4:48、Kirk Brooks via 4D_Tech <4d_tech@lists.4d.com>のメール: > > Just to be clear about what you're saying here - let's say I populate a > large object, $bigObj, with some complex data. I might create a handle to a > collection within it as you describe: > > $myCol:=$bigObj.a.b.c[2].some

Re: C_OBJECT Performance problem with arrays

Miyako, On Sun, Sep 30, 2018 at 8:24 PM Keisuke Miyako via 4D_Tech < 4d_tech@lists.4d.com> wrote: > in fact, you should use object notation just once, to get a handle on the > property which is a collection of objects, > and work with that reference directly rather than dotting your way through >

[Off] RE: How to get the current time in a specified time zone

Timothy Penner writes: >There are a lot of nuances for timezone data; here are a few that I find >interesting - >The following article is both interesting and funny in how it explains some of >these nuances: >https://zachholman.com/talk/utc-is-enough-for-everyone-right Indeed, the whole histor