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 methods. Bob Miller Parker Hannifin Corp. ** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com **
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)) PAGE BREAK End if Until (vOver) John - What are these two objects you are printing using 'Print object' ? Also, is there any reason why vOver can't be a local variable? Thanks, Bob Miller Parker Hannifin Corp ** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com **
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 ORDA and this is one of the first projects I'd like to try, but am befuddled where to start. What are the features of your generic listing? What does it look like? Can you share a bit about your spec and how you are going about creating this? Many thanks, that would be a great kick start for me. Bob Miller Parker Hannifin Corp. ** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com **
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 manually." I'm using Outlook and emails that are created by 4D (using my email address) do not show up in my 'Sent' folder. Of course, emails created in Outlook appear there. Is there a way to have emails sent from 4D come into an Outlook 'sent' folder? Bob Miller Parker Hannifin Corp. ** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com **
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, Bob Miller Parker Hannifin Corp. ** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com **
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: > What API did you use, and could you share any sample code? > What issues did you address to direct the FormStack API to the 4D database? > What firewall issues did you have to address to protect 4D? > Do you have a 4D database outside the firewall, for purposes of collecting > the data? If so, where is it hosted? Or - do you have any analogous solution you've created with a commercial website sending data to your 4D database? Many thanks for the sharing! Bob Miller Parker Hannifin Corp. ** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com **
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 character
base, which is Simplified Chinese.
I have no idea where to start with this; any ideas would be most welcome!
Thank you,
-Bob Miller
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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 print it from 4D-Windows (yes, we have users who want to have things waiting for them _on the printer_ in the morning), how can I do this? I know the path to Acrobat reader and to Excel. I can print from both of them by bringing up the command line (Windows) and typing in something like C:\path_to_Acrobat\AcroRd32.exe /tor c:\path_to_Excel\Excel.exe However, I can't get these to work with LEP. I'm sure I'm missing something fundamental. Thoughts? Bob Miller Chomerics, a division of Parker Hannifin Corporation ll "PLEASE NOTE: The preceding information may be confidential or privileged. It only should be used or disseminated for the purpose of conducting business with Parker. If you are not an intended recipient, please notify the sender by replying to this message and then delete the information from your system. Thank you for your cooperation." ** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com **
Re: Proper decoding for document returned via SOAP call?
Uist, Koen - RE> You will need to use BASE64 DECODE on your returned $Value Thanks very much, that was exactly what I was looking for! Works perfectly! Bob Miller Chomerics, a division of Parker Hannifin Corporation ll "PLEASE NOTE: The preceding information may be confidential or privileged. It only should be used or disseminated for the purpose of conducting business with Parker. If you are not an intended recipient, please notify the sender by replying to this message and then delete the information from your system. Thank you for your cooperation." ** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com **
Proper decoding for document returned via SOAP call?
Hi Everyone,
I'm confounded by a SOAP service that returns a binary (for a PDF file) -
I'm not able to figure out how to save it as a proper PDF document that
Acrobat understands.
I get a SOAP response like (the binary was abridged for readability):
http://DefaultNamespace;
xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/;
soapenv:encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/
">http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/; xmlns:xsi="
http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance;
xsi:type="soapenc:base64Binary">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
However, when I take the binary and save it to a file, I can't open it
with Adobe PDF reader; it says the file is corrupted.
I'm thinking that I need to call CONVERT FROM TEXT to somehow change the
encoding, but I've tried several of the obvious ones (?ISO-8859-1?;
"UTF-8", "UTF-16"; "UTF-32"; "US-ASCII") without any luck.
DOM GET XML ELEMENT VALUE($aNodeRefsArr{1};$Value) //this contains the
payload I want
$DocName:="C:\\TEMP\\OUTPUT.PDF"
TEXT TO DOCUMENT($DocName;$Value;"US-ASCII")`?ISO-8859-1?; "UTF-8",
"UTF-16"; "UTF-32"; "US-ASCII" - none create a document that I can open
with Acrobat
Thoughts?
Many thanks!
Bob Miller
Chomerics, a division of Parker Hannifin Corporation
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CONVERT PICTURE not seeming to work for me...
