Semaphores and Server-Side Data Updates in Multi-User Environment

Hello, Hoping someone can point me in the right direction as I've never done something like this before. We have a multi-user environment running v16r5. Through various means, a user can call a method that updates company-specific financial data. The problem is that it can take 30+ seconds and

RE: Semaphores and Server-Side Data Updates in Multi-User Environment

Thanks Chip, this will be helpful! Unfortunately a different project just came up, so I can't actually start work on the semaphore project until I finish. - Ben > my outline for this would be as follows. I am not up to v16 yet, so > this will be a 'classic' solution, use of call worker might si

Form Print Settings (And Their Little Secrets)

I understand that 4D forms store their own print driver settings, but I can't figure out how to actually see what the settings are for any form. The documentation tells me that to set the settings on a form, to click the "print settings" from the properties list. I can do this but when I open up

Static Pictures to Library Pictures

We are finally moving to v17 and need to fix all our static PICT images. From previous posts and from the 4D knowledge base I understand how to convert library images by looping through them and running the conversion code. But the problem is we have over 1100+ static PICT images that aren't in

v18 Background Image / Win32API

Hello, Since Win32API now seems to be obsolete, how can we easily set the background image ala gui_LoadBackground? I tried the Miyako replacement on github at https://github.com/miyako/4D-Win32API/releases/tag/8.3.v18 but it did not seem to work (I think the command ran but the background did n