Importing 4D Write documents

One of the main features of the new 4D Write Pro object is the ability to import and convert existing 4D Write documents. This will allow you to migrate applications that currently rely on the 4D Write plug-in.

Compatibility notes:

• Only 4D Write documents of the last generation ("4D Write v7") are supported.
• Copying-pasting from a 4D Write document to a 4D Write Pro area is not supported for the moment. A 4D Write document can only be imported using 4D Write Pro language commands.

4D Write Pro objects offer two ways to import 4D Write documents:

• For 4D Write files stored on disk, you use the WP Import document command,
• For 4D Write areas stored in BLOB fields, you use the WP New command.

For more information, please refer to the description of these commands.

To facilitate your migration from the 4D Write plug-in to 4D Write Pro, we want to support as many 4D Write features as possible in 4D Write Pro objects.

This paragraph lists the 4D Write plug-in properties that are currently recovered in a 4D Write Pro area after an import using the WP Import document or WP New commands.

Note however that a few differences can be seen, which are not considered as bugs. This is due, for example, to the default font used in 4D Write Pro for bullets, or small conversions in the Underline type.

Compatibility note: On Windows, images having the Mac OS PICT format are imported but cannot be rendered in 4D Write Pro (32-bit and 64-bit versions). If you import a document containing images of this type, you need to convert them to another format. Keep in mind that the PICT format is obsolete and must no longer be used (see Pictures in PICT format).

(*) Starting with 4D v16 R4, URL links are converted to editable attributes. For more information, please refer to Handling URLs.