Hi Everyone, I've recently discovered in my v16 (Windows) database a few rogue records that contain PICT images in picture fields. These, of course, do not display in 64 bit 4D, so I need to convert them. When I run this: ARRAY TEXT($aPicCodecList;0) ARRAY TEXT($aPicCodecNames;0) PICTURE CODEC LIST($aPicCodecList;$aPicCodecNames) I see that .jpg is included in the codec list (along iwth png, bmp, gif, and others) - but notably, .pict is not there. Also, if I run PICTURE CODEC LIST($aPicCodecList;$aPicCodecNames;*) to see what codecs can be read, .pict isn't listed, either. I'm not surprised, this is a Windows 10 machine. When I run: ARRAY TEXT($aCodecs;0) GET PICTURE FORMATS([TextTable]PictureData;$aCodecs) //` $aCodecs has 1 element which is .pict CONVERT PICTURE([TextTable]PictureData;".png") SAVE RECORD([TextTable]) ARRAY TEXT($aCodecs;0) GET PICTURE FORMATS([TextTable]PictureData;$aCodecs) //` $aCodecs has 1 element which is .pict - so nothing happened! So nothing is being converted; I start with pict and I end up with pict. Maybe this is because I don't have the pict codec on my machine? (Where would I get a pict codec?) Or could there be another reason? Thoughts? Thanks for any advice - Bob Miller Chomerics, a division of Parker Hannifin Corporation ll "PLEASE NOTE: The preceding information may be confidential or privileged. It only should be used or disseminated for the purpose of conducting business with Parker. If you are not an intended recipient, please notify the sender by replying to this message and then delete the information from your system. Thank you for your cooperation." ** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com **
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 your server is - whether it is daylight savings time where your user is - whether it is daylight savings time where you want to know what time it is This is compounded by the fact that it could be a different DAY in some of these zones, as they can be on different sides of midnight. Fortunately, the computer operating system does a lot of this for you. I use Windows and some time ago asked the excellent people at Orchard Software to add sys_GetTimeZoneList to Win32API. This allows returns an array of all time zones with the current GMT offset, taking into account daylight savings time, etc. You might be able to get a similar thing from the Mac operating system. What I do is capture the user's current time zone from the OS when he logs in. I do this on the server and save it in a table, which I then read into a variable on the user's session, so I can calculate the time difference between the user and the server. Then if I need to know the time in another area, I have an array of time zones from the OS I present to the user and can calculate the time accordingly. Once upon a time I used a web service to do this, but when I found it was all built into the OS, I used that with good results. Hope this helps - Bob Miller Chomerics, a division of Parker Hannifin Corporation ll "PLEASE NOTE: The preceding information may be confidential or privileged. It only should be used or disseminated for the purpose of conducting business with Parker. If you are not an intended recipient, please notify the sender by replying to this message and then delete the information from your system. Thank you for your cooperation." ** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com **
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 "PLEASE NOTE: The preceding information may be confidential or privileged. It only should be used or disseminated for the purpose of conducting business with Parker. If you are not an intended recipient, please notify the sender by replying to this message and then delete the information from your system. Thank you for your cooperation." ** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com **
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 installed clients as well as users on remote desktop servers that at least 4-5 times a day they'll perform some operation (there's no consistency; they can be anywhere in the program) and it will instantly crash - no error message other than a dialog from 4D Volume Desktop that says, "4D Volume Desktop has stopped working". I'm wondering if this could be related to the new network layer? I recall some chat about a year ago about problems with this layer, but as I was not using it at the time and was hoping it all would be worked out before I was going to be using it, I kind of ignored it all. Now I'm having problems. I"m using pretty standard plugins, but I can't trace the behavior to any of these: 4D Internet commands 4D Pack ALP ObjectTools Win32API XL Plugin XML Plugin Have others seen this? I have about 180 users and this was not a problem with v15r4. I'm sure I've logged 100+ instances of such crashes, which are probably only a small fraction of the overall problem. Any insights would be helpful. Thank you, Bob Miller Chomerics, a division of Parker Hannifin Corporation ll "PLEASE NOTE: The preceding information may be confidential or privileged. It only should be used or disseminated for the purpose of conducting business with Parker. If you are not an intended recipient, please notify the sender by replying to this message and then delete the information from your system. Thank you for your cooperation." ** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com **
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 v17. While I’m at it, I really disagree with the whole “exclusive” blog-doc methodology of the R-series, too. The blog is great but does NOT replace the need for PDF release notes for each R release. -Bob Miller ll "PLEASE NOTE: The preceding information may be confidential or privileged. It only should be used or disseminated for the purpose of conducting business with Parker. If you are not an intended recipient, please notify the sender by replying to this message and then delete the information from your system. Thank you for your cooperation." ** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com **
