RE: one server window on client

Hi Chuck, RE> A one line method RE> OPEN ADMINISTRATION WINDOW RE> 4D crashes every time What if you open a new process method with the one line? I call OPEN ADMINISTRATION WINDOW and it does work, but I have it in its own process. Can't say why other than that's how I wrap all my primary

Re: Printing Listbox multiple pages (resolved)

RE> I found an older JPR example (I think) and it was really easy! vOver:=False // Flag for cancel printing Repeat $ref:=Print object(*;"tscanChartInfo") vOver:=Print object(*;"lb_Timeline") If (Not(vOver))

RE: Entity Selection Listbox with Image

Doug, RE> We have been working on moving our generic listing over to using ORDA I don't have any knowledge of the picture field issue; I’m very interested in your approach to creating the generic listing. Have you found a demo somewhere that shows how to do this? I'm just opening the book on

Re: Getting emails sent by 4D to show up in "Sent Items"?

RE> "Emails sent by the SMTP Internet commands are just the same as emails created by any other mail program. They will show up in the Sent folder for the account that sent them. I do this all the time for my clients and they know that the 4D emails will show up next to the emails they sent

Can the internet proxy server be determined by 4D?

Is there a way I can check the system internet proxy server setting from 4D? This is in Windows 10; I have a web service that if called from one proxy does not work, yet from another proxy works fine. I'd like to make a call in advance to check if the correct proxy is being used. Thank you,

4D Integration with FormStack or similar commercial forms tool API?

Has anyone done a project with FormStack, which is a forms-creation tool? My understanding is that FormStack allows you to create a form and drop it into a frame on a website. When the customer fills out the form, FormStack can send the content to anywhere using its API's. I'm interested in:

File Decoding: EBCDIC

Hello, I have a project where sales data is being sent to an FTP site and I'm picking it up and importing into 4D. The latest dataset comes from Asia Pacific and is stored as a double byte character set in EBCIDIC format. I need to somehow open this and convert it back to the source

How to print a document from LEP?

Hi Everyone, This is a most fundamental thing, but I've now wasted enough time on it that I think that either I should take some time off OR lay off the holiday egg nog (maybe both). If I programatically create a file using 4D, such as an Acrobat PDF file or an Excel file, and then I want to

Re: Proper decoding for document returned via SOAP call?

Uist, Koen - RE> You will need to use BASE64 DECODE on your returned $Value Thanks very much, that was exactly what I was looking for! Works perfectly! Bob Miller Chomerics, a division of Parker Hannifin Corporation ll

Proper decoding for document returned via SOAP call?

Hi Everyone, I'm confounded by a SOAP service that returns a binary (for a PDF file) - I'm not able to figure out how to save it as a proper PDF document that Acrobat understands. I get a SOAP response like (the binary was abridged for readability): http://DefaultNamespace;

CONVERT PICTURE not seeming to work for me...

Hi Everyone, I've recently discovered in my v16 (Windows) database a few rogue records that contain PICT images in picture fields. These, of course, do not display in 64 bit 4D, so I need to convert them. When I run this: ARRAY TEXT($aPicCodecList;0) ARRAY TEXT($aPicCodecNames;0) PICTURE

Re: How to get the current time in a specified time zone

Ah, this is such a complex issue. You need to know: - the time zone where your server is (which is where you will get the date and time using Current Time(*) - the time zone where your user is - the time zone where you want to know what time it is - whether it is daylight savings time where

TAOW down?

Since about 3pm on Friday I've been trying to file a tech support case on taow.4d.com, but I get, "This site can't be reached". Anyone else seeing this? Bob Miller Chomerics, a division of Parker Hannifin Corporation ll

Re: Frequent and Random Crashes - since 16 conversion

Hi Everyone, I've recently completed a conversion from 4D v15 -> v16r6 on Windows, for a built-server application. This also changed the client from a 32 bit client to a 64 bit client and we went to the "new" network layer. Since then, we've had many reports from both users with locally

Re: v17 PDF-Manuals

Re> I demand PDF manuals! Ditto. Laurent promised we could have PDF manuals at the Atlanta summit. He could not see why their production was a problem. That hasn’t happened. I’ve held out or skipped deploying several versions until PDF documentation was available, and I’m doing the same for

Listbox Type?

Hi Everyone, Is there a way to tell through the language whether a listbox is an "Array Type" listbox or a "Field Type" listbox? I have a listbox that is a "Field Type" listbox, but all it contains is formulas that point to fields, so I'm having fits trying to find out how to identify the

Re: Objects without Stylesheets suddenly displayed as Wingdings!

I've not ever seen this before today, when I was testing a database that I moved from v15 -> v16r6. The stylesheets came through, but some fields that had style sheets and all the ones that did not all of a sudden are displayed in the Wingdings font. Cheryl, how did you detect objects that

Re: Component for 64 bit v6

RE> I have a component created v15, opened with 64 bit 4D v16 on Mac, but the host database stops us compiling with v16 on Mac. Does a component create with a 32bit version need to be 'converted' somehow? Jim, Under 'Database Settings' - Compiler - there's a checkbox for 'Multi-target

Re: Converting pictures on 4D forms (Windows) to get transparency

Thanks to all who replied so far. I've been trying different things. Vance - RE: Can you make a picture have an opaque effect? This isn't what I want to do; the pictures have an opaque effect where the white backgrounds are opaque when what I want is for the background to be transparent, so

New way to get into Design Mode - v16?

