4D v 6.7 Moves to New Level of Database Development October 24, 2000 4D SA., publishers of the 4D RAD/RDBMS Environment and the WebSTAR Server Suite, announced today the release of 4D v 6.7. The next generation of 4D has made standard development easier, web development faster, and database repair capabilities have been improved significantly. Among the list of key features enhancements, 4D v 6.7 now supports components and HTML tags, allows direct transport between platforms, and has made vast improvements to 4D Tools making 4D a more practical solution for the larger databases. One of the greatest benefits to 4D v 6.7 is the time factor. The feature enhancements are designed to reduce development time and maximize the code that developers dogenerate. 4D also has a few new algorithms and minor feature enhancements that result in general speed improvements within the database. Key Feature Enhancement List ---------------------------- Standard Development Features  - Components: developer's secure and group blocks of code which can then be included within other databases to perform a specific functions.  - Form Inheritance: allows developers to create a consistent basic look and functionality for forms on one form that is then inherited into other forms. These forms can then be updated dynamically from the inherited form.  - Direct Transport: database files can be ported between Windows and the Mac OS platform without 4D Transporter Web Development Features  - New Tags have been added. The new tags encourage the separation of the application layer from the presentation layer, allowing developers and web designers to work in parallel on the same projects.  - SSL: new built in SSL capabilities allow 4D Web Server to work as a secure server.  - New Technology Integration: 4D v 6.7 has added WML, WAP, XML, JAVA, and CGI compatibility. Major Improvements to 4D Tools  - Damaged databases can now be up and running faster thanks to the new options that have been added in v 6.7. Selective repairs to the database are now possible. 4D Tools also works with 4D to better identify and repair problems. Damaged records flagged by 4D through a 'sniffer' can be repaired using 4D Tools or 4D Tools itself can identify and repair damaged records. For more information on either the 4D V6.7 or WebSTAR please visit the following web sites: * For 4D: <http://www.4D.com/> * For WebSTAR:  <http://www.WebSTAR.com/> For further query on 4D products, please feel free to contact their local distributor B.E.L. About 4D: 4D ( http://www.4d.com ) was founded in 1984 to develop and distribute 4D (single-user RDBMS) and 4D Server (client/server), and a complete range of development tools. 4D is present in over 50 countries via a network of distributors and is used extensively by over 55,000 professional database developers and 4 million end-users worldwide. The 4D product range is available on Windows (95, 98SE, NT, 2000) and Mac OS. 4D's products is distributed by B.E.L. Distributions Ltd. in Hong Kong.  For more information, please contact B.E.L. at Voice: 2187-3113, Fax: 2493-1153, email: info@belhk.com  or visit our website at http://www.belhk.com.