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 type through code... Thanks, Bob Miller phone 781-939-4726 · mobile 781-316-4864 ll "PLEASE NOTE: The preceding information may be confidential or privileged. It only should be used or disseminated for the purpose of conducting business with Parker. If you are not an intended recipient, please notify the sender by replying to this message and then delete the information from your system. Thank you for your cooperation." ** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com **
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 did not have a style sheet assigned? (I've not yet found the Tech Tip that Rudy referred to in his posting) What did you decide to do about your thousands of objects? I'm not even sure of where to go with this! Thanks - On Fri, Jun 15, 2018 at 6:10 AM Two Way Communications via 4D_Tech < 4d_t...@xxx.xxx> wrote: > Hi Cheryl, > > I?m afraid there is no solution outside 4D. > > But there is e recent tip in the knowledgebase on how to find these > objects. > > And if they can be located, I suppose that the font can be set for thos > objects. > > This way you could write code to address the issues. > > > Regards, > > Rudy Mortier > Two Way Communications bvba > > > > > On 13 Jun 2018, at 20:57, Cheryl Michels via 4D_Tech < > 4d_t...@xxx.xxx> wrote: > > > > A recent Windows update (Windows 10, version 1803) has resulted in at > least two of our customer sites reporting that certain form objects are now > displaying as Wingdings. When I look at these objects, I note that the > developer did not assign a style sheet to them. Against our SOP, but that > is a different story. So, using Form Introspection, I have discovered over > 14,000 objects without stylesheets. Not a trivial task to set them all. > > > > Has anyone else run into this problem? Is there something I can do > globally that I'm not thinking of? Is there something that is causing it > to select Wingdings that I can undo? > > > > Cheryl Michels > > President and System Architect Bob Miller Chomerics, a division of Parker Hannifin Corporation ll "PLEASE NOTE: The preceding information may be confidential or privileged. It only should be used or disseminated for the purpose of conducting business with Parker. If you are not an intended recipient, please notify the sender by replying to this message and then delete the information from your system. Thank you for your cooperation." ** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com **
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 compilation (32-bit and 64-bit)'. You have to compile your component with this ON so that the component works with a 64 bit host database. http://doc.4d.com/4Dv16/4D/16.3/Compilation-settings.300-3670749.en.html best regards, Bob Miller Chomerics, a division of Parker Hannifin Corporation ll "PLEASE NOTE: The preceding information may be confidential or privileged. It only should be used or disseminated for the purpose of conducting business with Parker. If you are not an intended recipient, please notify the sender by replying to this message and then delete the information from your system. Thank you for your cooperation." ** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com **
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 the icon does not appear to have a square border. If the background is transparent, the icon can sit on the form and the color of the form surrounds the icon, which looks better. Randy - RE: You can use the MSC in v16 to flush out all the forms Yes, this works well, and JPR's component does a lot of the same thing. In working out the problems, I found however that what looked to be a transparent background in 32 bit is not transparent in 64 bit (see above, I now have a white box around many of my icons), so I think I need an external drawing program to somehow convert the white background to "transparent". Cannon - Thanks, I had not seen that tech note. I'm already in v15 and do not have the plugin, so I tried using the same concept on a single member of the picture library that I knew had a transparency issue. The result was that the entire picture became transparent, so something clearly (to make a pun) went wrong! I'll investigate this a bit more, but I'm afraid that what I really need is something that can 'lasso' an image to find the outermost border, then set everything outside that border to transparent - which would be tough to do in code. Keep those ideas coming! Bob Miller Chomerics, a division of Parker Hannifin Corporation ll "PLEASE NOTE: The preceding information may be confidential or privileged. It only should be used or disseminated for the purpose of conducting business with Parker. If you are not an intended recipient, please notify the sender by replying to this message and then delete the information from your system. Thank you for your cooperation." ** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com **
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 missed something in the docs... Thanks, Bob Miller Chomerics, a division of Parker Hannifin Corporation ll "PLEASE NOTE: The preceding information may be confidential or privileged. It only should be used or disseminated for the purpose of conducting business with Parker. If you are not an intended recipient, please notify the sender by replying to this message and then delete the information from your system. Thank you for your cooperation." ** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com **
