Category Archives: 4D Reporter

4D’s ‘Wakanda’ project faces more delays

Wakanda will not make it in Q1 2011

According to a short message of 4D Inc., San José (California USA) Wakanda will not make the promised appearance in Q1. “Wakanda is progressing well.” Mr. Coveney wrote.

One reason for the delay are feature requests of the early testers. Sooo – if you are an early tester, please drop us a note, we are just curious!

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hmReports 1.2 available

heubach media released version 1.2 (build 9465) of hmReports

hmReports is the new plug-in developed by heubach media, Hamburg, Germany for 4th Dimension.

With version 1.2 of hmReports we improve the hmReports graphic engine and stability and integrity in 4D.

=== In Version 1.2 we made the following improvements ===
* It’s now possible to rotate objects
* It’s now possible to scale path and freehand objects and groups
* New theme Menus to fully customize the menus in hmReports
* New command hmRep_GET REPORT LIST to get a list of all reports of the area
* New command hmRep_SEARCH PROP BY NAME for searching properties
* It is now possible to show the object order (new menu item and property)
* New property in hmRep_SET REPORT PROPERTY: hmRep_rprop_ShowObjectOrder
* The current layer can now changed in the layerlist by doubleclick
* It is now possible to bring an object one step forward and one step backward
* It is not possible to draw on a layer which is now visible, an alert is shown
* New Callback events are available
* It’s now possible to hide not needed sections and setting the name of each section
* New command hmRep_Render To Blob for Unicode compatibility in 4D v11
* New command hmRep_Report To Picture
* The command hmRep_PRINT was modified. A result value is now returned. Please check your code!
* Fixed bug moving a group from one layer to an other

=== About hmReports ===

You need amazing reports, invoices & documents? Do it with hmReports!
hmReports provides you a powerful tool to create, edit and print powerful graphics and reports.

=== The following features are included ===

* Create reports without any programming knowledge
* Import SuperReport Pro and 4D Draw documents for a fast crossgrade
* Exchange and share reports to your customers without recompiling
* Import, edit and export SVG documents
* Open storage format of the report-blob (XML)
* Create vector graphical documents
* Modern graphical API with multiple gradients, alpha/opacity support and antialiasing
* Create Text, Rectangles, Lines, Bezier curves, Arcs, Path, Pictures and Freehand objects
* Support of stepless zoom
* View and edit multiple reports in one hmReports-area
* Callback routines to manage events
* Break processing with sections
* Support of multiple layers
* Access to the database, arrays, array-elements and variables
* Add scripts to objects and sections
* Support of automatic line height depending of its content. In this case, all other objects can be automatically moved or resized.

=== One is not enough ===
hmReports does support multiple detail sections. Now you can create reports with real multiple subdetails. For example, you are able to create a report with three detail sections (also headers and footers): With hmReports you can easily create a customer list with its invoices and for each invoice its position.

=== Graphic Editor ===
With hmReports you can create high quality graphics. With the support of layers and groups, you can edit complex graphics very easily. Of course you can open, edit and save SVG documents as well.

=== hmDraw: hmReports without reporting capabilities ===
If you only need the Graphic Editor without reporting capabilities, we offer a license called “hmDraw”, see below price list.

=== Download ===
You find more information the download here:
http://www.heubach-media.de/index.php?id=166

The download includes sample databases with the hmReports Plugin, hmReports Component and a documentation.

=== Requirements ===
hmReports will run with 4D v11.8 on Macintosh 10.6.7, Mac 10.5.8. Tiger is not supported anymore!
hmReports will run Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7.

hmReports uses the newest available system API’s. hmReports does support unicode and native picture types like 4D v11/v12.

