Modified({fieldname}) no longer works

4D finally did away with the Modified({fieldname}) command.

I’ve replaced it in our code base with

Old({fieldname})#fieldname

4D recommends using the Form Event and On Data Change event.

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Blueprint CSS is total win

Having not played around with CSS frameworks before I found this one very appealing.

Really, it accomplishes something I used to spend an inordinate time doing: creating a simple set of CSS rules that bring all browsers to a common level playing field.

My favorite aspect is the concept of 24 columns easily split into classes span-x where x is a number of columns.

Check out blueprintcss.com for more information.

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Using Redmine as a help desk

The primary purpose of Redmine is a project management tool.

However it can be used as a help desk solution with a little configuration.

The key is setting up Redmine to receive e-mails.

My personal approach is to set up the e-mail retrieval as IMAP. This way you could set up a new account help@example.com and any incoming messages are sent to a project of your designation.

See the documentation for the most up to date information. Now when a user or anyone sends an e-mail to help@example.com a new issue with a set status is created. Future correspondence via the issue are automatically added.

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