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4D WebSTAR

Versions 2004, 2003, 6.8

User Interface
Feature	v6.8	2003	2004
All new Form Editor			*
New Native GUI Objects			*
New Native List Box			*
Improved Record List Display			*
New Window Types			*
New 3D Buttons			*
Windows XP Look and Feel			*
End User Modifiable Forms			*
Windows XP Certified	*	*	*
Mac OS X 10.3 Certified		*	*
Support for anti-aliased text drawing		*	*
Database Engine
Database Engine Speed Increases up to 200 times			*
Adaptable Cache Management			*
All New Integrated Backup			*
Automatic Recovery from unscheduled system outages			*
Larger Number of Keys per index	*	*	*
Application Distribution
Distribute Updated Plug-Ins Automatically to Clients	*	*	*
Distribute Updated Structure Automatically to Clients	*	*	*
Distribute Updated version of 4D Client Automatically to Clients			*
Merge 4D Client and Application Structure for double clickable deployment			*
Language Enhancements
Over 80 new commands			*
Call and receive data from external apps			*
Integrated Parser			*
New Object Management Commands			*
New Table and Field Generation Commands			*
New ODBC Commands			*
Over 80 new commands			*
XML Generation Commands			*
SAX Parsing Commands			*
Scriptable Build Process			*
DOM Parsing Commands		*	*
Multi-level array sorting		*	*
50 new Reporting Commands		*	*
Default Century Updated	*	*	*
Development
Integrated Spell Checker			*
Object Libraries			*
Groups Objects in the Explorer Window			*
Method Editor Macros (4D Code)			*
New Improved Design Environment			*
New Improved Method Editor		*	*
New Integrated Report Engine		*	*
Components	*	*	*
Integrated Compiler		*	*
Web Features
HTTP 1.1 Support (Including Stay Alive)			*
Enhanced Security			*
CGI Support (including preprocessor capabilities)			*
JDBC Support		*	*
CGI support for 4D WebSTAR	*	*	*
SSL integration	*	*	*
4D Client as Web Server		*	*
Web Services
Support for SOAP 1.1 as both a Client and a Server		*	*
Compatible with .NET Web services		*	*
Web Services: Server
Support for publishing Doc and RPC Style Services			*
1-click publishing of methods as a Web Service		*	*
Automatic WSDL generation		*	*
Support for SSL and User Authentication		*	*
Support for all specified SOAP data types, including arrays and BLOB		*	*
Web Services: Client
1-Click Generation of proxies for complete site			*
Enhanced Security			*
Web Services Wizard for WSDL parsing		*	*
Automatic generation of proxy methods		*	*
Support for RPC and DOC style Web services		*	*
Language support for user authentication		*	*
Utilizes 4D's error handling mechanism		*	*