RE: Necessary To End Task After Quitting Server

2020-02-26 Thread Timothy Penner via 4D_Tech
Hi Chuck, I believe you are referring to the "Tasks Pending" dialog: let me include a link to the forums with screenshots to provide additional context in case this is what you are referring to: https://forums.4d.com/Post/EN/23029409/1/23029410#23029410 I didn’t get the impression that Allan

RE: Necessary To End Task After Quitting Server

2020-02-26 Thread Timothy Penner via 4D_Tech
Hi Allan, > 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 watch the memory for the 4D

RE: New Notarization Issues

2020-02-12 Thread Timothy Penner via 4D_Tech
com> On Behalf Of James Crate via 4D_Tech Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2020 1:26 PM To: 4D iNug Technical <4d_tech@lists.4d.com> Cc: James Crate Subject: Re: New Notarization Issues On Feb 11, 2020, at 2:58 PM, Timothy Penner via 4D_Tech <4d_tech@lists.4d.com> wrote: > > Regarding

RE: New Notarization Issues

2020-02-11 Thread Timothy Penner via 4D_Tech
Hi James, Regarding this: > However, after building I remove the “Contents/Native > Components/WebViewerCEF.bundle”, which is an apparently unused 275MB package, > so if I wanted to use the built-in signing, I’d have to accept the extra > 275MB on my app size. True, if you modify the

RE: problems with SSL cert

2020-01-09 Thread Timothy Penner via 4D_Tech
If I had to guess, its that the private key is encrypted and requires a password. If that’s true you will need to remove the password first. Here is a reference for this, from digicert nonetheless: https://knowledge.digicert.com/solution/SO5292.html -Tim

RE: O/S Replication and Backup interaction with 4D (2004, v15)

2019-12-04 Thread Timothy Penner via 4D_Tech
Hi Peter, It sounds like you're dealing with a VM environment, possibly either Hyper-V or VMWare ESxi -- and that there are two types of backups being done on the Virtual Machine; host replication and guest backups. Both of these types of backups being carried out against the VM Guest from

RE: Status of a bug report

2019-11-14 Thread Timothy Penner via 4D_Tech
> will there be a v17R7? No, that’s v18. -Tim ** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub:

RE: Status of a bug report

2019-11-14 Thread Timothy Penner via 4D_Tech
Hi Jeremy, I just checked the bug report, ACI0100153, this should already be fixed in the current beta of v18 which is available to silver/gold+ partners through the forums. -Tim -Original Message- From: 4D_Tech <4d_tech-boun...@lists.4d.com> On Behalf Of Jeremy Roussak via

RE: Deprecated constants

2019-10-30 Thread Timothy Penner via 4D_Tech
Hi David, > For example, _o_Index compacting is not mentioned. The "_o_Index compacting " constant was part of SET/GET DATABASE PARAMETER and it looks like it was already disabled in v11... Here is a snippet from the v11 Language Reference page 168 showing it as "selector disabled":

RE: SSL Certificate parsing in 4D

2019-10-22 Thread Timothy Penner via 4D_Tech
Hi Eric, Both of the following tech notes use OpenSSL via LEP to work with certificates: https://kb.4d.com/assetid=77708 https://kb.4d.com/assetid=76046 I don’t remember seeing any user prompt for read access to files when I wrote these tech notes... -Tim

RE: How do you create a enhancement request on forum

2019-10-04 Thread Timothy Penner via 4D_Tech
1) Go to the Feature Request Forum: https://forums.4d.com/Forum/EN/1075213/0/0/ 2) Click 'Create New Topic': https://forums.4d.com/NewPost/FR/1075213/0/ 3) Describe your feature request and include a user story that describes both who it is useful to and what problem it solves. -Original

RE: Win32API setup woes

2019-08-21 Thread Timothy Penner via 4D_Tech
Quote: > first you should check in 4D's explorer that the plugin is loaded. if not, > you'd get the licensing error. See also: https://kb.4d.com/assetid=77737 https://kb.4d.com/assetid=76951 -Tim ** 4D Internet Users Group

RE: PICTs

2019-08-19 Thread Timothy Penner via 4D_Tech
> In v13, or v15 is there a way to tell is a picture in the library is in PICT, > or other format? The 4D Pack plugin command 'AP Is Picture Deprecated' returns 1 if the picture is in PICT format. See this tech tip written for v13: https://kb.4d.com/assetid=76775 -Tim