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 talking about things like arrows, some icons, line drawings, navigation tools, etc., that are part of the user interface, not actual photo type pictures - 4D would receive and store them as PICTS, so you have to find each one and convert it. To do this, I'm using JPR's Picture Conversion utility that he provided on the 2017 4D Road Tour. It does a fine job as it can scan all the forms, find the offending pictures, list them, and then provides a utility where you can either convert them and put them into the picture library or convert them and put them into an external folder. One thing I'm finding is that the conversion doesn't support transparency, so I end up with pictures that have white backgrounds, which doesn't look nice. Here is part of a thread from me to JPR: Me: When I drag a Static Picture to the converter, then back to the form, it seems to lose its transparency, even though the 'Transparent' property is turned ON. How can this be fixed? JPR> It cannot. The transparency done previously by 4D was just a trick replacing the white pixels with the background color dynamically, because the concept of transparency didn't exist at this time (like in PICT, JPEG, etc.) JPR> Now 4D uses the modern toolbox which relies on the picture transparency information coming from the alpha channel. So if you want transparent pictures, you must convert into a format supporting alpha channel (like PNG) and use any software able to add the alpha layer to your pictures. On Mac, the simplest one to add alpha channel is PaintBrush (from Soggy Waffles). You add transparency with the paint Fill tool The problem is that I'm on Windows. Does anyone have a recommendation for fast technique that they've used that supports this "alpha channel' so I can convert my non-transparent images so that they are transparent again? It looks so bad having an arrow on a form with a big white background. Thank you - Bob Miller Chomerics, a division of Parker Hannifin Corporation ll "PLEASE NOTE: The preceding information may be confidential or privileged. It only should be used or disseminated for the purpose of conducting business with Parker. If you are not an intended recipient, please notify the sender by replying to this message and then delete the information from your system. Thank you for your cooperation." ** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com **
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 means there is no open serial port, which would be consistent with this problem as SET CHANNEL can be used to open either a port or a document. If you are inquiring about looping over records, then can you give a bit more detail about what you are trying to do? Certainly discovering the code was scanning the entire table instead of a selection is a shock. best regards, Bob Miller Chomerics, a division of Parker Hannifin Corporation ll "PLEASE NOTE: The preceding information may be confidential or privileged. It only should be used or disseminated for the purpose of conducting business with Parker. If you are not an intended recipient, please notify the sender by replying to this message and then delete the information from your system. Thank you for your cooperation." ** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com **
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 turn then "drill in" to it by doing a FORM LOAD and another FORM GET OBJECTS, to take inventory of what is in the subform. But to call FORM LOAD I need the table name and the form name of the Subform. I can't seem to figure out how to get the form name and table name of the Subform. Thoughts? Many thanks, Bob Miller Chomerics, a division of Parker Hannifin Corporation ll "PLEASE NOTE: The preceding information may be confidential or privileged. It only should be used or disseminated for the purpose of conducting business with Parker. If you are not an intended recipient, please notify the sender by replying to this message and then delete the information from your system. Thank you for your cooperation." ** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com **
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 after 5 minutes > New .4DC and .4DIndy files replace the existing files in the "Server Database" folder > Merged app is relaunched I know this was discussed before, but I can't find what I'm looking for. In my scenario, the version of 4D would remain the same, only the structure file would be changed. Right now I do this manually and every time I do it, I know there's a better way. Can anyone point me in a direction, or wish to share some code to do this? Windows evironment. I imagine that somehow control is passed to an external executable (Windows environment) that then copies the files after the merged app terminates and then after the copy is complete, launches the merged app. Thoughts? Thank you! Bob Miller Chomerics, a division of Parker Hannifin Corporation ll "PLEASE NOTE: The preceding information may be confidential or privileged. It only should be used or disseminated for the purpose of conducting business with Parker. If you are not an intended recipient, please notify the sender by replying to this message and then delete the information from your system. Thank you for your cooperation." ** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com **
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. ll "PLEASE NOTE: The preceding information may be confidential or privileged. It only should be used or disseminated for the purpose of conducting business with Parker. If you are not an intended recipient, please notify the sender by replying to this message and then delete the information from your system. Thank you for your cooperation." ** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com **
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 both a declaration and a use of a
variable, and also John DeSoi replied with a good idea to "smash" all
strings enclosed in double quotes into just the double quotes, so that any
$ contained within are not considered, so here is Version 2 of the method,
that takes care of both, and also incorporates the new underscore-version
of the regex:
*** Version 2 ***
//Bob Miller 04/30/18 CheckLocalDeclarations - called by macro to check
that all local variables are declared.
