4th dimension
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| developer | 4D SAS |
| Publishing year | 1984 |
| Current version | 18.1 (March 23, 2020) |
| operating system | Mac OS X , Windows |
| programming language | C ++ |
| category | RDBMS |
| License | Proprietary |
| German speaking | Yes |
| www.4d.com | |
4th Dimension (or 4D ) is a development environment for database applications. 4D was originally developed for the classic Mac OS . 4D has also been available for Microsoft Windows since 1995 . The manufacturer of 4D is the French company 4D SAS .
Since the first version of 4D in 1984, which Laurent Ribardière implemented as a relational database ( RDBMS ), the product has continuously developed from a single-user application to a client-server system with numerous plug-ins and interfaces via ODBC to other common ones Database systems like ( MySQL or Oracle ). In 1992 the 4D client-server version was introduced.
With the current version of 4th Dimension (4D v18) it is possible to create single-user applications, client-server solutions, web server integration and other web service-oriented applications (such as SOAP - XML ) with just one product. 4th Dimension is available in languages such as German, English, French, Spanish, Japanese, Hebrew, Arabic and Korean.
Versions
| Legend: | Old version | Current version | Current preliminary version |
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| v18.x | January 16, 2020 | v18.1 | Version control, database encryption, 4D for iOS , Remote Datastore, SMTP protocol, ZIP, new variant data type, 4D Write / View Pro extensions |
| v17.x | July 10, 2018 | v17.4 | ORDA (Object Relational Data Access): object-oriented access to the database, object notation, collections |
| v16.x | January 10, 2017 | v16.6 | Multithreading processes, preemptive web server , new cache manager , 4D Write Pro extensions |
| v15.x | July 16, 2015 | v15.6 | First version of 4D Write Pro, first version of 4D View Pro (list box extensions), LDAP support , new field type object in the database engine , 4D tags - smart templates, extended analysis functions and optimizations, 64-bit 4D server for Mac |
| v14.x | December 12th 2013 | v14.6 | 4D Mobile, structured JSON objects , SQL views, new file system |
| v13.x | February 14, 2012 | v13.6 | Multithreading HTTP server , automatic session management, WebKit integration , JavaScript support |
| v12.x | June 3, 2010 | v12.6 | 64 bit 4D server for Windows, PHP integration , synchronization and replication |
| v11.x | September 25, 2007 | v11.9 | New database, Unicode, SQL engine |
| 2004.x | August 31, 2004 | 2004.8 | Revised user interface, ODBC commands , 4D Customizer, 4D Backup and 4D Engine |
| 2003.x | March 17, 2003 | 2003.8r2 | XML , web services , embedded compiler |
| v6.8.x | April 15, 2002 | v6.8.6 | |
| v6.7.x | November 6, 2000 | v6.7.5 | Components, SSL, inheritable forms |
| v6.5.x | May 18, 1999 | v6.5.9 | 130 new commands, Runtime Explorer, new form editor, improved indexing |
| v6.0.x | 1997 | v6.0.6 | Integrated web server |
| v5.5 | 1995 | v5.5 | Cross-platform compatible (Mac / Windows) |
| v5 | 1992 | v5 | Client-server architecture |
| v4 | 1989 | v4 | Multiple workstations, compilers |
| v3 | 1987 | v3 | |
| v2 | 1986 | v2 | |
| v1 | 1985 | v1 | |
| Silver surfer | 1984 | ABCBase |
Web links
literature
- Jan L. Harrington: An entirely new dimension. Software Review: 4th Dimension. Evaluation . In: MacUser . tape 3 , no. 11 , 1987, ISSN 0884-0997 , pp. 98 .
- Ezra Shapiro: Kernel Into the 4th Dimension, Part 1: First impressions of 4th Dimension on the Macintosh, E-Mail updates, and more . In: byte . tape 12 , no. 11 , 1987, pp. 269 .
- Louis E. Jr. Benjamin: Taking the fourth. 4th dimension . In: MacUser . tape 4 , no. 4 , 1988, ISSN 0884-0997 , pp. 118 .
- Jeffrey Young Carl Warren: The data chase. Macuser Labs evaluates seven relation databases . In: MacUser . tape 4 , no. 12 , 1988, ISSN 0884-0997 , pp. 159 .
- 4th Dimension provides Mac / Windows integration. 4th Dimension 3.5 relational database . In: Software Magazine . tape 15 , no. 9 , September 1995, ISSN 0897-8085 , p. 135 .