RE: Prevent Client from Sleeping

2019-08-07 Thread Timothy Penner via 4D_Tech
Hi Jim, I am not sure that you will be able to effectively prevent the computer from sleeping. Here are some examples that you will be unable to intercept: - the user closes their laptop lid (the machine will most likely go to sleep - this is adjusted in power settings on Windows) - the user

RE: Thread_Safe SQL

2019-08-06 Thread Timothy Penner via 4D_Tech
> OK, so the online documentation is wrong. It seems that way - I sent a message to the doc center team, thanks for letting us know. -Tim ** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html

RE: Thread_Safe SQL

2019-08-06 Thread Timothy Penner via 4D_Tech
Hi Richard, Beginning with 4D v17 R4, Begin SQL, End SQL, and the associated SQL statements used with an internal database are now preemptive compliant. https://blog.4d.com/begin-end-sql-in-preemptive-mode/ -Tim ** 4D

RE: SHA3-512

2019-08-02 Thread Timothy Penner via 4D_Tech
Hi George, I don’t know the answer to your question but I wanted to point out that GitHub has a built in way to ask questions, request a feature, or log an issue - directly within the context of the repository. For example, here is the repository you are asking about:

RE: No Object Auto-Completion for 4D Commands?

2019-08-02 Thread Timothy Penner via 4D_Tech
Hi Narrinder, > it to needs to shake off the legacy of storing everything in its own > proprietary internal format in the structure ... > Hopefully things will improve but it will be a while I guess... Did you see the blog posts regarding the new Project format and how this opens up new

RE: No Object Auto-Completion for 4D Commands?

2019-08-02 Thread Timothy Penner via 4D_Tech
It didn't answer my specific question that I posted about with regards to auto-complete for 4D commands that return objects. Can you or anybody else advise on that specific point? Thanks. Regards, Narinder Chandi, ToolBox Systems Ltd. -- -Original Message- From: Timothy Penner Date: Fr

RE: No Object Auto-Completion for 4D Commands?

2019-08-02 Thread Timothy Penner via 4D_Tech
Hello, > What gives? Tell me I made a basic mistake somewhere?! Here is the blog post regarding the feature: https://blog.4d.com/autocomplete-function-expanded-to-object-attributes TL/DR - Each time you open a method, or edit some code, the method editor collects the attributes used in your

RE: Quick Open Method (QOM)

2019-07-09 Thread Timothy Penner via 4D_Tech
Cool stuff, reminds me of this tech note: Tech Note: 4D Method Explorer https://kb.4d.com/assetid=77515 -Tim ** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options:

RE: R1Soft / Continuum / Continuous Data Protection - 4D compatibility?

2019-06-28 Thread Timothy Penner via 4D_Tech
Hi Jim, I am not familiar with that product but as for Volume Shadow Copy, compatibility with Volume Shadow Copy is a feature of 4D v17 (first available in v16R2): https://blog.4d.com/enterprise-virtual-machine-snapshot-support/ -Tim -Original Message- From: 4D_Tech

RE: Dot Notation in Legacy 4D Code

2019-06-20 Thread Timothy Penner via 4D_Tech
Hi Narinder, Did you run the MSC verify *before* enabling dot notation to check for issues? https://blog.4d.com/get-ready-for-object-notation/ -Tim -Original Message- From: 4D_Tech <4d_tech-boun...@lists.4d.com> On Behalf Of Narinder Chandi via 4D_Tech Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2019

RE: Filter MSC Log File?

2019-06-18 Thread Timothy Penner via 4D_Tech
Have you tried Ctrl+F (find in page)? -Tim ** 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: 400 Bad Request

2019-06-14 Thread Timothy Penner via 4D_Tech
Is it possible that the IP address of the client(ipad) is changing? The Web Session Management documentation states: "The 4D HTTP server records the IP that started a session. If a Web client located at a different IP address tries to access an existing session, the HTTP 400 error is returned

RE: 4D Write Pro: License or privilege error

2019-05-22 Thread Timothy Penner via 4D_Tech
The best part of VirtualBox is the cost. It's free! -Tim -Original Message- From: 4D_Tech <4d_tech-boun...@lists.4d.com> On Behalf Of JOHN BAUGHMAN via 4D_Tech Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2019 1:42 PM To: 4D iNug Technical <4d_tech@lists.4d.com> Cc: JOHN BAUGHMAN ; John Foster Subject:

RE: 4D Write Pro: License or privilege error

2019-05-20 Thread Timothy Penner via 4D_Tech
John, I suggest removing some variables to isolate the issue - * Reinstall fresh from the 32 bit installer * Do not move the plugin (its already in place for 32 bit single-user application) * Try it with a brand new / blank database If you need to continue troubleshooting this

