One of the fun things to do with 4D is to take it apart. Long-time Mac users know how to edit an application’s resources, and sometimes you can find rather interesting artifacts in that way.
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There is an Easter Egg that has been hidden in 4th Dimension for many years, since 4D 6.0 and probably before. Here’s how to make it appear:
- Single-click somewhere in the application. (I use an unused part of the menu bar for this.)
- Carefully type “somiO”, with a Shift-O for the last character.
- Continue to hold down the Shift key.
You will see a small window open in the center of your screen. It contains a picture of Asmae Benkirane, who must be a very special person to have her picture embedded inside 4D!
Be careful not to hold down the shift key for too long — all, and I mean ALL, event processing stops during this time. As soon as you release the Shift key, the window disappears and things return to normal.