//Method name is passed by the macro as $1
//This method calls itself in a new process if only one parm is sent (eg.
when it is called by the macro).
C_TEXT($1;$2;$MethodName;$AllCodeButDeclarations;$LineDeclarationBlock;$ArrayDeclarationBlock;$NewProcessFlag)
C_TEXT($MethodCode;$CR)
C_TEXT($RegEx;$CodeLine)
C_LONGINT($N;$NumLines;$ProcNo;$L;$NumDeclarations;$WhereCommentBegins;$WhereSemi;$WhereDollar)
C_POINTER($DummyPtr)
$CR:=Char(Carriage return)//I know I should use a constant, yes...still
haven't got around to this.
Case of
: (Count parameters=1)//if called with only a single parm, then this
method re-opens itself in its own process
//Note below on New Process: I chose to leave the * off so I can run it
again if I want, a new window is opened
$ProcNo:=New process(Current method name;256*1024;Current method
name;$1;"NewProcess")
BRING TO FRONT($ProcNo)
: (Count parameters=2)
$MethodName:=$1
$NewProcessFlag:=$2//existence of $2 simply means we are in a new process,
that's all it does
METHOD GET CODE($MethodName;$MethodCode)
ARRAY TEXT($aMethodCodeArr;0)
TextToArrayList (->$MethodCode;->$aMethodCodeArr;"";"";"NoSort")//this
takes text and puts each line as an array element
$NumLines:=Size of array($aMethodCodeArr)
For ($N;1;$NumLines)//go through all the lines of the method, separate
into 4 pieces: variable declarations, array declarations, code, and
comments.
//We don't keep any comments.I don't know why I want to keep variable
declarations separate from array declarations; it makes me feel better.
$CodeLine:=$aMethodCodeArr{$N}//this is one line of code.We examine it.
$WhereCommentBegins:=Position("//";$CodeLine)//find and remove all
comments; they may contain local variable references, such as unused code
If ($WhereCommentBegins>=1)
$CodeLine:=Substring($CodeLine;1;$WhereCommentBegins-1)
End if
$CodeLine:=Replace string($CodeLine;Char(Tab);"")//remove leading TAB's,
we want what we're looking for to be at position 1
$CodeLine:=DeLBlank ($CodeLine)//remove leading spaces from the code line,
so we're assured what we are looking for will be at position 1
$CodeLine:=RemoveQuotedStrings ($CodeLine)//Thanks to John DeSoi; remove
anything in double quotes, to prevent catching any $ that would be there
Case of
: (Position("C_";$CodeLine)=1)//this is a C_BOOLEAN or C_TEXT or
C_Something declaration command and now will be at position 1 (no tabs, no
spaces)
$LineDeclarationBlock:=$LineDeclarationBlock+$CodeLine+$CR//this is all
the code containing declarations
: (Position("ARRAY ";$CodeLine)=1)//this is an ARRAY BOOLEAN or ARRAY TEXT
or ARRAY Something command
$WhereSemi:=Position(";";$CodeLine)
If ($WhereSemi>0)
$WhereDollar:=Position("$";$CodeLine;$WhereSemi)`Added this section in
version 2:
If ($WhereDollar>0)//if there is a dollar sign after the semicolon, eg
ARRAY LONGINT($aLongintArray;$SizeOfArray) - then add this portion to
$AllCodeButDeclarations
$AllCodeButDeclarations:=$AllCodeButDeclarations+Substring($CodeLine;$WhereSemi;Length($CodeLine))+$CR
End if
$CodeLine:=Substring($CodeLine;1;$WhereSemi)+"0)"//force line to look only
at the array declaration, because there could be a var after this
End if
$ArrayDeclarationBlock:=$ArrayDeclarationBlock+$CodeLine+$CR//this is all
the code containing array declarations
Else
// this is not a declaration line
If ($CodeLine#"")//make sure it is not a blank line; build up the code
WITHOUT the declarations; we'll
//later examine this to get all the variables that are in use
$AllCodeButDeclarations:=$AllCodeButDeclarations+$CodeLine+$CR
End if //$CodeLine#""
End case
End for //$N;1;$NumLines
// I haven't tried it, but Patrick Emanuel suggested this:
"(?mi-s)(\\b[[:alpha:]][\\w+]*\\b)[?=\\:|\\;|\\)|\\>|\\<|\\{|\\}|\\]|\\[|\\r|\\n]|(\\$[\\w+]*\\b)|(<>[[:alpha:]][\\w+]*\\b)"
$RegEx:="\\$[_a-zA-Z0-9]*"//many thanks to Lee Hinde for this, horray
(version 2, with underscore)!