RE: 4D Write Pro: License or privilege error

2019-05-20 Thread Timothy Penner via 4D_Tech
Hi John, I just double checked to make sure it is working as intended in v17.1 build 232790 https://imgur.com/a/guHinBS Perhaps you are still using the 64 bit version of 4D? Can you double check under Help->About? -Tim From: John J Foster Sent: Monday, May 20, 2019 12:50 PM To: Timo

RE: 4D Write Pro: License or privilege error

2019-05-20 Thread Timothy Penner via 4D_Tech
Hi John, Regarding the error: Incompatible version. You need to upgrade your plugin. Did you check the explorer to see what it shows there? https://kb.4d.com/assetid=76951 -Tim -Original Message- From: 4D_Tech <4d_tech-boun...@lists.4d.com> On Behalf Of John J Foster via 4D_Tech

RE: v17.1 64 bit server crashes

2019-05-15 Thread Timothy Penner via 4D_Tech
Hi Chuck, I would suggest looking at the Crash Report (dot crash file) that is created by the MacOS Operation System. This usually provides additional clues. It can be found within the Console application. If it is crashing when creating brand new structure than you could contact 4D Tech

RE: Migrating 4D Write Pictures to 4D Write Pro Objects

2019-05-15 Thread Timothy Penner via 4D_Tech
You will need to use 32 bit. Are you using 32 bit? -Tim -Original Message- From: John J Foster Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2019 9:00 AM To: Timothy Penner Cc: 4D iNug Technical <4d_tech@lists.4d.com> Subject: Re: Migrating 4D Write Pictures to 4D Write Pro Objects Hey Tim,

Re: Migrating 4D Write Pictures to 4D Write Pro Objects

2019-05-15 Thread Timothy Penner via 4D_Tech
Hi John, Video Tip: Converting 4D Write documents to 4D Write Pro https://kb.4d.com/assetid=77703 Here is the section about converting 4D Write documents stored in Picture fields. https://youtu.be/nc6JMNanv58?t=120 Here is the process you need to follow: https://youtu.be/nc6JMNanv58?t=163

RE: 4d will not start ssl on 443

2019-03-27 Thread Timothy Penner via 4D_Tech
Most likely you have a problem with the HelperTool that is used for publishing ports below 1024 (make sure you are an Admin or else this wont work). See also: https://kb.4d.com/assetid=78185 https://kb.4d.com/assetid=76962 https://kb.4d.com/assetid=50304 -Tim -Original Message-

RE: interesting find

2019-02-20 Thread Timothy Penner via 4D_Tech
I have been telling people for years that the compiler gets smarter in each new version. You may have a line of code that you thought was working, but in fact, it shouldn’t have worked at all, and the compiler may not have caught it before, but now it does. This is something I frequently tell

RE: Error 30 When Using HTTP Get or HTTP Request

2019-02-11 Thread Timothy Penner via 4D_Tech
I agree with Bruno; the most likely answer is that the server does not support TLS 1,2 - use the site Bruno mentioned in order to test the server to see what TLS versions it supports. Check out the blog post from October 2017 describing the change in 4D where we no longer allow connections to

RE: Does 4D 64-bit Volume desktop use more than 1 core?

2019-01-30 Thread Timothy Penner via 4D_Tech
ance: > Yes the 4d plugin sdk allows to build preemptive ready plugins. > see https://github.com/4d/4D-Plugin-SDK/releases/tag/v17.0.1 https://forums.4d.com/Post/FR/17981754/2/28184397 Also https://github.com/miyako/4d-plugin-migration-to-v17 John DeSoi, Ph.D. > On Jan 30, 2019

RE: Does 4D 64-bit Volume desktop use more than 1 core?

2019-01-30 Thread Timothy Penner via 4D_Tech
John, Plugin development is not something 4D Tech Support usually handles, so I may have missed that - in either case, the docs seem like it is not possible... http://livedoc.4d.com/4D-Language-Reference-17/Processes/Preemptive-4D-processes.300-3730331.en.html#3687097 { Writing a thread-safe

RE: Does 4D 64-bit Volume desktop use more than 1 core?

2019-01-30 Thread Timothy Penner via 4D_Tech
Jim, > Piotr mentioned that they are using 4D OCI, not the 4D database. I haven’t > really kept up with the pre-emptive restrictions, but can plugins specify > that they can run pre-emptively? Given some of the other limitations I’d have > assumed plugins would be required to run in the

RE: Does 4D 64-bit Volume desktop use more than 1 core?

