Re: Passing Object Pointers vs References - slight 'gotcha'

2016-12-01 Thread Ed Hammond
All, Being a digest reader, it has been interesting to see how this thread is unfolding. Interesting points have been made by all and at the Art Institute of Chicago we've observed some of the inconsistencies while adding C_OBJECT in our applications. You can check out one of Brent Raymond

Re: MySql login problem

2018-06-15 Thread Ed Hammond via 4D_Tech
>They get a message like this: >1045: Access denied for user 'belltour_vendor'@' >S01067cb21b32a9c7.cg.shawcable.net' (using password: YES) Looks like a credentials issue. Here's what I remember from using MySql (it has been some time). If you update the security credentials table within MySql -

[ANN] 4DMethod September 26th Meeting - Subforms as dynamic data objects - Rethinking the 4D form, Kirk Brooks

2018-09-24 Thread Ed Hammond via 4D_Tech
Hope to see you at our next 4DMethod meeting on Wednesday, September 26th, 12:00 noon, CDT (UTC?5:00)! Kirk Brooks of The Energy House will introduce you to the new way of thinking about the whole structure of a 4D database as compared to simply figuring out how to make i

[ANN] 4DMethod September 26th Meeting - Subforms as dynamic data objects - Rethinking the 4D form, Kirk Brooks

2018-09-24 Thread Ed Hammond via 4D_Tech
In addition to Kirk's feature presentation we will have all of the standard features you know and love. For details on how to participate: --

Go to the World Tour 2017!

2017-04-05 Thread Ed Hammond via 4D_Tech
All, The 4D World Tour 2017 just breezed through Chicago and it's got me thinking about how our user interface is designed. So much has been added over the last few versions and there is so little time to explore and understand them all yourself. If you are at all serious about your 4D develo

What would cause PROCESS 4D TAGS to "not work"

2017-05-23 Thread Ed Hammond via 4D_Tech
PROCESS 4D TAGS experts! I was working on an image viewer involving a local html file and using PROCESS 4D TAGS to substitute a URL with the source image from a remote system. I was working on a local copy of our application (4D v15.4, Mac OS 10.11.6) to develop the viewer before moving the co

4DMethod Usergroup Hangout - Today, May 24, 2017 - 12 noon CDT

2017-05-24 Thread Ed Hammond via 4D_Tech
May 24th Meeting - Going 4D Mobile at AIC, Xiang Liu and Brent Raymond 116 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 3rd Floor (Let us know if you are attending in person) CITI Lite - Going 4D Mobile at the Art Institute of Chicago, Xiang Liu and Brent Raymond Take a look at the CITI Lite web application f

RE: What would cause PROCESS 4D TAGS to "not work" - SOLVED

2017-05-24 Thread Ed Hammond via 4D_Tech
Thanks to all who responded. Tim Penner and Charles Miller - It was the compatibility setting "Use 4DVAR Comments instead of Brackets" This explains why a new database worked correctly. You can not even access the option there. Since the structure has been through multiple versions of 4D th

Relation naming for ORDA in v17? Best Practices anyone?

2019-02-08 Thread Ed Hammond via 4D_Tech
Hey all of you ORDA pioneers and converts! Have any of you come up with a convention for naming relations for use with ORDA? What have you found that works? or doesn't? Edgar Hammond

Windows Server transition - Best Practice Advice

2019-05-06 Thread Ed Hammond via 4D_Tech
Hello List, We are beginning to transition our servers from Mac to Windows. For those of you who have made the journey, what have you found to be best practices for a built c/s app running on Windows Server 2016 Standard? Are there any gotcha's we should watch out for? Direct roads to smooth s

Re: Windows Server transition - Best Practice Advice

2019-05-06 Thread Ed Hammond via 4D_Tech
Jeff and Tom, Thanks for the pointing us in the correct direction. We are now all 64 bit, so that hurdle has been crossed. I’ll talk to our IT staff about defender issues. Any tips on where the application should be located? Pluses and minuses for running as a service? > On May 6, 2019, at 1:1

Re: Web area fail on accessing secure area

2019-06-01 Thread Ed Hammond via 4D_Tech
Peter, > I don’t expect any instant solutions but if anyone has any bright ideas for > further investigation I’d appreciate hearing them ! Welcome to the quirky world of web areas on 4D v15. You may need to switch the rendering engine to successfully connect to your https service. When the Art

Re: Looking for 3rd party SQL query tool

2020-03-31 Thread Ed Hammond via 4D_Tech
Tony, You can perform ad hoc sql queries directly from another copy of 4D. There’s probably an old tech note that has an example database. I know I modified an old db recently to just this thing. I think I started here “4D v11 SQL Assimilator" https://kb.4d.com/assetid=75182 or if you have MS