// Pull all declared local variables out
ARRAY TEXT($aDeclaredLocals;0)// array of all locals pulled out of our
code containing declaractions; these are "Declared Locals"
ARRAY TEXT($aUniqueDeclaredLocals;0)// Same as above, reduced to a single
instance for each local
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 to
declare the variable. While I use the 'All Variables are Typed' option, I
find that 4D doesn't bark very loud if it can discern the typing.
2. The main reason is that I'm changing my coding style (a hard thing to
do) from putting all my declarations on the first few lines in the method
to putting them throughout the method, wherever the variable is used, so
there's more opportunity for missed and double declarations.
3. I used to clear arrays by doing yet another array declaration, such as
ARRAY TEXT($aText;0), which really isn't a best practice IMHO because way
back when we had ARRAY STRING it was possible to change a string length in
one place and not change it in another place - if you want to declare an
array, then declare it, if you want to resize it, then resize it. Separate
tools for separate operations. Hence, I look for "double declarations"
where I may have declared a variable twice.
4. I've found that while I'm meticulous about declaring my variables, when
I flub, it is often because of a mis-spelling.
C_TEXT($MyVeryLongVariableName) works fine, but later in the thick and
heat and smoke of a thundering coding session I might use
$MyVaryLongVariableName:=2 - syntactically this works, the compiler
probably won't bark, but I have a bug and an easy way to find it is to see
if I've declared it.
Thanks *VERY* much to Lee Hinde for pointing out that it is a lot easier
to examine what valid characters IN a local variable vs trying to examine
characters that might fall AFTER a local variable.
++
Here's the macro, set up to run when the method is saved:
CheckLocalDeclarations("")
+++
Here's the 4D code, CheckLocalDeclarations, that does the check. Provide
your own dialog to display vMsgText, vMsgText1, and vMsgText2 - or if you
are using v16, don't do this, just pass the values as parameters to the
form.
//Bob Miller04/27/18CheckLocalDeclarations - called by macro to check that
all local variables are declared.
//Method name is passed by the macro as $1
//This method calls itself in a new process if only one parm is sent (eg.
when it is called by the macro).
C_TEXT($1;$2;$MethodName;$AllCodeButDeclarations;$LineDeclarationBlock;$ArrayDeclarationBlock;$NewProcessFlag)
C_TEXT($MethodCode;$CR)
C_TEXT($RegEx;$CodeLine)
C_LONGINT($N;$NumLines;$ProcNo;$L;$NumDeclarations;$WhereCommentBegins)
C_POINTER($DummyPtr)
$CR:=Char(Carriage return)//I know I should use a constant, yes...still
haven't got around to this.
Case of
: (Count parameters=1)//if called with only a single parm, then this
method re-opens itself in its own process
//Note below on New Process: I chose to leave the * off so I can run it
again if I want, a new window is opened
$ProcNo:=New process(Current method name;256*1024;Current method
name;$1;"NewProcess")
BRING TO FRONT($ProcNo)
: (Count parameters=2)//cool technique I learned from Tim PENNER at 4D
$MethodName:=$1
$NewProcessFlag:=$2//existence of $2 simply means we are in a new process,
that's all it does
METHOD GET CODE($MethodName;$MethodCode)
ARRAY TEXT($aMethodCodeArr;0)
TextToArrayList (->$MethodCode;->$aMethodCodeArr;"";"";"NoSort")//this
takes text and puts each line as an array element
$NumLines:=Size of array($aMethodCodeArr)
For ($N;1;$NumLines)//go through all the lines of the method, separate
into 4 pieces: variable declarations, array declarations, code, and
comments.
//We don't keep any comments.I don't know why I want to keep variable
declarations separate from array declarations; it makes me feel better.