2019-01-30 Thread Timothy Penner via 4D_Tech
preemptive thread when the application will run in compiled mode. For more information, please reter to the Preemptive 4D processes page. } -Tim -Original Message- From: Dennis, Neil Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2019 12:27 PM To: Timothy Penner ; 4D iNug Technical <4d_tech@lists.4d.com

RE: Does 4D 64-bit Volume desktop use more than 1 core?

2019-01-30 Thread Timothy Penner via 4D_Tech
Neil, The NEW PROCESS command is able to spawn a Preemptive or Coopertive process; this depends on the preemptive method property of the method that is called by the NEW PROCESS command. -Tim ** 4D Internet Users Group (4D

RE: Does 4D 64-bit Volume desktop use more than 1 core?

2019-01-30 Thread Timothy Penner via 4D_Tech
> I understand, but I think I am having a problem. > Suppose our app depends heavily on UI (and it does) > Simple approach: Have the UI spin off the work into a new pre-emptive process (or use workers ala the CALL WORKER command). Then have the pre-emptive processes/workers callback to

RE: Socket Communication

2019-01-15 Thread Timothy Penner via 4D_Tech
Hi Steve, There is a feature request for Web Sockets on the forums: https://forums.4d.com/Post/EN/19129127/1/19129128#19129128 Within this thread, there is also a sample database with a working example of using ?Web Sockets in 4D. -Tim

RE: v13+ self referentail relations

2019-01-11 Thread Timothy Penner via 4D_Tech
> this used to be possible. In 2004 and prior, yes... But it is no longer possible starting with v11. > what happens when an older structure with a self referential relation is > upgraded? It looks like the relationship is removed once you upgrade to v11. -Tim

RE: v13+ self referentail relations

2019-01-10 Thread Timothy Penner via 4D_Tech
> how do I draw a self-referential relation? You cannot make a single field both the primary and foreign keys of a relation. You must choose two different fields. For example, you can make [Table_1]Field1 related to [Table_1]field2 Reminder: the fields must be compatible with each other as you

RE: Storing Dates and Times From Different Time Zones

2018-12-20 Thread Timothy Penner via 4D_Tech
Tech Tip: Convert ISO GMT date string to local time, date and ISO date string http://kb.4d.com/assetid=77110 -Tim -Original Message- From: 4D_Tech <4d_tech-boun...@lists.4d.com> On Behalf Of Nate Rheaume via 4D_Tech Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2018 9:55 AM To: 4d_tech@lists.4d.com

RE: Understanding Unicode Characters

2018-12-19 Thread Timothy Penner via 4D_Tech
is listed here: http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/a5/index.htm -Tim -Original Message- From: 4D_Tech <4d_tech-boun...@lists.4d.com> On Behalf Of Timothy Penner via 4D_Tech Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2018 3:13 PM To: 4D iNug Technical <4d_tech@lists.4d.com> Cc: Ti

RE: Understanding Unicode Characters

2018-12-19 Thread Timothy Penner via 4D_Tech
https://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/2022/index.htm HTML Entity (decimal) HTML Entity (hex) HTML Entity (named) How to type in Microsoft WindowsAlt +2022 UTF-8 (hex)0xE2 0x80 0xA2 (e280a2) UTF-8 (binary)11100010:1000:10100010 UTF-16 (hex)0x2022 (2022) UTF-16 (decimal)8,226 UTF-32

RE: v13+ - plugins

2018-12-18 Thread Timothy Penner via 4D_Tech
Check the explorer for additional clues: http://kb.4d.com/assetid=76951 -Tim -Original Message- From: 4D_Tech <4d_tech-boun...@lists.4d.com> On Behalf Of Chip Scheide via 4D_Tech Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2018 8:28 AM To: 4D iNug Technical <4d_tech@lists.4d.com> Cc: Chip Scheide

RE: [ANN] Service disruption Today @ noon PST - back online now

2018-12-05 Thread Timothy Penner via 4D_Tech
Everything should be back to normal now. -Tim -Original Message- From: 4D_Tech <4d_tech-boun...@lists.4d.com> On Behalf Of Timothy Penner via 4D_Tech Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2018 9:49 AM To: 4D iNug Technical <4d_tech@lists.4d.com> Cc: Timothy Penner Subject: [

RE: Explorer bottom toolbar not displaying...

