The widest scope of built-in database features.

The 4th Dimension product line offers a full range of Mac OS and Windows products that can be used together to create a fully integrated web-enabled cross-platform database development solution or as individual components depending on the needs of your business. The complete product line includes tools for development, deployment, productivity, connectivity and Internet servers for details on each of these products read below. Consistently the leading database development environment for Mac OS and Windows, 4D products offer powerful solutions for rapid web application development, client/server systems, encrypted data, enterprise connectivity, and more.

4th Dimension is the most evolved database environment in today’s market. Years of experience in database design, interface building, and constructive feedback from power users and professionals have clearly defined the 4D principles:

» Automate everything, which can be automated to guarantee ease of use, security, and of simplicity of administration.

» Deliver an efficient graphical object-based model— thus, drastically reducing the need for code.

» Provide the widest possible range of capabilities with built-in features to ensure full consistency in database design and operation and to facilitate database maintenance.

» Offer easy, straightforward code re-use.

» Offer transparent cross-platform, Web, and client/server scalability.

Features described apply to:

» 4D for Windows and for Macintosh: any application created on one platform can be used as-is on the other.

» 4D Server: 4D Server is the client/server version of 4D. Any 4D application can be deployed into client/server architecture. By default, 4D Server has the same built-in capabilities as 4th Dimension, plus additional server specific characteristics (which will be detailed in another White Paper).

4D, 4D Client and 4D Server share the same interface tools, the same language, and the same information management scheme. Using 4D you can debug code for your server’s stored procedures on one single laptop, even on an airplane! or if you use 4D Server as your multi-user development system, you can create a 4D stand-alone vertical application.

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The 4D Development tools are the cornerstone of the 4th Dimension product line and are used to create the 4D database application.

4th Dimension Standard Edition
Standalone version of 4th Dimension.

4th Dimension Developer Edition Includes 4th Dimension and Advanced kit for 4th Dimension.

4th Dimension Server Standard Edition
Award winning client/server database development/deployment application.

4th Dimension Server Developer Edition
The 4D Server Standard multi-user application with the productivity and connectivity plug-ins included.

Advanced Kit for 4th Dimension
Adds developer edition functionality to 4th Dimension Standard Edition.

Expansion Pack for 4D Server
Developer Bundle of productivity and connectivity tools to add one additional developer to your 4D Server Developer Edition. (Note: Not for use with 4D Server Standard or 4D Server Application.)


4D Business Kit
4D Business Kit (4DBK) is an e-commerce solution development and management application combining a Web server, Web language, multi-store manager, and database in a single product. With 4D Business Kit, you can design any type of dynamic merchant or non-merchant Internet or Intranet site.


In addition to 4D’s built-in web server, 4D, Inc. offers an Internet Server Suite for the Mac OS, the award winning WebSTAR Server Suite.

4D WebSTAR Server Suite
The easy, fast and complete Web server suite for Mac OS X, including Web, Mail, FTP and WebDAV Servers, right out of the box.

4D Mail
The 4D Mail server gives you ultimate control over security, spam, and much more. You can have multiple post offices with delegable authority, support for multiple protocols, enhanced security and spam filtering capabilities, virus scanning support through McAfee Virex* and more. *If you want 4D Mail to perform virus scanning, a copy of McAfee Virex is required. McAfee Virex can be bought separately from the McAfee website.