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| Design Environment Features |
FileMaker Pro® 5 |
4th Dimension® |
| Automatic Form Creation | Yes | Yes |
| Form Wizard | Yes Apply a preset Theme |
Yes Apply a Preset Template (Theme) Modify the Template from within the Wizard |
| Text Style Sheets for use with Forms (Layouts) | No | Yes Apply a Style Sheet to apply all characteristics instantaneously Set different fonts and sizes for Mac and Windows within one Style Sheet Changing a Style Sheet's attributes automatcially updates all objects that use it in all Forms and all Tables |
| Create Your Own Form Templates (Themes) | No | Yes Set Style Sheets, Button Families, Backgrounds, Text attributes for fields, labels, titles and more |
| Picture Library | Yes | Yes |
| Picture Editor | No | Yes |
| Menu Editor | Limited - Disable Menu Items Developer Edition: Change Menu Item Names In Script Menu; Add Custom Items to Help Menu | Full - Create your own MenuBars and Menus |
| List Editor | Yes single-level |
Yes Hierarchical |
| Multiple Page Layouts | No | Yes |
| Background Page | No | Yes |
| Automatic Platform Specific Look | No | Yes |
| Graphical Structure Editor | No | Yes |
| View Relations Graphically | No | Yes |
| Create a database from another program | Automatic from an Excel spreadsheet or exported data file | Create a new 4D database from an SQL database using 4D Insider Automatic Table and field creation via import |
| File/Table Limits | 50 in single user 125 in Server |
255 |
| Database Size Limit | 2 GB including the structure |
128 GB in 2 GB segments data file only |
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