2018-11-20 Thread Timothy Penner via 4D_Tech
Or use this code: http://kb.4d.com/assetid=77586 Note: make sure the explorer is closed when running the code. Or just hold SHIFT when opening the Explorer window to reset it. -Tim -Original Message- From: 4D_Tech <4d_tech-boun...@lists.4d.com> On Behalf Of Randy Jaynes via 4D_Tech

RE: Controlling Laptop Camera from 4D

2018-11-12 Thread Timothy Penner via 4D_Tech
Hi Randy, Have you tried these? Tech Note: Camera Interface - Revised http://kb.4d.com/assetid=77204 Tech Note: Camera Security Surveillance System in 4D http://kb.4d.com/assetid=77659 -Tim -Original Message- From: 4D_Tech <4d_tech-boun...@lists.4d.com> On Behalf Of Randy Engle

RE: CREATE USER Programmatically?

2018-11-01 Thread Timothy Penner via 4D_Tech
Take a look at: SET USER PROPERTIES http://doc.4d.com/4Dv16/4D/16.4/Set-user-properties.301-3979154.en.html -Tim ** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options:

RE: Using listbox as output form replacement

2018-10-23 Thread Timothy Penner via 4D_Tech
Hi Jim, > Is there a way to get this to work in User mode? User Mode? Maybe the following items will help - Tech Tip: User Mode is now a part of Design Mode http://kb.4d.com/assetid=47243 Tech Tip: Converting Databases that used "User Mode" http://kb.4d.com/assetid=75239 Tech Note: User Mode

RE: Converting pictures

2018-10-23 Thread Timothy Penner via 4D_Tech
Hi Setar, The v13 code to convert PICT -> PNG is here: http://kb.4d.com/assetid=76775 ^ There is no transparency option in that code. While the following code was published for v16: http://kb.4d.com/assetid=77963 ^ This one uses the transparency option. Regarding 4D Pack, it should exist in v16

RE: Help->v11 to v17 Upgrade or New?

2018-10-17 Thread Timothy Penner via 4D_Tech
> The rest of the conversion needs to be done by the developer and consists of > replacing the subtable commands and redrawing the relationship line. This is > not automatic. See more here: http://livedoc.4d.com/4Dv17/help/Title/en/page3607.html#1693868 What we mean by “change the code

RE: Help->v11 to v17 Upgrade or New?

2018-10-17 Thread Timothy Penner via 4D_Tech
The main conversion of subtables took place when upgrading to v11, this was automatic. ^ This only applied to sincle-level subtables as anything beyond the first level was lost: http://kb.4d.com/assetid=49513 The rest of the conversion needs to be done by the developer and consists of

RE: Structure to TEXT files... GitHub

2018-10-16 Thread Timothy Penner via 4D_Tech
> I don’t seem to have this command in 4D v17R2 or 15.6. It's in v17 R3 https://blog.4d.com/text-files-from-your-structure-file/ -Tim ** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options:

RE: Built Server—Best Practices...

2018-10-16 Thread Timothy Penner via 4D_Tech
Just to clarify - The suggestion from 4D Technical Support is to include 100% of the entire application package that is built by 4D. Typically this is done by archiving the application in a ZIP file or on a DMG and transferring the archive to the destination machine where it is unarchived. You

RE: Facial recognition

2018-10-11 Thread Timothy Penner via 4D_Tech
Hi Ferdinando, > Someone have experience on facial recognition software interfaced with 4D? There is a tech note on kb.4d.com regarding facial recognition: Tech Note: Integrating Facial Detection and Recognition in 4D - Revised http://kb.4d.com/assetid=77536 -Tim

RE: HMAC SHA256 in native 4D code?

2018-10-10 Thread Timothy Penner via 4D_Tech
Hi Bill, I have some older code in the ACME Client technote (http://kb.4d.com/assetid=77708) that perhaps could be repurposed. It doesn't do HMAC but it could get you started and maybe after you adapt the code it will work for your purposes. The code works natively on MacOS because MacOS

RE: Blank server administration window v17

2018-10-10 Thread Timothy Penner via 4D_Tech
If you are a member of the 4D Partner Program then I would suggest checking the nightly builds as this sounds like a bug that was fixed since the last hotfix: Fixed Build: 227264 Fix Date: 13/09/2018 Bug #: ACI0098580 Description: 4D Server stops updating / refreshing the UI on the Server

RE: v13 - Relate One Selection issue

2018-10-03 Thread Timothy Penner via 4D_Tech
Hi Doug, The latest post from Thomas Maul talking about Query By Formula that I find on the forums is from June: http://forums.4d.com/Post/EN/24801062/1/24823734#24823734 ^ this post is restricted to people with access to the R-releases. Here is a full list:

