Components

Optimize, share, distribute!

What’s a component?

• Creating and managing a component
• Creating and deploying a compiled component

A component is a library with codes and screens that you can add to your applications using drag and drop.
Using this mechanism, you can create tested features that can be shared during collaborative efforts or distributed among your customers.

A la carte development

You can also create modular application; here are just a few examples:

You can create a library of development help tools like a file management commands library. The team of developers that you work with can use this library as easily as they use the 4D language commands.
You developed a holiday management module and want it to benefit customers interested in this feature. Distribute this component and your application will automatically be enriched with tables, fields, dialog boxes, and scripts that allow using this functionality.

Immediately operational

A component is completely independent 4D database. No need for external tools or complex operations to create one! Simply select the methods that will be published and check the sharing option. That’s it!

Using it as just as easy: place the database published as a component in the dedicated folder and take immediate advantage of the new features offered!

As easy as hello!

Updating a component is easy – throw out the old one and drop the new one in its place.

Save time, stay Zen

You no longer need to send the entire application when updating your component. Send only the updated component to your customer and that’s it!

Security and performance

You can compile your components to guarantee maximum security. As such, the source code is hidden from view, and no longer editable, and the launch time is also improved.