Re: What's the easiest way to edit an existing constants file?

[Dave Nasralla via 4D_Tech]

Miyako - Thanks for pointing me to definition of the Constants file.

Koen - Your simple question made me re-look at what I was doing
(clearly, if Koen says I should be able to do it, then I am missing
something). I simply had to put the constants file I wanted to edit in
the Resources folder of the database I was attempting to edit the file
from. I had been looking for some sort of "File Open" in the POP
Constants Editor.

I'm back on track - Thanks!

dave


On Thu, Mar 8, 2018 at 2:01 AM, Koen Van Hooreweghe via 4D_Tech
<4d_tech@lists.4d.com> wrote:
> Hi Dave,
>
> Is there a reason why you cannot edit your existing constants file using the 
> same 4D Pop component?
>
> Kind regards,
> Koen
>
>> Op 8 mrt. 2018, om 00:31 heeft Dave Nasralla via 4D_Tech 
>> <4d_tech@lists.4d.com> het volgende geschreven:
>>
>> I found the 4DPop_Constant_Editor for creating a new constants file.
>> How do I edit one that already exists? I'd rather not use a text
>> editor. (I looked at a custom constants .xlf file and the syntax did
>> not seem overly obvious to me.)
>
>
>
> 
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Re: What's the easiest way to edit an existing constants file?

[Koen Van Hooreweghe via 4D_Tech]

Hi Dave,

Is there a reason why you cannot edit your existing constants file using the 
same 4D Pop component?

Kind regards,
Koen

> Op 8 mrt. 2018, om 00:31 heeft Dave Nasralla via 4D_Tech 
> <4d_tech@lists.4d.com> het volgende geschreven:
> 
> I found the 4DPop_Constant_Editor for creating a new constants file.
> How do I edit one that already exists? I'd rather not use a text
> editor. (I looked at a custom constants .xlf file and the syntax did
> not seem overly obvious to me.)




Compass bvba
Koen Van Hooreweghe
Kloosterstraat 65
9910 Knesselare
Belgium
tel +32 495 511.653

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Re: What's the easiest way to edit an existing constants file?

[Keisuke Miyako via 4D_Tech]

the constants XLF format is briefly explained in the v13 upgrade manual.

http://download.4d.com/Documents/Products_Documentation/LastVersions/Line_13/VIntl/PDF_Format/4D_v13_Upgrade.pdf

page 236

what is not mentioned, which I found to be quite important,
is to assign a unique id for each group and constant.

personally I like to use a UUID for each group and gives its members a decimal 
suffix.

this helps the constants to appear by group on the Explorer.

e.g.

  

  YOUR CONSTANT GROUP NAME

  

  

  A CONSTANT THAT BELONGS TO THE GROUP

  

2018/03/08 8:31、Dave Nasralla via 4D_Tech 
<4d_tech@lists.4d.com> のメール：

I found the 4DPop_Constant_Editor for creating a new constants file.
How do I edit one that already exists? I'd rather not use a text
editor. (I looked at a custom constants .xlf file and the syntax did
not seem overly obvious to me.)



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