4D Forms to have layers instead of limited number of ‘views’

I would love it if 4D could mimic the dynamic layer system that Adobe uses.

4D Views

4D v11 has a limit of 9 ‘views’ per form. Views are great for swapping out elements in the same area and making it easier to target a collection of related objects.

With more complex forms, I’ve wanted more views than the maximum number allowed. I could use the pages feature of forms, but then I’d have to manage the current page programmatically. Besides views/layers are a design concept and pages are more to control data display.

The following are examples from Flash and InDesign. There are no conceivable limits to the number of layers in the Adobe suite. A small preview pane would be nice too, but lets not get ahead of ourselves.

Adobe Layers

I’m a big fan of the color knock-outs that make it really easy to find that layer’s objects in the project.

4D forum feature request

Requires login, official feature request.
Adding views of our own.
Object has ‘layer’ property.

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Slider bar for zoom level

4Dv12 has a magnifying glass and preset zoom levels (50, 100, 200, 400, 800) to aid in designing forms. However, more fine tuned controls would aid in the design of complex and large forms.

Just a whimsical wish that I could zoom to something other than the presets. Even the magnifying glass doesn’t custom zoom, only zooms to the next or previous (with shift key) ‘level’ on the scale.

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Compiler warning on possible loss of precision

Just a small wish that 4D compiler would detect and warn on possible losses of precision.

Right now 4D just truncates the decimal value without a peep.

SQL Engine

Begin SQL
	UPDATE Table 
	SET FieldInteger =CAST(1.4 as INT)
	WHERE id=29168
End SQL

Native 4D code

// assume loadable record
LOAD RECORD([Table])
[Table]FieldInteger:=1.4
SAVE RECORD([Table])

Link to official 4D feature request (login required).

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