Getting Started

This topic contains information that will make it easy for you to get started using 4D for your web projects. It should answer fundamental questions you have before and just after you start developing web applications with 4D.

Know What to Buy

By now, it is likely that you have looked over the 4D Product List, and you have seen that there are many things to choose from. Click here to find the right solution for your needs.

Choosing Your Architecture

There are numerous ways you could architect your application. This document will explore what some of those options are. Click here to help you decide which is best for you.

Fastest Way to the Web

• Building A Web Database Using 4D's Contextual Mode
  This document steps you through publishing a simple database on the web. Download the PDF (~203K)

From the Documentation:

• To setup your machine and databases for Web publishing, read Web Services, Configuration.
• To learn how to publish a database on the Web, read Web Services, Your First Time (Part I) and Web Services, Your First Time (Part II).

Tech Notes:

• 4D Web Serving Revisited
  Tech Note # 98-12
• The Text Parameter Passed to 4D Methods Called via URLs
  Tech Note # 97-13
• 4D Web Assistant for Dummies
  Technical Note #00-54
  Download Example Database: Windows | Mac
• Getting Started with 4th Dimension
  Technical Note 98-33
  

Tech Tips:

• Record Paging in Contextual Mode
• Highlights of Web Database Examples
• Managing a pop up in a form used for Web serving (contextual mode)
• Customizing forms created with the Web Aware template
• Images Not Appearing in Contextual Mode
• The "Install 4D Web Assistant" option for new databases
• Transferring Web Assistant database between Windows computers.
• Installing the 4D Web Assistant in an Existing Database
• Web Assistant Preference File on Mac

Example Databases:	Windows (.exe)	Mac (.hqx)
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