RE: v13 - Relate One Selection issue

2018-10-03 Thread Timothy Penner via 4D_Tech
> Thomas Maul posted a valuable, lengthy message about QbF on the 4D Forum that > extolled its virtues. IIRC, he suggested using QbF if your query had two or > more search clauses. (I've tried to find the posting recently and not been > able to — if anyone finds it, it would be a great post to

RE: Finally v17 PDF-Manuals

2018-09-28 Thread Timothy Penner via 4D_Tech
> link? Here you go: http://doc.4d.com I like red arrows: https://i.imgur.com/8pms9rd.png -Tim ** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options:

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

2018-09-27 Thread Timothy Penner via 4D_Tech
There are a lot of nuances for timezone data; here are a few that I find interesting - * Is "12:00:00 AM Tuesday" at the beginning of Tuesday or at the end of Tuesday? Depends on which year you are talking about and what country you are in. * If you have a timestamp that originates in Russia

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

2018-09-24 Thread Timothy Penner via 4D_Tech
> There is also the NET_TIME command in 4D Internet Commands: > http://doc.4d.com/4Dv17/4D/17/NET-Time.301-3785509.en.html Something like this: C_TIME($vTime) C_DATE($vNetDate) C_LONGINT($vNetTime;$vOffset;$err) $vOffset:=-7 $err:=NET_Time ("time.nist.gov";$vNetDate;$vNetTime;$vOffset) If

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

2018-09-24 Thread Timothy Penner via 4D_Tech
Interesting approach; I also just found these: UTC: http://worldclockapi.com/api/json/utc/now PST: http://worldclockapi.com/api/json/pst/now EST: http://worldclockapi.com/api/json/est/now The output is JSON, so it should be easily parsed. There is also the NET_TIME command in 4D Internet

RE: 4D User Blank

2018-09-19 Thread Timothy Penner via 4D_Tech
Hi Tom, > Any ideas on what might cause this? When a user is looking at the 4D login screen from a client, before they login to 4D the user information will be displayed on the server with a blank username (but with the other fields filled in); this is expected because the client has not yet

RE: 2 Factor Authentication

2018-09-19 Thread Timothy Penner via 4D_Tech
Hi Jim, > Does anyone know of a method, plugin or component to implement 2 factor > authentication ? Did you go to the 4D Summit? If so, then you should have access to this: http://kb.4d.com/assetid=78020 -Tim ** 4D

RE: Signing a MacOS Standalone Application - XCode version 9.2

2018-09-18 Thread Timothy Penner via 4D_Tech
Hi Jody, > Launched XCode - yike! the interface is very much different. So no following > the step by step instructions like I thought I would be able to do. What version of XCode and which tech note? I ask because the most recent tech note about application signing doesn’t really include

RE: v13 - SQL alter table, what is wrong?

2018-09-18 Thread Timothy Penner via 4D_Tech
Regarding v13 docs; we have this on the Doc Center doc.4d.com: https://i.imgur.com/czSO9xs.png Hope that helps. -Tim ** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options:

RE: Understanding a Runtime Error message

2018-09-17 Thread Timothy Penner via 4D_Tech
Hello, > How do I >a. Look up the details for that issue, The details of bug reports are private so you cannot look up the bug details yourself. If you are a member of the 4D Partner Program you can contact tech support and ask for additional details of a particular bug report and they will

RE: Understanding a Runtime Error message

2018-09-17 Thread Timothy Penner via 4D_Tech
What version are you using? It sounds like the following bug: ACI0097564 Unexpected Runtime internal timer error #22 during a Backup. This was fixed in 16 R6 and 16.3 -Tim ** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) Archive:

RE: v13(+?) - Components and host processes

2018-09-14 Thread Timothy Penner via 4D_Tech
According to the docs, Processes are in the Unshared category of objects: http://doc.4d.com/4Dv15/4D/15.6/Interaction-between-components-and-host-databases.300-3836723.en.html#516546 What you can do is this; 1) create a method in the host database that returns the data you are looking for 2)

RE: 4D Client as Web Server - Using same 4D Process if web access from diff. machines

2018-09-14 Thread Timothy Penner via 4D_Tech
When looking at the Web Server (Client) settings, are you using automatic session management? http://doc.4d.com/4Dv15/4D/15.6/Web-Sessions-Management.300-3817755.en.html Are you using the WEB CLOSE SESSION command? http://doc.4d.com/4Dv15/4D/15.6/WEB-CLOSE-SESSION.301-3817719.en.html Reminder,

RE: PDF generation on Windows - Latest Thinking

2018-09-13 Thread Timothy Penner via 4D_Tech
> Discovered a couple of days ago that the Win10 printer creates huge pdf files > in comparison to pdfCreator. > One report containing graph images is around 200KB from pdfCreator and is > over 8MB with Print to PDF. This is a very interesting observation that I was previously unaware of (or

Re: Help?

