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4D Mac-to-Windows Guide?
by Mark Jeffreys
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Folks:
Some years ago I remember seeing a list or outline of recommended steps for converting a 4D database from Mac-specific to cross-platform. I¹ve now been tasked with rolling out Windows clients for a mature (15+ years old!) Mac client-server app. (The server will remain on an Xserve.) I¹ve known for a long time that this might happen, so I¹ve added in some of the obvious things as I went along: testing the platform on startup, loading the appropriate directory separator into a variable and using that in paths, etc. I know some of the adjustments that I¹ll have to make (e.g., where documents get saved) and that I¹m in for lots of fun updating and/or duplicating forms so they¹ll look right on Windows, but I¹m looking for guidance to avoid the pitfalls I *don¹t* see coming. So if you remember the list that I vaguely recall, or if you can point me to some other helpful resources, I'd appreciate it. Thanks in advance, -- MLJ P.S.: I've been a Mac partisan since 1984, and only use Windows when I'm forced to. However, I do have access to lots of folks who are Windows-savvy in case I get completely lost, so I'm not too worried. :) -- Mark L. Jeffreys Senior Staff Technology Solutions Creative Services Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. San Francisco CA Warning: All e-mail sent to this address will be received by the Charles Schwab & Co. corporate e-mail system and is subject to archival and review by someone other than the recipient. ********************************************************************** Better, faster, more powerful code. Learn how without leaving the office! http://www.4d.com/support/training.html 4th Dimension Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) FAQ: http://www.4d.com/support/faqnug.html Archive: http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.inug-4d.tech Unsub: mailto:4D_Tech-Unsubscribe@... Post: mailto:4d_tech@... Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/listinfo/4d_tech ********************************************************************** |
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Re: 4D Mac-to-Windows Guide?
by Chip Scheide
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primarily - for forms -
create style sheets - then apply them every object - fixed text, fields, arrays - everything On Wed, 07 May 2008 16:17:44 -0700, Mark Jeffreys wrote: > Folks: > > Some years ago I remember seeing a list or outline of recommended steps > for converting a 4D database from Mac-specific to cross-platform. I¹ve now > been tasked with rolling out Windows clients for a mature (15+ years old!) > Mac client-server app. (The server will remain on an Xserve.) > > I¹ve known for a long time that this might happen, so I¹ve added in some > of the obvious things as I went along: testing the platform on startup, > loading the appropriate directory separator into a variable and using that > in paths, etc. I know some of the adjustments that I¹ll have to make (e.g., > where documents get saved) and that I¹m in for lots of fun updating and/or > duplicating forms so they¹ll look right on Windows, but I¹m looking for > guidance to avoid the pitfalls I *don¹t* see coming. > > So if you remember the list that I vaguely recall, or if you can point > me to some other helpful resources, I'd appreciate it. > > Thanks in advance, > > -- MLJ > > > P.S.: I've been a Mac partisan since 1984, and only use Windows when I'm > forced to. However, I do have access to lots of folks who are Windows-savvy > in case I get completely lost, so I'm not too worried. :) > > > -- > Mark L. Jeffreys > Senior Staff Technology Solutions > Creative Services > Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. > San Francisco CA > > Warning: All e-mail sent to this address will be received by the Charles > Schwab & Co. corporate e-mail system and is subject to archival and review > by someone other than the recipient. > > ********************************************************************** > Better, faster, more powerful code. > Learn how without leaving the office! > http://www.4d.com/support/training.html > > 4th Dimension Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) > FAQ: http://www.4d.com/support/faqnug.html > Archive: http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.inug-4d.tech > Unsub: mailto:4D_Tech-Unsubscribe@... > Post: mailto:4d_tech@... > Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/listinfo/4d_tech > ********************************************************************** > Better, faster, more powerful code. Learn how without leaving the office! http://www.4d.com/support/training.html 4th Dimension Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) FAQ: http://www.4d.com/support/faqnug.html Archive: http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.inug-4d.tech Unsub: mailto:4D_Tech-Unsubscribe@... Post: mailto:4d_tech@... Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/listinfo/4d_tech ********************************************************************** |
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