4D Pack provides developers with additional functionality outside of the built-in 4D environment.

As 4D is an evolving product, certain commands in 4D Pack have been deprecated and removed from the 4D v11 SQL version of 4D Pack. The following are commands that have been removed/deprecated as well as recommended replacements.

Command(s)	Replacement or Reason Removed/Deprecated
AP Save BMP 8 bits	Obsolete command, 8 bit pictures are deprecated.
AP Save GIF	Use CONVERT PICTURE and WRITE PICTURE FILE.
AP Get picture type	Will not be supported in the future.
AP GET PARAM/ AP SET PARAM	Most of the parameters are now obsolete and can be replaced by SET DATABASE PARAMETER.
AP AVAILABLE MEMORY	Values are now in Kb and this command no longer returns available memory.
AP FCLOSE	Can be replaced by SET CHANNEL.
AP fopen	Can be replaced by SET CHANNEL.
AP FPRINT	Can be replaced by SEND PACKET.
AP fread	Can be replaced by RECEIVE PACKET.
AP CLOSE HELP	This is not compatible VISTA and works only under Windows.
AP HELP INDEX	This is not compatible VISTA and works only under Windows.
AP HELP ON HELP	This is not compatible VISTA and works only under Windows.
AP HELP ON KEY	This is not compatible VISTA and works only under Windows.
AP PICT DRAGGER	Uses drag and drop 4D commands.
AP PICT UPDATER	Use READ PICTURE FILE.
AP Read Picture BLOB	Use Blob to picture.
AP Rect dragger	Use system variables MouseDown, MouseX and MouseY.
AP SET PICT MODE	Use SET FORMAT.
AP Select document	Use Select document.
AP Set palette	Use SET RGB COLORS.
AP ShellExecute, AP Sublaunch	Use LAUNCH EXTERNAL PROCESS.
AP PrintDefault	Use AP Blob to print setting and AP Print settings to Blob.
AP Text to PrintRec	Use AP Blob to print setting and AP Print settings to Blob.
AP PrintRec to text	Use AP Blob to print setting and AP Print settings to Blob.
AP PrValidate	Use AP Blob to print setting and AP Print settings to Blob.
AP Toolbar installed	Use the expression (Tool bar height = 0). If this expression evaluates to True, the tool bar is not installed.
AP SET WEB FILTERS	Use SET DATABASE PARAMETER with the Character set selector.
AP Add table and fields	Use CREATE TABLE SQL function.
AP Create relation	No scheduled replacement command right now; possibility of using SQL statements to perform a JOIN.

Related resources:

4D Pack v11 SQL Documentation