I'm digging through the docs - is there a new way to get into the Design mode in v16? Up to v15, choosing a menu item with no associated method and no standard action would do the job, but this doesn't work in v16. I can Shift+Alt+Right Click and choose 'Go to Design Mode' - but clearly I

Converting pictures on 4D forms (Windows) to get transparency

Hi Everyone, I'm in the process of going through a database to convert all the pictures, icons, and such in it so I can use the database with 64-bit 4D v16 (and eventually v17). The documentation is pretty clear that even though any images pasted in did not start life as PICTS - and I'm

Re: problems with SEND RECORD

Hi Noah, I'm not clear if your question regards SEND RECORD or, "Am I missing something in my understanding of looping over records?" Regarding SEND RECORD, the example in the documentation isn't complete, you first have to set up a destination for the record using SET CHANNEL. An error -28

FORM GET OBJECTS and getting info about Subforms

Hi Everyone, I'm taking inventory of a form using FORM GET OBJECTS and I come upon an object that is "Object Type Subform". I can get the object name of subform from the point of view of the current form, but what I want is the name of the form and the table to which it belongs so I can in

Auto-update and restart 4D Server?

Hi Everyone, I've been mining the 4D KB looking for a technique whereby I can automatically update a 4D Server merged application. I'd like to do the following: > Set a time when the merged server application will send a notice to users that it will shut down > Merged app then shuts down

Error -19191 ?

Hi Everyone, I have a 4D Client user (v15r5, Windows) who can't connect, with error -19191. I can't find this error in either the language ref, the server reference, or the design ref. Does anyone have an idea of what this error is? Thanks, Bob Miller Parker Hannifin Corp.

Re: Macro to check that local variables are declared in a method? [Solved]

RE> What I?m not sure how to do (well, I?m unwilling to spend the time, because WTH) is capture spaces within a variable name. If anyone puts spaces in a variable name, well, they deserve what they get. I also realized that constructions such as ARRAY TEXT($aMyTextArray;$ArraySize) contain

Re: Macro to check that local variables are declared in a method? [Solved]

Thanks to everyone for all the responses! I put the macro at the end of this posting. Cannon Smith inquired: RE> I don?t have a macro for you, but I?m curious to know why asking the compiler to check the syntax isn?t enough? 1. It may not be a syntactical problem; I may have simply forgotten

Macro to check that local variables are declared in a method?

Hello, Has anyone created a macro to check a method to make sure all its local variables are declared? I've thought about undertaking such a thing, but as it probably involves getting into regular expressions, I've been looking forward to doing this with some dread. If anyone has done this

7-Zip Unpacker?

Hi Everyone, I am being sent some files that are "deep" inside a 7-ZIP archive. That means when you open them with the 7-ZIP GUI tool (7-ZIP is kind of like WinZip), you see a folder, then you open the folder, then another folder, then...then..and about 6 levels deep there's a couple of text

Where can I find 4D Internet Commands (for v16)?

Hi Jim, I feel a bit silly, but I've just killed an hour looking for the v16 version of "4D Internet Commands".The v16 Conversion manual specifies there are differences between v15 and v16, so I presume there is a v16 version out there, but I don't see it on the FTP site (mostly old stuff

Using a Web Area as a Data Entry Area

Hi Everyone, I have a task that might be a good application for a 4D web area. This would be my first use of this feature; normally I'd use Arealist or a Listbox to do this, but in this case the number of variables is high enough that a new approach might be warranted. The problem: we have a

RE: Using the new 4D SSO feature on Windows

RE> User A should not be sharing the machine with User B, otherwise, if they are sharing, then SSO should not be used. OK, I accept that. In a different view of things (this wouldn't be SSO, but rather, using AD authentication) there some way that I could present a login screen, accept the

Using the new 4D SSO feature on Windows

Hello, I'm working on implementing SSO using 4D Server's new feature for that in our Windows environment. I'm working with our corp AD security folks and haven't got it to work yet (lots of hoops to jump through), but am trying to figure out how it works in the absence of being able to try

Re: [SAD NEWS] legendary developer and 4D base-rock Ortwin Zillgen

This is sad news, and I'm shocked indeed. I have not met Ortwin, but I've read many, many of his posts on the Forums and he is on the "Must Read" list when he posts to the iNug, as others have said as well. Certainly he contributed a great deal to 4D and to this community. He will be missed

4D Server: Possible to view Users & Groups?

Hi Everyone, I've been digging on this: is it possible to view/maintain Users & Groups from the 4D Server console? I've not used the 4D Password system until recently, when I started using CHANGE CURRENT USER so that I could get the user name from a trigger method. Now I'm interested to