4th D1987 Utilities Developers Notes

Acius 4th DimensionTM Utilities and Developer's Notes 4th Dimension and 4D Tools by Laurent Ribardiere 4D Renamer, 4D Customizer, and 4D Mover by Ken Laws Copyright © 1987 Acius, Inc. even if advised of the possibility All rights reserved. of such damages . In particular, Acius shall have no liability for This manual was written by Jeff any applications developed Walden and Samir Arora . with, or data stored in or used Cover design by Patrick Chedal with, 4th Dimension, 4D Tools C&C . 4D Renames, 4D Customizes, or 4D Mover including the costs This manual and the software of recovering such programs or described in it may not be data . copied, in whole or in part, without written consent of Macintosh is a trademark of Acius, Inc ., except in the Apple Computer, Inc . normal use of the software or to make a backup copy. It is against the law to copy 4th Dimension, 4D Tools, 4D Renamer, 4D Customizes, or 4D Mover on magnetic tape, disk, or any other medium for any purpose other than the purchaser's personal use . Even though Acius has tested and reviewed the software and documentation, ACIDS MAKES NO WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WITH RESPECT TO SOFT- WARE, ITS QUALITY, PERFORMANCE, MERCHANT- ABILITY, OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AS A RESULT, THIS SOFTWARE IS SOLD "AS IS," AND YOU THE PURCHASER ARE ASSUMING THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO ITS QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE . IN NO EVENT WILL ACIDS BE LIABLE FOR DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES RESULTING FROM ANY DEFECT IN THE SOFTWARE OR ITS DOCUMENTATION, Contents Figures and tables v Preface vi 4th Dimension Utilities and Developer's Notes 4D Tools utility 1 Starting and quitting 1 Cloning a database 2 Repairing database files 3 Resizing multi-user data files 5 4D Renamer utility 6 4D Customizer utility 7 Using the File menu 8 Setting the pointer spin rate 9 Enabling desk accessories 10 Changing input keys 10 Changing dialog box keys 12 Setting the window 12 Setting window controls 13 Setting stack and heap size 13 4D Mover utility 15 Preparing 16 Starting 16 Creating a Library file 17 Converting an application to an external procedure 18 Entering parameters 20 Entering comments 21 Entering a procedure name 21 Copying an external procedure 21 Deleting an external procedure 22 Using other command buttons 22 Summary of command buttons 22 Multi-user applications 23 The Resize Data command 24 Starting 24 Switching between environments 25 Understanding the features and functions 25 Programming 26 Special circumstances 26 The Flags file 27 Commands 27 CLEAR SEMAPHORE 28 LOAD RECORD 28 …