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Global procedure/function
A global procedure can be used in all the processes or events of the project.
Procedure/Function
A procedure is used to associate an identifier with a statement block...
Parameters of a procedure/function
You have the ability to pass parameters to a procedure.
Declaring a procedure/a function
The different syntaxes for declaring a procedure...
Calling a procedure/a function
Syntax for calling a local or global procedure.
MyParameters (Reserved word)
The MyParameters keyword is used to handle the parameters passed to a WLanguage procedure...
Local procedure
Two types of procedures are available...
Parameters of a procedure with a variable number of parameters
When the procedure uses a variable number of parameters, you must be able to handle the different parameters passed to the function in the code of the procedure.
Typecasting of parameters
The description of the parameter type is optional...
Prototype overload/Overload
The procedures and the methods of classes can have several syntaxes.
Passing parameters
The parameters can be passed to a procedure...
DDEItem (Function)
Identifies the item affected by a DDE event.
fStopCompress (Function)
Stops the operation used to compress or decompress a file.
DDEStart (Function)
Starts the execution of a program (an executable for example) from the current application.
fSaveText (Function)
Creates and fills a text file with the content of a text control or text variable (string variable,...
DDELink (Function)
Creates a hot link with a data.
fTempPath (Function)
Returns the name of directory used to store the temporary files.
Trace (Function)
Displays the requested information (content of a control, for example) in a window opened next...
DDEWarmLink (Function)
Creates a warm link with a data.
fSelectDir (Function)
Opens a directory picker.
DDEUpdate (Function)
Modifies a linked data.
fRemoveDir (Function)
Deletes a directory from a disk.
DDERetrieve (Function)
Retrieves a data sent by a program (the recipient of the connection for the specified object).
fExeDir (Function)
Returns the directory from which the execution is started.
TypeVar (Function)
Identifies the type of an expression, a variable (during a call to a procedure for example)...
DDETopic (Function)
Identifies the subject of conversation associated with a DDE connection.
fCurrentDir (Function)
Identifies or modifies the current directory.
fMoveDir (Function)
Moves a directory and its content.
fDataDir (Function)
Returns the full path of the directory of HFSQL data files specified by the user when installing...
fMakeDir (Function)
Creates a directory (and the intermediate directories if necessary).
WHelp (Function)
Displays a file or a help page in HLP or CHM format.
fCopyDir (Function)
Copies the contents of a directory and its subdirectories.
Execute (Function)
Starts the execution of a process through programming.
TableSelectToFile (Function)
Positions on the data file record corresponding to a row selected in the multiselection browsing...
fDirAttribute (Function)
Returns or modifies the attributes of a directory.
fDir (Function)
Finds a file or directory.