4D UK (http://www.4duk.com/), the first company to offer a single, integrated Web development tool capable of designing cross-platform, standalone, multi-user and Web server applications with just one set of code, reported the latest version release of their 4D v.2004 solution. The new version adds more that a hundred new features to the company's database development application.
Having been improved to utilize Windows XP and Mac OS X 10.4 (Panther) technologies, the solution boasts a great deal of new development and deployment capabilities, as well as a streamlined design environment. The improved application's web server capabilities have been enhanced to incorporate new XML and Web services technologies.
The revamped database development application comes to favour more than ever 4D developers on a global scale. The solution is claimed to be time-saving ang highly effective, greatly facilitating the creation of sophisticated, robust applications.
Introducing the solution, 4D UK places a special emphasis on the time reduction that the new 4D v.2004 ensures. This special feature is attributed to the addition of such capabilities as: new interface objects, window types and improved subforms, that optimize the level of performance to the utmost.
In addition to being developer-centered, the solution is end-user-oriented as well. For serving the demands of end users, it offers special features, including user-modifiable forms, automatic application distribution, and new backup and restore capabilities.