2018-09-11 Thread Timothy Penner via 4D_Tech
You can skip the on startup code via a 4dlink file as described here: http://kb.4d.com/assetid=76553 -Tim Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone Original message From: Kenneth Geiger via 4D_Tech <4d_tech@lists.4d.com> Date: 9/10/18 4:55 PM (GMT-08:00) To: 4D

RE: What constitutes use of 4D View Pro?

2018-09-10 Thread Timothy Penner via 4D_Tech
> I would think a good solution would be to add some indicator to the Property > window in Design so that every feature that requires a 4D View Pro license is > obvious. Maybe you make those properties a different color like blue or > purple. At least then when you were building the listbox

RE: table/field token

2018-09-05 Thread Timothy Penner via 4D_Tech
Hi Richard, > > * Starting with 4D v16 R4, "." and "[]" characters are no longer allowed in > > names of tokenized objects. > I take that to mean they are no loner allowed in “new” names of tokenized > objects. I take it to mean they are no longer allowed in tokenized objects, **existing or

RE: table/field token

2018-09-05 Thread Timothy Penner via 4D_Tech
> Surely something to do with dot notation, but I wonder if it's a bug or > something I miss? There is a section of the docs that talks about this: http://doc.4d.com/4Dv16R4/4D/16-R4/Using-object-notation-preview.300-3303773.en.html#3304590 { Activating the object notation Over any versions, 4D

RE: Duplicate data in Key Field

2018-08-30 Thread Timothy Penner via 4D_Tech
How did you add the UUID primary key? When you added the UUID field, did you use SQL, and if so, did you use the TRAILING keyword as shown here: http://kb.4d.com/assetid=76991 -Tim ** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG)

RE: Sending PDFs to Chrome

2018-08-30 Thread Timothy Penner via 4D_Tech
More locally to the developer, it looks like there should also be a list of mime types (in XML format) stored within the application: "Note: The list of MIME types supported by the 4D HTTP server is saved in the "MimeTypes.xml" file found in the following folder of the 4D application:

RE: Sending PDFs to Chrome

2018-08-30 Thread Timothy Penner via 4D_Tech
> I just want to note that SEND HTML BLOB in tech note is now WEB SEND BLOB. That is correct, the command was renamed in v13. I should also note that the documentation for WEB SEND BLOB lists a bunch of known mime types as well: http://livedoc.4d.com/4Dv17/help/Command/en/page654.html Kind

RE: Sending PDFs to Chrome

2018-08-30 Thread Timothy Penner via 4D_Tech
This may be helpful also: Tech Tip: How to send non-html files using SEND HTML BLOB PRODUCT: 4D | VERSION: 11 | PLATFORM: Mac & Win Published On: July 16, 2009 http://kb.4d.com/assetid=75828 ** 4D Internet Users Group (4D

RE: Re(2): 4D Write Pro WP feature request - need your support

2018-08-29 Thread Timothy Penner via 4D_Tech
> When I click on the link from the original poster, I get into a list of > forums, not the request. What's the problem -- login? You must be logged in to view the Feature Request forum. -Tim ** 4D Internet Users Group (4D

RE: Team Developer - Do all developers need to be on same minor version?

2018-08-28 Thread Timothy Penner via 4D_Tech
Keep in mind that 4D QA does not test mixing and matching different versions of client and server - there are way too many permutations... QA only tests the same build of the client with the same build of the server. It is typically the expectation that the version of 4D Client will match 4D

Re: How to tie 4D to barcode readers?

2018-08-24 Thread Timothy Penner via 4D_Tech
If the barcode scanner is a USB-HID device then it just acts like a keyboard. If you have access to the summit content there was a session a while back: http://kb.4d.com/assetid=77624 -Tim Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone Original message From:

RE: Remove Remembered Password

2018-08-23 Thread Timothy Penner via 4D_Tech
Tim, -Original Message- > And maybe someday, just maybe — 4D will add another build app XML key that > will “remove remember password” from the login screen and this will be just > another oddity in the world of 4D. There is a similar feature requests for this, although it only has

RE: Remove Remembered Password

2018-08-23 Thread Timothy Penner via 4D_Tech
Hi Tim, > There is an article in the 4D Knowledge Base about this, but it is for older > versions of 4D where the path to this saved “.mdp” file has different. I used > that as a starting point and the got it to work with the 4D v14 version that > I needed. Should work with 4D v14+. It looks

Re: 4D 16.3HF4 Windows 64 bit?

