Data Merge from v13 to v15

Hi All, A client has requested to decommission a v13 database and merge the data into a separate v15 database. The 2 database structures started the same (as in same tables and fields) but has expanded in different directions down the years. It would be fair to say that the fields in the v13 st

Re: Using the HELP Menu for my own purposes.

The exception to the menu being empty for a standard build (with no additional components or plugins) is the SVG Component. It has a help file of its own inside 4D that needs to be removed at some point. Show 4D Contents and navigate to 4D/Contents/Components/4D SVG.4dbase. Show Contents of 4D

Re: Using the HELP Menu for my own purposes.

> the Help menu is empty if you build the application. Are you sure Miyako? Since what version? We noticed that the Hep menu on builded applications was showing help items belonging to plugins (and components). My solution was, before the build start, execute a method that look for any .htm@ fi

Re: CSV import with version 13

Chuck, Try this: https://kb.4d.com/assetid=50956 Charlie Vass wrote this Tech Note years ago (v11 era). I adapted it to make a generate CVS_ParseLine utility in my database and it’s come in handy several times over the last few years. HTH, Randy -

CSV import with version 13

Hi. All does anyone have v13 code that will do this they are willing to share. I have new client still at 13 and I need to write import before I can do upgrade Thanks and regards Chuck Sent from my iPhone ** 4D Internet Users G

Re: Using the HELP Menu for my own purposes.

Vote for the feature request at the link below from 2007. I also requested it before the forum existed back in 1998. Don't hold your breath :). https://forums.4d.com/Post/FR/1510042/1/2352980 John DeSoi, Ph.D. > On Apr 28, 2019, at 5:51 PM, Herr Alexander Heintz via 4D_Tech > <4d_tech@lists.4

Re: Form and DIALOG

Jeremy, In the situation you describe I initialize the object that will be passed to the Dialog first. Like so: $formObj:= New object("listbox_1";New Collection(100;200;300);"someObject";New Object("foo";"Hello world") DIALOG("MyDialogForm";$formObj) // Dialog is closed and $formObj contains an

Re: Arrow on Windows

> Le 29 avr. 2019 à 09:59, Keisuke Miyako via 4D_Tech <4d_tech@lists.4d.com> a > écrit : > > [...] > unicode give you plenty of choices: Very true, unicode is our friend. As an example, a method I use to represent some keyboard keys. The link to wiki in comments is a french-but-interesting p

Re: Form and DIALOG

Thanks, Arnaud. I was looking at the documentation for Form, not DIALOG. I think this is likely to be a superbly useful feature. Jeremy > On 29 Apr 2019, at 11:56, Arnaud de Montard via 4D_Tech > <4d_tech@lists.4d.com> wrote: > > > >> Le 29 avr. 2019 à 10:05, Jeremy Roussak via 4D_Tech <4d

Re: Form and DIALOG

> Le 29 avr. 2019 à 10:05, Jeremy Roussak via 4D_Tech <4d_tech@lists.4d.com> a > écrit : > > Is it safe to use the object returned by the Form command as a means of > passing data back to the caller?[...]there’s nothing in the documentation, as > far as I can see, to indicate whether this is

Re: Form and DIALOG

Jeremy, That's definitely one of the supported/encouraged behaviours as far as I am aware. cheers J > On 29 Apr 2019, at 6:05 pm, Jeremy Roussak via 4D_Tech <4d_tech@lists.4d.com> > wrote: > > Is it safe to use the object returned by the Form command as a means of > passing data back to the

Form and DIALOG

Is it safe to use the object returned by the Form command as a means of passing data back to the caller? That is, should the method of the form opened in DIALOG regard its Form object as read-only, or is it allowed to alter it? At present, changing the values of the object passed by DIALOG works

Re: Arrow on Windows

choosing a font is so irrelevant unicode give you plenty of choices: ← ⇦ ⃖ ⃪ ⬅ ⃖ etc. > 2019/04/29 15:44、Jeremy Roussak via 4D_Tech <4d_tech@lists.4d.com>のメール: > > Is there a font, which will reliably be present on users’ machines, which > has such a character? Or must I resort to a picture o