$CodeLine:=$aMethodCodeArr{$N}//this is one line of code.We examine it.
$WhereCommentBegins:=Position("//";$CodeLine)//find and remove all
comments; they may contain local variable references, such as unused code
If ($WhereCommentBegins>=1)
$CodeLine:=Substring($CodeLine;1;$WhereCommentBegins-1)
End if
$CodeLine:=Replace string($CodeLine;Char(Tab);"")//remove leading TAB's,
we want what we're looking for to be at position 1
$CodeLine:=DeLBlank ($CodeLine)//remove leading spaces from the code line,
so we're assured what we are looking for will be at position 1
Case of
: (Position("C_";$CodeLine)=1)//this is a C_BOOLEAN or C_TEXT or
C_Something declaration command and now will be at position 1 (no tabs, no
spaces)
$LineDeclarationBlock:=$LineDeclarationBlock+$CodeLine+$CR//this is all
the code containing declarations
: (Position("ARRAY ";$CodeLine)=1)//this is an ARRAY BOOLEAN or ARRAY TEXT
or ARRAY Something command
$ArrayDeclarationBlock:=$ArrayDeclarationBlock+$CodeLine+$CR//this is all
the code containing array declarations
Else
// this is not a declaration line
If ($CodeLine#"")//make sure it is
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 already and is willing to share, I'd be much obliged! The "tough" issue for me is "how to identify a local variable": - it begins with a $ - it may end with any of these characters: space, equals, semicolon, colon, dash, left paren, left curly brace, end of line, or any arithmetic or comparison operator - it is not fully enclosed in quotes; example: "$ ###,###.00" is a format, not a local variable, but I'm ignoring EXECUTE ON SERVER, etc. I'm probably making a mountain out of a molehill, but hey, that's what this list is for - to let people show me exactly that. I appreciate it. Bob Miller Chomerics, a division of Parker Hannifin Corporation ll "PLEASE NOTE: The preceding information may be confidential or privileged. It only should be used or disseminated for the purpose of conducting business with Parker. If you are not an intended recipient, please notify the sender by replying to this message and then delete the information from your system. Thank you for your cooperation." ** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com **
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 files I wish to extract so I can then import them into 4D. I'm having a devil of a time figuring out the command line interface, because I have a lot of these files and the folder paths within each one isn't the same. Basically I want to just open each folder and keep going until I get to a file, then I know I'm done. Thankfully, there are no branches - in no case are there more than one folder within another folder - so I just need to figure out how to keep on drilling down. Has anyone some sample code they'd be willing to share that specifically navigates through 7-ZIP archives? This would be so much appreciated. Thank you! Bob Miller Chomerics, a division of Parker Hannifin Corporation ll "PLEASE NOTE: The preceding information may be confidential or privileged. It only should be used or disseminated for the purpose of conducting business with Parker. If you are not an intended recipient, please notify the sender by replying to this message and then delete the information from your system. Thank you for your cooperation." ** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com **
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 at ftp://ftp.4d.com/ - and ftp://ftp.4d.com/PRODUCTS/Current/ contains v14.x stuff), nor is it listed at http://www.4d.com/products/4dv16.html Search on the site didn't find anything newer than v forums.4d.fr has always confused me, but I couldn't find it there, either. Is there a new 4D Pack for v16, or have all the 4D Pack commands now been built in? thanks - Bob Miller Chomerics, a division of Parker Hannifin Corporation ll "PLEASE NOTE: The preceding information may be confidential or privileged. It only should be used or disseminated for the purpose of conducting business with Parker. If you are not an intended recipient, please notify the sender by replying to this message and then delete the information from your system. Thank you for your cooperation." ** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com **
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 number of workcenters that each have different data collection requirements when a product is made at that workcenter. I have a table for each workcenter that includes data on what each data element is; the user can set up a workcenter and specify how many data elements are to be collected, what the name of each data element is, and what the data type (alpha or real) of each data element is. The problem is creating a data entry area. The area is supposed to look like a spreadsheet so that a user can enter multiple data points on a single screen and then click one button that behind the scenes will update multiple records. I've created a simplistic screen shot at: https://s13.postimg.org/hmj5o10fr/Web_Area_Mockup.jpg Basically, the program flow for the data entry portion is: > User selects the workcenter for which he needs to enter data > The web form design is programmatically pulled together with the data from the workcenter setup file - this includes data about the type of data, the amount of data to be displayed, the enterability rules, etc. - and it pulls in the privileges of the user. The form is then set up with the correct number of rows and columns, the data is put into the proper cells, and the enterability rules are applied. > The user either enters new data or overtypes existing data as required > The user submits the data (is