Window control

• the contributors of a company according to their position.
• the different branches of a group with their inter-dependencies.
• the different steps of a manufacturing process, ...

1. On the "Creation" pane, in the "Graphic controls" group, click "Organization chart".
2. Click at the desired location to create the control. The Organization Chart control creation wizard starts. Select the different control characteristics and validate. The control is automatically created.

Versions 20 and later
Remark: The dimensions of the control are optimized to take up the available space at the specified position. If the control size does not suit you, press Ctrl + Z: the control size will be reset to default.

New in version 20
Remark: The dimensions of the control are optimized to take up the available space at the specified position. If the control size does not suit you, press Ctrl + Z: the control size will be reset to default.

The control options

• Orientation: The organization chart can be displayed horizontally (from left to right or from right to left) or vertically (from top to bottom or from bottom to top).

• Type of arrow: The arrow can point to the child elements, to the parent element or in both directions.
• Internal windows for the elements: Internal window used to customize the appearance of the elements found in the organization chart (see below).
• Minimum width and height of elements: minimum size of the elements found in the Organization Chart control.
• Move over several rows from. If the number of elements is greater than the number specified, the elements will be displayed over several lines (or columns depending on the orientation of control).

Customizing the element area

1. Open the Organization Chart control description window.
2. In the "General" tab, select the internal window used for the elements:
   • "None": the default display will be used.
   • "Preset window": a preset window is automatically added to the project. By default, this window is named IW_WinDevViewOrgElement.wdw.
   • an existing internal window of your project.
3. The internal window is available in the project explorer. It can be modified in the window editor.

Modes for filling an Organization Chart control

• by programming with different control events and WLanguage functions.
• via a data binding.

• the end user can select an option from the popup menu to save the organization chart as an image (Automatic Application Feature). Then, they will have the ability to print this image.
• by programming, OrgSaveImage is used to create the image of the organization chart in an image file. Then, the application can print the image via a report, send it it by email, ...

• zoom by using the "Ctrl + mouse wheel" shortcut.
• move in the organization chart with the mouse.
• use the "range sliders" available on the sides of the control to zoom and move.
• save the organization chart in an image (to print it for example) via the popup menu of the control.