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4D v15

Obsolete commands are ones whose use has become strongly discouraged and that will not be maintained in future versions of the program.

For better clarity in 4D v15, every obsolete command has been prefixed by "_o_" if this was not already the case.

Since obsolete commands are no longer available in 4D lists (see the Obsolete commands now hidden section), you will not be able to select them. They will only be renamed in existing code.

The following table lists obsolete commands that have been renamed in 4D v15 and are therefore removed from 4D lists:

Previous name	New name in 4D v15
ADD DATA SEGMENT	_o_ADD DATA SEGMENT
ADD SUBRECORD	_o_ADD SUBRECORD
ALL SUBRECORDS	_o_ALL SUBRECORDS
APPLY TO SUBSELECTION	_o_APPLY TO SUBSELECTION
ARRAY STRING	_o_ARRAY STRING
ARRAY TO STRING LIST	_o_ARRAY TO STRING LIST
Before subselection	_o_Before subselection
C_INTEGER	_o_C_INTEGER
C_STRING	_o_C_STRING
Convert case	_o_Convert case
Create resource file	_o_Create resource file
CREATE SUBRECORD	_o_CREATE SUBRECORD
DATA SEGMENT LIST	_o_DATA SEGMENT LIST
DELETE RESOURCE	_o_DELETE RESOURCE
DELETE SUBRECORD	_o_DELETE SUBRECORD
DISABLE BUTTON	_o_DISABLE BUTTON
During	_o_During
ENABLE BUTTON	_o_ENABLE BUTTON
End subselection	_o_End subselection
FIRST SUBRECORD	_o_FIRST SUBRECORD
Font name	_o_Font name
Font number	_o_Font number
Get component resource ID	_o_Get component resource ID
Get platform interface	_o_Get platform interface
INVERT BACKGROUND	_o_INVERT BACKGROUND
ISO to Mac	_o_ISO to Mac
LAST SUBRECORD	_o_LAST SUBRECORD
Mac to ISO	_o_Mac to ISO
Mac to Win	_o_Mac to Win
MODIFY SUBRECORD	_o_MODIFY SUBRECORD
NEXT SUBRECORD	_o_NEXT SUBRECORD
ORDER SUBRECORDS BY	_o_ORDER SUBRECORDS BY
PICTURE TYPE LIST	_o_PICTURE TYPE LIST
PREVIOUS SUBRECORD	_o_PREVIOUS SUBRECORD
QT COMPRESS PICTURE	_o_QT COMPRESS PICTURE
QT COMPRESS PICTURE FILE	_o_QT COMPRESS PICTURE FILE
QT LOAD COMPRESS PICTURE FROM FILE	_o_QT LOAD COMPRESS PICTURE FROM FILE
QUERY SUBRECORDS	_o_QUERY SUBRECORDS
Records in subselection	_o_Records in subselection
REDRAW LIST	_o_REDRAW LIST
SAVE PICTURE TO FILE	_o_SAVE PICTURE TO FILE
SET PICTURE RESOURCE	_o_SET PICTURE RESOURCE
SET PLATFORM INTERFACE	_o_SET PLATFORM INTERFACE
SET RESOURCE	_o_SET RESOURCE
SET RESOURCE NAME	_o_SET RESOURCE NAME
SET RESOURCE PROPERTIES	_o_SET RESOURCE PROPERTIES
SET STRING RESOURCE	_o_SET STRING RESOURCE
SET TEXT RESOURCE	_o_SET TEXT RESOURCE
USE EXTERNAL DATABASE	_o_USE EXTERNAL DATABASE
USE INTERNAL DATABASE	_o_USE INTERNAL DATABASE
Win to Mac	_o_Win to Mac

XSLT Commands

XSLT commands have been renamed in 4D v14 R4 :

Previous name	New name 4D v15
XSLT APPLY TRANSFORMATION	_o_XSLT APPLY TRANSFORMATION
XSLT GET ERROR	_o_XSLT GET ERROR
XSLT SET PARAMETER	_o_XSLT SET PARAMETER

For more information, please refer to the XSLT commands deprecated section.

4D Pack Commands

Several 4D Pack commands have also been deprecated since 4D v14 R5 :

Previous name	New name
AP FCLOSE	_o_AP FCLOSE
AP fopen	_o_AP fopen
AP FPRINT	_o_AP FPRINT
AP fread	_o_AP fread
AP Save BMP 8 bits	_o_AP Save BMP 8 bits
AP Add table and fields	_o_AP Add table and fields
AP Create relation	_o_AP Create relation
AP Get file MD5 digest	_o_AP Get file MD5 digest
AP ShellExecute	_o_AP ShellExecute

For more information, please refer to the Obsolete commands renamed section.

Commands that are no longer obsolete

On the other hand, certain commands that were previously declared obsolete in the documentation, but which did not meet the definition set out above, have been "reintegrated".

These are commands of limited interest now, because they correspond to former programming modes or can be replaced with more efficient code, but their continuity is not called into question: