Make me smart about Write Pro

2019-10-11 Thread Kirk Brooks via 4D_Tech
I haven't used 4D Write in - a long, long time. Like before my hair was gray long. So, I'm hoping someone will enlighten me as I start looking at it again. 1) I get that I can insert fields into a 4D doc. What about object fields? Can I embed references to properties of an object field? 2) Can I

Re: Make me smart about Write Pro

2019-10-12 Thread Jeremy French via 4D_Tech
Hi Kirk, I think you would let the user create templates by: 1) creating the template document in 4D Write; and 2) dragging value placeholders (you defined) into the document to retrieve database information. Unlike the legacy 4D Write, working programmatically with 4D Write Pro means: 1) usin

Re: Make me smart about Write Pro

2019-10-12 Thread Tom Benedict via 4D_Tech
Another key concept to be aware of when working with Write Pro is that is that features are additive. In Write Classic all its features were available by default and you had to restrict or remove features as needed via code. In Write Pro only the most basic features are available by default leav

Re: Make me smart about Write Pro

2019-10-12 Thread Kirk Brooks via 4D_Tech
Tom, On Sat, Oct 12, 2019 at 12:47 PM Tom Benedict via 4D_Tech < 4d_tech@lists.4d.com> wrote: > Another key concept to be aware of when working with Write Pro is that is > that features are additive. In Write Classic all its features were > available by default and you had to restrict or remove f