2018-08-23 Thread Timothy Penner via 4D_Tech
The 64 bit Windows standalone/remote application is a feature of v17. It was first available as a preview in 16.0 (release notes said it would not be in further 16.x releases) The status changed from preview to final in 16R2; however it's still a feature of v17 (not v16). -Tim Sent from my

RE: Creating Windows Taskbar Icons with 4D Version Numbers

2018-08-16 Thread Timothy Penner via 4D_Tech
Thanks Tim! I am working on publishing this info. -Tim -Original Message- From: 4D_Tech <4d_tech-boun...@lists.4d.com> On Behalf Of Tim Nevels via 4D_Tech Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2018 12:18 PM To: 4d_tech@lists.4d.com Cc: Tim Nevels Subject: Re: Creating Windows Taskbar Icons with

RE: Some Older PCs Unable to run 4D Client in 64 bit

2018-08-14 Thread Timothy Penner via 4D_Tech
The chipset must support SSE4,1 in order to run 64 bit versions of 4D. This requirement has existed for a while and is on the certification matrix of v14, 15, and 16: { (1) Instruction set SSE 4.1 must be available if using 64-bit 4D applications. SSE 4.1 exists in most Intel CPU’s starting

RE: v17.0 HF1 Bug Fix delayed process not waking fix

2018-08-14 Thread Timothy Penner via 4D_Tech
Hi Tim, > ACI0098368 A delayed processes do not wake up if paused and then resumed: > it stays in pause mode. The same bug fix is also in the following v16.x nightly build: Version : 16.3 Change : 225762 https://bugs.4d.fr/fixedbugslist?branch=16 -Tim

RE: OFF - Reconditioning SSD Drives

2018-08-09 Thread Timothy Penner via 4D_Tech
ce with it. dave On Wed, Aug 8, 2018 at 10:41 AM, Timothy Penner via 4D_Tech <4d_tech@lists.4d.com> wrote: >> Is TRIM enabled? >> If not that would be my first step. > > Definitely look into running TRIM on a regular basis. > > Also, have you looked at the so

RE: [warning?] v13 (+?) - Type(String Array) = Text array

2018-08-08 Thread Timothy Penner via 4D_Tech
Hi Chip, This has been Standard Behavior since Unicode was introduced in v11. Please see Page 260 of the 4D v11 upgrade manual: ftp://ftp.4d.com/aci_product_reference_library/4D_PRODUCT_DOCUMENTATION/PDF_Docs_by_4D_Product_A-Z/4D/4D_v11_SQL/4D_v11_Upgrade.pdf Kind Regards, Tim PENNER

RE: Automatic updating of built apps

2018-08-08 Thread Timothy Penner via 4D_Tech
> I’m calling SET UPDATE FOLDER with the path to the folder containing the app, > like this: > SET UPDATE FOLDER(“Macintosh > HD:Users:jeffgrann:Desktop:SuccessWare:AppUpdate”) >Are you saying I should be supplying the path to the app package, like this: > SET UPDATE FOLDER(“Macintosh >

RE: OFF - Reconditioning SSD Drives

2018-08-08 Thread Timothy Penner via 4D_Tech
> Is TRIM enabled? > If not that would be my first step. Definitely look into running TRIM on a regular basis. Also, have you looked at the software provided by the manufacturer? https://www.samsung.com/semiconductor/minisite/ssd/download/tools/ The manufacturer software usually has some stuff

RE: Multi-Style Reference Toggle

2018-08-07 Thread Timothy Penner via 4D_Tech
Hi Tom, I believe the correct answer (for Styled Text areas) was posted by Jeremy French - Use the ST SET OPTIONS command to toggle the expression display between references and values: http://doc.4d.com/4Dv17/4D/17/ST-SET-OPTIONS.301-3729984.en.html The other answer provided by Chuck seems to

RE: Query from C#?

2018-08-07 Thread Timothy Penner via 4D_Tech
There is a C library (C not C#) for connecting to 4D: https://github.com/4d/SQLlib_4D The C library is used for multiple different connectors including: Python: https://github.com/ibrewster/p4d PHP (pdo): https://github.com/famsf/pecl-pdo-4d There is also a document describing the SQL Networking

RE: startup progress on server

2018-08-06 Thread Timothy Penner via 4D_Tech
> So what’s the recommendation on giving startup progress so they know that the > server hasn’t frozen at some point during the startup method? To the best of my knowledge, we do not recommend any sort of UI on the server. So, it is hard to make a recommendation for something we don’t recommend.

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