Name (Property)

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Name (Property)

In french: Nom

Not available with this kind of connection

The Name property is used to get:

the name of the font associated with a Font variable.
Remark: The font name must correspond to one of the fonts installed on the current computer.
the name of a control, report or report block.
the name of a control, group of controls or window.
the name of a control, group of controls or page.
The Name property is used to get the real name of a control generated in the page, i.e. the control alias. This property can only be used on the following types of controls: edit control, List Box, Combo Box, Check Box, Radio Button and Button.

The Name property is used to change the name of the font associated with a Font variable.

The Name property can also be used to handle the names of different HFSQL objects. You can:

Find out the name of a connection.
Find out the name of an object handled by indirection:
- data file defined in the data model editor or through programming,
- view,
- query previously executed with HExecuteQuery,
- item defined in the data model editor or through programming,
- link defined in the data model editor or through programming.
Define the name of the described element:
- when a file is described through programming,
- when an item is described through programming,
- when a link is described through programming,
- when a full-text index is described through programming.

Remark: From version 19, HFSQL is the new name of HyperFileSQL.

Example

// Define the characteristics of a Font variable
Font1 is Font
Font1.Name = "Arial"
Font1.Size = 14
Font1.Orientation = 45
// Apply the font to "MyControl"
MyControl.Font = Font1

AnItem1 is Item Description
...
// Declare the item 1
AnItem1.Name = "ITM1"
AnItem1.Type = hItemText
AnItem1.Size = 20
HDescribeItem(AFile, AnItem1)
...
HDescribeFile(AFile)
HCreation(Temp_File)

// Procedure to which a control name is passed as parameter
PROCEDURE MakeVisible(Control)
// Name of current control
IF {Control}..Name = "CustomerName" THEN
{Control}..Visible = True
END

Syntax

Finding out the name of specified element Hide the details

<Result> = <Element used>.Name

<Result>: Character string

Name of specified element.

<Element used>: Character string

Name of the element to be used.

Modifying the name of specified element Hide the details

<Element used>: Character string

Name of dynamic object used:
file defined through programming via the File Description type,
item defined through programming via the Item Description type,
link defined through programming via the Link description type.
full-text index defined through programming via the FullTextIndex description type.
or
Name of the Font variable to be used.

<New name>: Character string

New name for the specified element

Remarks

Font variable

A font can be created from a Font variable.

To define the font characteristics, use:

the FontCreate function;
the Charset, Orientation, StrikeOut, Condensed, Color, Extended, Bold, Italic, Large, Underline and Size properties.

This font can be used:

To write text in drawings (dFont).
To write in charts (grLabelFont , grLegendFont , grTitleFont and grAxisTitleFont).
To print (iFont).
In the controls of a window (Font property).
In the controls of a report (Font property).

Object type

The Name property returns an empty string ("") for:

rows in the Table, List Box, ListView or Combo Box controls,
cells in Table controls.

Connection name

A connection can be created by a Connection variable. The name of the connection corresponds to the name of the variable.

If a connection with the same name already exists (in the analysis or described beforehand), the name of the connection is defined by the HFSQL engine that adds a suffix (a number) to the name of the variable.

In this case, the Name property returns the name of the connection defined by the HFSQL engine.

Limitations

The Name property cannot be used on:

an option in a Radio Button or Check Box control,
an element in a TreeView control.

The Name property applies only to the following controls:

Edit control,
List Box control,
Combo Box control,
Check Box control,
Radio Button control,
Button control,
Versions 23 and later
Group of controls.
New in version 23
Group of controls.
Group of controls.