Alias (Property)

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Alias (Property)

In french: Alias

Caution: In WEBDEV, the Alias property works in a different way than in WINDEV and WINDEV Mobile.

The Alias property is used to get or change:

the alias of a window. To change the alias of a window, you can also use WinChangeAlias.
Reminder: Aliases can be used to identify a window opened multiple times (common case in an MDI application).

Example

// Open a new child window
OpenChild(WIN_Child, sFileName)
{sFileName}..X = 10
// {sFileName} = alias of the window

// -- Opening code of WIN_Child
PROCEDURE WIN_Child(sFileName)
MySelf.Alias = sFileName
// Define the alias
// Changes the title of the window that was just opened
{sFileName}..Title = "File = " + {sFileName}..Alias

Syntax

Getting the alias of a window Hide the details

<Current alias> = <Window>.Alias

<Current alias>: Character string

Alias of the window,
Empty string ("") if the specified window has no alias.

<Window>: Window name

Name of the window used. This parameter can be equal to:
MySelf. If you want to get the alias of the current window, for example.
an indirection to the alias of the window. The alias will be known at runtime. The name of the alias is unknown when the code is compiled.

Changing the alias of a window Hide the details

<Window>.Alias = <New alias>

<Window>: Window name

Name of the window used. This parameter can be equal to:
MySelf. If you want to get the alias of the current window, for example.
an indirection to the alias of the window. The alias will be known at runtime. The name of the alias is unknown when the code is compiled.

<New alias>: Character string

New window alias.

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