Customise your creation with 4D’s huge selection of Graphical Interface Elements that today’s users expect.
| GUI Design & User Interaction Features |
FileMaker Pro® 5 |
4th Dimension® |
| Modern 3D Look | Limited | Yes |
| Buttons | Regular, Invisible. 3D | Regular, Invisible, 3D, Default, Transparent 3D, Picture Buttons, Button Grids, Roll Over Buttons |
| Radio Buttons and Check Boxes | Fields only As a Value List display format option only |
Fields or Variables Regular,3D Radio Buttons, Radio Picture Buttons, 3D Check Boxes Can attach an Object Method |
| Popups | Popups or Combo Boxes attached to a field as a Value List format option
only Not scriptable |
Popups, Hierarchical Popups, Drop Downs, Combo Boxes Variables Can attach an object method |
| Tab Controls | No | Yes Can attach an object method |
| Thermometers, Dials, & Sliders | No | Yes Can attach an object method |
| Scrollable Lists | No | Yes Can attach an object method |
| Scrollable Hierarchical Lists | No | Yes Can attach an object method |
| Popup/Contextual Menus | No | Yes Attached to an invisible button |
| Popup Picture Menus | No | Yes Can attach an object method |
| Drawing Tools | Rectangle, Rounded Rectangle, Oval, Line, Fill Patterns, Fill colour, Line Patterns, Line colour, Line width, Text | Group Boxes, Grids, Rectangle, Rounded Rectangle, Oval, Line, Fill Patterns, Fill colour, Line Patterns, Line colour, Line width, Text |
| 3D Drawing Options | For fields, buttons, rectangle, circle, or rounded rectangle only | For all objects |
| Splitters | No | Yes |
| Customisable Tool Bar | No | Yes |
| Graphing Areas | No | Yes |
| Plug-in Areas | No | Yes |
| Resizable Forms | No | Yes |
| Resizable Objects | No | Yes |
| Drag and Drop Objects | No | Yes |
| Input and Display Filters | No | Yes |
| Create your own Input and Display Filters | Requires a Plug-in | Yes |
| Make Fields and Objects Visible or Invisible dynamically | No | Yes |
| Change Value Lists on the Fly based on data in another field, current user, etc. | Yes - Based on a direct relation or pre-built choice list | Yes – based on relations, pre-built lists or have 4D build a new list based on any criteria you want |
| Build choice lists based on data in a field | All records or based on a data from a direct relation | All records or limit the selection based on any criteria you want |
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