API Pack has been updated to version 3.2. This version adds a few improvements, limited support for pre-emptive multi-threading and support for the new Apple Silicon (ARM) platform.
For details see the section Version history of the documentation.
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DynaPDF Plugin 2.1.1 released
DynaPDF Plugin has been updated to version 2.1.1. DynaPDF Plugin is the new name of QPDF Plugin.
This version includes the following new features:
- Added support for Apple Silicon based Macs.
- Added support for pre-emptive multi-threading in 4D.
- Added new commands for advanced table formatting.
- Added support for drawing 4D styled text.
- Added new command for drawing barcodes in various formats.
- Added new command for extracting images from a PDF.
- Added new commands for setting various options on form fields.
- Added new commands for printing pages and documents.
- Added new commands for digital signing of PDF documents and digital signature form fields.
- Added new commands for working with file annotations and attachments.
- Added support for watermark annotations.
- Added support for ZUGFeRD and Factur X.
- Added new commands for working with PDF patterns.
- Added new commands for working with fonts and getting font information of system fonts.
- Added new commands for getting information on annotations and flattening annotations.
- Various improvements for checking and converting documents on PDF/A conformance.
- Various improvements on extracting text and replacing text on a page.
For details see the section Version history of the documentation.
NTK Plugin 4.1 released
NTK Plugin has been updated to version 4.1. This version includes the following new features:
- Added support for Apple Silicon based Mac.
- Added support for SOCKS5 proxy.
- Added support for PKWARE encryption.
- Various bug fixes related to handling of concurrency.
- Fixed a bug in JSON Get Keys.
- Fixed a bug in MQTT Poll.
- Fixed a bug in NTK Seal Blob and NTK Unseal Blob.
For details see the section Version history of the documentation.
MyConnect Plugin 4.0 released
MyConnect Plugin has been updated to version 4.0. This is a major update includes the following new features:
- Added support for Apple Silicon based Macs.
- Added support for pre-emptive multi-threading within 4D.
- Added new commands MySQL Row To Object and MySQL Rowset To Collection.
- Updated MySQL client libraries to version 8.0.28 with support of the latest authentication methods of MySQL.
- Added support for the new non-blocking APIs of MySQL.
- Major internal refactoring with many performance improvements.
For details see the section Version history of the documentation.
NTK Plugin version 4.1 released
NTK Plugin has been updated to version 4.1. This version includes the following changes:
- Added support for new Apple Silicon Macs
- Added support for SOCKS5 proxy. See the proxy and proxy-port options of TCP Open.
- Added support for PKWARE encryption. See ZIP Set Password.
- Updated OpenSSL libraries to version 1.1.1k.
- Demo timeout is no longer checked when calling NTK Register.
- Fixed a memory leak in JSON Save As String.
- Fixed a bug in multi-threading handling which could lead to a deadlock.
- Fixed a crashing bug in NTK Seal Blob and NTK Unseal Blob.
PostgreSQL Plugin 4.0 released
PostgreSQL Plugin has been updated to version 4.0. This major update includes many new features.
- New commands PgSQL Row To Object and PgSQL RowSet To Collection.
- Support for pre-emptive multi-threading.
- Major internal refactoring because of reorganisation of common code libraries.
- Data types are now cached upon opening a connection for better performance.
- Increased performance for running queries using non-blocking sockets.
- Updated PostgreSQL client libraries.
- Support for code signing and notarisation on Mac.
Please refer to the section “Version history” of the documentation for a complete overview of the changes. Please note that 32-bit mode is no longer supported on Mac and Windows.
NTK Plugin 4.0 released
NTK Plugin has been updated to version 4.0. This major update includes many new features.
- Support for pre-emptive multi-threading.
- New commands for reading and writing zip files.
- New commands for working with One Time Passwords (OTP).
- New commands for a MQTT client and server.
- New commands for parsing URLs and parsing multi-part form data.
- Improved commands for working with JSON Web Tokens (JWT). Support for JSON Web Keys (JWKS) has been added and extracting the key ID from a JWT.
- New commands for encoding and decoding hex, base64, base32 and URL encoded values.- Various other minor features have been added.
- Added support for notarisation on Mac.
Please refer to the section “Version history” of the documentation for a complete overview of the changes. Please note that 32-bit mode is no longer supported on Mac.
PDFX Plugin 2.0.1 released
PDFX Plugin has been updated to version 2.0.1. This version fixes one bug and improves compatibility with 4D v17. Please refer to the section “Version history” in the documentation for details.
Regex Plugin 2.2 released
Regex Plugin has been updated to version 2.2. This version adds two new commands Preg Extract and Preg Extract which allow you to extract and reformat text using regular expressions. Please refer to the section “Version history” in the documentation for details.
PDF Viewer 2.0.1 released
PDF Viewer has been updated to version 2.0.1. This version includes a few bug fixes and improved support for 4D version 16.