The 4D 6.5 Companion Contents

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Overview

About These Materials
3
Overview of 4D 6.5
5
Converting to 4D 6.5
13
A 4D Developer’s Toolkit
21

Design Environment and Development Process Improvements

Opening a Database
31
4D Tools 6.5
35
Structure Editor Improvements
53
Explorer Comments
61
Find in Design
67
Form Editor Improvements
77
Method Editor Improvements
93
4D 6.5 Picture Library
107
4D 6.5 Security Options
123

Language Improvements

Custom Constants
129
Execute on Client
141
Additional Language Changes
151

Improved User Interface Tools

Dynamic User Interfaces
157
New and Improved Form Events
163
New Form Features and Commands
171
Moving and Resizing Objects
181
Splitters
193
Context-Sensitive Help
199

New and Improved Debugging and Analysis Tools

Writing Code with Fewer Bugs
211
Handling Errors
221
The 4D 6.5 Debugger
225
The 4D 6.5 Runtime Explorer
235

Improved Performance

4D 6.5 Optimization
243
New Index Options
247
Tuning Database Parameters
259
Rethinking 4D Optimization
269

New and Improved Set and Selection Tools

Import and Export
273
New and Improved Query Commands
289
New Set and Selection Commands
295

New and Improved Web and Internet Tools

Overview of 4D Internet Integration
301
The 4D 6.5 Web Server
313
The 4D 6.5 Web Security Options
325
4D Internet Commands
333