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Version: 2025

Bar Code functions
The following functions are used to manage bar codes:
Managing bar codes
The use of bar codes to identify and manage products has become essential...
Reading bar codes
WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile allow you to create applications for reading bar codes...
CameraStartDecoding (Function)
Starts decoding bar codes in a Camera control.
<Camera>.StartDecoding (Function)
Starts decoding bar codes in a Camera control.
BCToImage (Function)
Generates the image of a bar code.
BCCapture (Function)
Decodes the information stored in a bar code by using the device camera (Android, iPhone, iPad).
Decoding bar codes using a Camera control
In iOS and Android, bar codes can be decoded via the Camera control using BCCapture...
CameraStopDecoding (Function)
Stops decoding bar codes in a Camera control.
VideoStartDecoding (Function)
Starts decoding bar codes in a Camera control.
VideoStopDecoding (Function)
Stops decoding a bar code in a Camera control.
<Camera>.StopDecoding (Function)
Stops decoding a bar code in a Camera control.
Camera field: decode bar codes (prefix syntax)
In iOS and Android, bar codes can be decoded via the Camera control using BCCapture...
WebserviceClientIPAddress (Function)
Returns the IP address of the computer using and calling the Webservice.
Instantiation of an object
To access a class, the object must be declared as being part of the class to handle, this is called object instantiation......
BrowserPlatform (Function)
Returns the user's browser platform....
DashResizeWidget (Function)
Changes the dimensions of a widget found in a Dashboard control.
DashMoveWidget (Function)
Changes the position of a widget found in a Dashboard control.
Operators on character strings
The character strings can be handled by specific WLanguage functions or by the +, [[ and ]] operators......
ModbusReadFloat (Function)
Reads one or more single-precision floats from a Modbus slave, starting at a specific address.
sWrite (Function)
Writes a character string to the output buffer of the specified serial port, parallel port or infrared port.
WEBDEV 2024: New WLanguage features
In version 27, new functions, properties and data types have been introduced and some have been improved......
Static control properties
List of properties associated with a Static control...
TableSortChild (Function)
Sorts a branch in a TreeView Table control on one or more columns.
ToastDisplay (Function)
Displays a "Toast" message.
MapDeleteAll (Function)
Deletes the following from a Map control: all markers, all shapes, all images....
FilePath (Property)
The FilePath property gets: the name of the xlsx file associated with a Spreadsheet control. the name of the file associated with an Image Editor control. the name of the PDF file associated with a PDF Reader control. the name of the DOCX file associated with a Word Processing control. the name of the wddiag file associated with a Diagram Editor control....
DnDEvent (Function)
Indicates the procedure to run during an event of Drag/Drop....
Description (Property)
The Description property is used to get and change the description of an element.
sshSession (Type of variable)
The sshSession type is used to define the characteristics of a connection to an SSH server.
INIRead (Function)
Reads the content of an INI file (or the content of a file structured like .INI files).
Hint (Property)
The Hint property gets and sets the hint text displayed when the Edit control is empty.
BrowserType (Function)
Returns the type of browser used by the Web user.
ResourceWidth (Property)
The ResourceWidth property is used to get and change the width of resources in a Scheduler control where resources are arranged in columns.
Alias (Property)
The Alias property gets the alias of an element.
AutomationParameter (Function)
Configures the management of accesses to the ActiveX objects and to the Automation objects.
dBlur (Function)
Blurs the entire given area: in an Image control, in an Image variable, in a WDPic variable (on the background layer), in a picLayer variable....
WINDEV and OPC
OPC stands for "OLE for Process Control"......