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Tech Note: Intro to 4D View Pro Offscreen Areas
PRODUCT: 4D View Pro | VERSION: 19 R | PLATFORM: Mac & Win
Published On: November 15, 2021


With the introduction of 4D View Pro offscreen areas, processing 4D View Pro documents can now be done in the background. No interface is needed. This possibility allows 4D to manage business spreadsheet documents much more seamlessly. As more new features for 4D View Pro are introduced with each version, this technical note will go over the basics of how to set up offscreen areas and how to manage spreadsheets with 4D View Pro offscreen areas.

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Commented by Bryan Yen on January 18, 2022 at 4:43 PM
What may be happening is the offscreen area reaches the timeout before the async actions finish so an error occurs. We've updated this and increased the offscreen area timeout.
Commented by Chris Belanger on November 20, 2021 at 10:16 PM
This seems to be too buggy to actually do anything or illuminate the mind. Every 'definition' of the demos comes back as: { "success": false } It needs some work.