this a 'Submit' button in the web area or a button on the form?) > The program checks which data elements have been changed and updates the database accordingly So my questions are: > What are best practices for setting up an enterable HTML table that will be displayed in a web area? > Is there any callback possible when the user enters data in a cell in an HTML table in a web area? > How does one pull the data from the form out of the web area so it can be used to update the database? If anyone has any coaching tips or - this would be wonderful - an example I could poke at - I would be deeply grateful. Beers on me at the Summit, for sure. Thank you, Bob Miller Chomerics, a division of Parker Hannifin Corporation ll "PLEASE NOTE: The preceding information may be confidential or privileged. It only should be used or disseminated for the purpose of conducting business with Parker. If you are not an intended recipient, please notify the sender by replying to this message and then delete the information from your system. Thank you for your cooperation." ** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com **
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 user's ID and password, and send it to AD for authentication, receiving back a "Good" or "Bad" reply? How about the other question, since we're on a roll: I'm also not clear on what 'Current client authentication' does other than get the name of the current Windows user... What is the return value of 'Current Client Authentication' and what is it used for? Why won't this work unless the switch is turned on in 4D Server (since Win32api somehow can return the current user?) Thanks, Bob Miller Chomerics, a division of Parker Hannifin Corporation ll "PLEASE NOTE: The preceding information may be confidential or privileged. It only should be used or disseminated for the purpose of conducting business with Parker. If you are not an intended recipient, please notify the sender by replying to this message and then delete the information from your system. Thank you for your cooperation." ** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com **
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 and test it. Has anyone used it? I'm not clear on when the SSO option is turned on, whether the user is presented with a login window of some sort. I'm also not clear on what 'Current client authentication' does other than get the name of the current Windows user, which is something I'm using Win32API for right now. Comments, anyone? A big mystery is how to handle the following scenario: > User A is logged onto a PC and is authenticated to the domain > User B wants to log into the 4D application. I'm not clear whether 4D Server will present User B with a login screen where he will have to present his AD credentials, or whether it takes User A's credentials from the current session? > If Server uses User A's credentials, how can User B indicate he doesn't want to use those and log on to the 4D app with his credentials, without changing the login to the machine? > If server uses User B's credentials to log in, does Current client authentication return User A's session information or User B's session information? Thank you, Bob Miller Chomerics, a division of Parker Hannifin Corporation ll "PLEASE NOTE: The preceding information may be confidential or privileged. It only should be used or disseminated for the purpose of conducting business with Parker. If you are not an intended recipient, please notify the sender by replying to this message and then delete the information from your system. Thank you for your cooperation." ** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com **
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 very much. For me personally he's reached out to help me several times when I posted something or another that had me stumped. He didn't have to do that, he didn't know me, but it says a lot about a person who helps others he hasn't met and when it is highly probable the favor can't be reciprocated (he's a lot smarter than me!). The untimeliness is shocking and I'm sure his family is reeling. I wish them peace and help in their recovery from the shock. Maybe if someone who knows his family can collect these posts and get them to the family it would help some? Peace, Ortwin...we will drink to you, your work, and what you've stood for at the Summit! Bob Miller Chomerics, a division of Parker Hannifin Corporation ll "PLEASE NOTE: The preceding information may be confidential or privileged. It only should be used or disseminated for the purpose of conducting business with Parker. If you are not an intended recipient, please notify the sender by replying to this message and then delete the information from your system. Thank you for your cooperation." ** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com **
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 inspect what users have been added to the system, but I don't know how, as they've all been programmatically added. Maybe I have to write a bit of code to inspect the list of users? I thought this might be exposed somewhere... Bob Miller, IT Manager Chomerics, a division of Parker Hannifin Corporation · phone 781-939-4726 · mobile 781-316-4864 ll "PLEASE NOTE: The preceding information may be confidential or privileged. It only should be used or disseminated for the purpose of conducting business with Parker. If you are not an intended recipient, please notify the sender by replying to this message and then delete the information from your system. Thank you for your cooperation." ** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com **