=== Prices ===
If you only need hmReports without reporting capabilities: Buy hmDraw:

hmDraw for 4th Dimension development (Mac & Win): EUR 99,–
hmDraw for 4D Runtime Volume Licence, unlimited: EUR 179,–
hmDraw for 4D Server, unlimited 4D clients: EUR 179,–
hmDraw OEM unlimited servers (includes runtime and development): EUR 999,–
annual price

If you only need hmReports with reporting capabilities:

hmReports for 4th Dimension development (Mac & Win): EUR 199,–
hmReports for 4D Runtime Volume Licence, unlimited: EUR 349,–
hmReports for 4D Server, unlimited 4D clients: EUR 349,–
hmReports OEM unlimited servers (includes runtime and development): EUR 1799,–
annual price

Special offer: If you already licensed an other reporting/graphic-plugin (e. g. SuperReport Pro, 4D Draw, Canvas, PagePro) you can get 50 % off for an equivalent hmReports license! OEM licenses from the seconds year the full price.

All prices exclusive of VAT.

=== SUBSCRIPTION ===
=== For discussion about hmReports ===
To join the mailing list, please send a message to hmreports-subscribe@heubach-media.de
To remove you from the mailing list, please send a message to hmreports-unsubscribe@heubach-media.de

To write a post please send the mail to hmreports@heubach-media.de

Related: PagePro

‘DOCODEMO4D’ by Makoto Mizuno

Hello everyone.This is first post.

I am a Japanese developer.(makoto mizuno)
For the first time developed a 4D component.
I will introduce it.
The name “DOCODEMO4D” called.

Features

  1. You can see data without programing by web browser.
  2. Powered by 4DWeb.(web license require)
  3. You can see data by simple view settings.
  4. DOCODEMO4D is emphasis to usability on iPad.
  5. You can see data list form or detail form.
  6. You can use query feature.
  7. You can use data download feature.

DOCODEMO4D” Please come to see.
And please make sure you can easily build Web features.
http://www.mizunoinfo.com/MIC_solution_docodemo4d_en.html

Thank you.

I do not have enough English skills.
I think that hard to understand, please forgive me.
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makoto mizuno
http://www.mizunoinfo.com
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4D Werkstatt (Wiesbaden) April

4D-Werkstatt am Freitag, 01. April 2011

Am Freitag, dem 01. April 2011 veranstaltet das Entwicklernetzwerk ‘die4Dwerkstatt’ das nächste Treffen.

Termin:
Freitag, 01. April 2010 von 11.00 Uhr bis 17.00  Uhr

Ort:
4D-Werkstatt Wiesbaden
Scharnhorststraße 36
65195 Wiesbaden

Themen:
4D & Web – Multihoming-SingleLink leicht gemacht
jQuery – AJAX Calls für den Rest von uns
jQuery.UI – aufgehübschte WebSites für Nicht-Designer

Anmeldung:
Hier per eMail!

Die Teilnahme ist kostenlos und offen für alle Entwickler, ob 4D oder was anderes.
Aber bitte anmelden – wir müssen wissen was wir an Kaffee und trockenen Plätzchen brauchen.

PDO_4D: Call to the Community

4D Headquarter in France released PDO_4D

Whether you’re a 4D developer, a PHP developer, or create tools in C / C++, there’s something for you in PDO_4D, which bridges powerful 4D databases with the ubiquity of PHP.

Started as an open source experiment during the development of 4D v11 SQL, PDO_4D is a driver that implements the PHP Data Objects (PDO) interface to enable access from PHP to 4D databases.

It’s completely open, and everyone interested is invited to help contribute to a stable 1.0 version for the current and all future versions of 4D. In fact, the PDO_4D source is available for anybody to compile into their own build.

Those interested in the driver can download it – as well as the source – from the PECL PHP extension repository: http://pecl.php.net/pdo_4d

Bug reports can be created  and reviewed at PECL, as well.

A variety of existing compiled versions can also be found at sources.4d.com, where developers may also submit their own builds.

Because PDO_4D is not an official 4D product, support and testing of the driver will come from the efforts of the developer community itself. This is an opportunity for anyone and everyone who’s interested to take the lead in creating new builds, reporting and fixing bugs, and forging ahead with PDO_4D as they see fit.

To support this community effort, a new Google Group  has been started to serve as a hub of communications and exchange. It will provide a forum for developers and users of all backgrounds – whether 4D, PHP or otherwise – to share ideas, results, and the latest news. (http://groups.google.com/group/pdo_4d)

We look forward to seeing you there!
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