InitialHeight (Property)

Find out the creation height of a control or window.
The creation height corresponds to the height defined in the window editor during the description of the object. This height can evolve and it can be modified. It is returned by Height.
Modify the base height used to anchor the controls "in height".
When a control is anchored, the base height used to calculate how the control is resized according to the window is the height of the control defined during its creation (returned by InitialHeight).
To modify the height of a control anchored in height, its initial height must also be modified.
Find out the creation height of a control or block in a report.
The creation height corresponds to the height defined in the report editor during the description of the object. This height can evolve and it can be modified. This new height is returned by Height.

Versions 15 and later

This property is now available for Android applications.

New in version 15

This property is now available for Android applications.

Versions 17 and later

This property is now available for iPhone/iPad applications.

New in version 17

This property is now available for iPhone/iPad applications.

Versions 18 and later

This property is now available in Windows Store apps mode.

This property is now available for reports in iPhone/iPad applications.

New in version 18

This property is now available in Windows Store apps mode.

This property is now available for reports in iPhone/iPad applications.

This property is now available in Windows Store apps mode.

This property is now available for reports in iPhone/iPad applications.

Versions 20 and later

This property is now available for Table controls in Android and iPhone/iPad applications.

New in version 20

This property is now available for Table controls in Android and iPhone/iPad applications.

Versions 21 and later

This property is now available in Universal Windows 10 App mode.

New in version 21

This property is now available in Universal Windows 10 App mode.

Example

// Increases the height of "STC_Title" by 30 millimeters
LIB_Title.Height = LIB_Title.HeightInitial + 30

// Restores the initial height of the control
SAI_Saisie1.Height = SAI_Saisie1.HeightInitial
// Enlarges TABLE_Table1 that is anchored in height by 30 pixels
TABLE_Table1.height += 30
TABLE_Table1.HeightInitial += 30

Syntax

Finding out the creation height Hide the details

<Creation height> = <Element used>.InitialHeight

<Creation height>: Integer

Initial height of the specified object (including the border). This height is expressed in pixels in a window and/or in a page, and in millimeters in a report.

<Element used>: Name of control, window or block

Name of the element (control, window or report block) whose initial height must be calculated.

Modifying the initial height of a control anchored in height Hide the details

<Control used>.InitialHeight = <New height>

<Control used>: Control name

Name of the anchored control whose initial height must be modified.

<New height>: Integer

New initial height of the anchored control (including the border) expressed in pixels.