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Version: 2025

<Multimedia>.Position (Function)
Returns or modifies the current position of the media file currently played in the Multimedia control.
The "Window position preview" pane
The "Window position preview" pane is used to view and/or modify the opening position of the windows currently modified (according to the screen resolution used)...
<Organizer>.Position (Function)
Displays an Organizer control from a specified date or returns the date of the first day (or the date of the last day) displayed in an Organizer control.
<Looper>.Position (Function)
Moves the scrollbar to display a specific row or returns the index of the first row displayed in a Looper control populated programmatically.
<Calendar>.Position (Function)
Returns the month displayed in a Calendar control.
<Panel>.Position (Function)
Retrieves the position of a Dockable Panel control.
<TreeView>.Position (Function)
Displays a TreeView control from a specified element (node or leaf) or returns the name of the first element displayed in a TreeView control.
<Toolbar>.Position (Function)
Indicates the display mode of a Toolbar control.
Position (Function)
Finds the position of a specified string within another string.
<Table>.Position (Function)
Displays a Table or TreeView Table control from a specified row or returns the index of the first row displayed in a Table or TreeView Table control.
<Spreadsheet>.Position (Function)
Displays the specified cell in a Spreadsheet control found in a window:
  • either the visible area of Spreadsheet control is moved to display the cell.
  • or the cell is displayed in the upper-left corner of visible area of Spreadsheet control.
<List Box>.Position (Function)
Displays a List Box (or a ListView) control from a specified element or returns the index of the first element displayed in a List Box control (if the scrollbar was used).
Position
The Position keyword can correspond to ...
PositionOccurrence (Function)
Finds the Xth position of a string within another string.
PositionToLine (Function)
Returns the number of the line that contains a character identified by its position in a block of text.
GesturePosX (Function)
Returns the horizontal position of the pointer (finger or stylus).
ScrollbarMaxPosition (Function)
Retrieves the maximum position of one of the horizontal or vertical scrollbars found in a control of a WINDEV application.
grComparativeSeriesPosition (Function)
Fixes the position (left or right) of a series in a comparative Histogram chart.
XMLRestorePosition (Function)
Restores the previously saved context of an XML document.
<Map>.DisplayPosition (Function)
Centers the map displayed in a Map control on a geographical position or on a specific location.
<Map>.GetPosition (Function)
Returns the geographical position of the point located in the center of the map currently displayed in a Map control.
<Chart>.ComparativeSeriesPosition (Function)
Fixes the position (left or right) of a series in a comparative Histogram chart.
Automatic positioning
When moving a control in a window, in a page or in a report, guides are automatically displayed by the real-time interface checker (also called automatic positioning)...
LineToPosition (Function)
Returns the position of the first character of a line in a block of text.
Changing the characteristics of window controls
The characteristics of the controls can be viewed and/or changed in...
Positioning marks in the code
The positioning marks are used to "tag" specific lines of code...
CalendarPosition (Function)
Returns the month displayed in a Calendar control.
DocPositionTopPage (Function)
Returns the position of the first character in a given page in a Text Processing control.
ScrollbarPosition (Function)
Allows you to manage the position of scrollbars:
  • Modifies or recovers the position of one of the scrollbars (horizontal or vertical) of a field in a WINDEV or WINDEV Mobile application.
  • Retrieves the position of one of the horizontal or vertical scrollbars found in a control of a WEBDEV website.
PagePosition (Function)
Scrolls a page up to position a control in the visible section of the page (top) in the browser.
WDAPI: Using the APIs in a WINDEV application
The two most interesting features of WDAPI are......
Page menu
WEBDEV allows you to create a drop-down menu in your HTML pages......
Manipulating WEBDEV menu options
The context menu of menu options allows you to perform all the operations required to define...
Creating an interactive diagram
The Diagram Editor control allows end users to create and edit diagrams......
Handling a Conceptual Data Model (CDM)
The main operations that can be performed on a CDM are as follows......
Code indentation
When typing compound statements ("Switch", "For" and "While", for example), the code...
LooperAddLine (Function)
Adds a row at the end of a Looper control.
The Item control
The "Item" control is used to edit the content of an item found in a data file......
Managing Google contacts
The Google Contact service is used to manage contacts on Internet......
Sunburst chart
The Sunburst chart is a Pie chart containing several levels of hierarchical data......
The Signature control
The Signature control is a report control used to sign......
Composite chart
A composite chart is a chart that displays several types of charts......
The Bar Code control
The Bar Code control displays bar codes in your windows, pages or reports......
Calculations in the columns of a Table control
When a Table control contains numeric data, it may be useful to get the total of a column or count...
FTPAttribute (Function)
Identifies the attributes of a file found on an FTP server (File Transfer Protocol).
Menu option: operation performed and action
An option of a drop-down or context menu in a page can be associated with an action......
Clipping the window according to an image
An image can be used to easily define the shape of a window......
The Tab control
The Tab control is used to simultaneously display different controls......
Handling an automatic test
When an automated test is created, this test is in "construction" by default......
Native XML Connector
WINDEV and WEBDEV allow you to import and handle a definition of XML files via the data model...
Communicating with the Web user
From now on, with the new Web technologies, the sites can look more like Windows applications...
Creating the Form windows of a WINDEV RAD pattern
Creating the Vision windows of the WINDEV RAD pattern
Printing bar codes
WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile allow you to print bar codes....
Customizing the report viewer (preview)
You can display a print preview in the report viewer......