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- Overview
- Creating a control template
- Creating a control template from the window editor
- Creating a control template from the page editor
- Create a control Template control from the report editor
- Creating a control template from existing controls
- Special cases
- Test a page or window control Template control
- Using a control template
- Renaming a control template
A control template is a set of controls that can be re-used in several windows or pages. - WINDEV and WINDEV Mobile allow you to create control templates that can be used in the windows.
- WEBDEV allows you to create control templates that can be used in pages.
A control Template control can be edited and modified, and once modified, these changes can be applied to all windows, pages or reports using this template. The control templates are used to: - group a set of controls for a specific purpose.
- make fields independent of the window, page or report hosting them.
Furthermore, the control templates are saved in a ".WDT" file that can be easily transferred from one project to another. Advantage over supercontrols Changes made to field templates can be automatically applied to all windows (or pages) containing the field template. Advantage over internal windows, pages or reports Control Template controls are directly integrated, visible and editable in the window, page or report. They can be overridden directly in the window, page or report using the control Template control. Creating a control template  New in SaaSCreate a control Template control from the report editor To create a control Template control from the report editor: - From the report editor, create a new control Template control:
- Click
 in the quick access buttons.
- In the window for creating a new element, click on "Status" and then on "Template control".
- A blank fields template is created in the editor.
- Create all the necessary controls. These fields will be present in all reports using the control Template control.
Note: Control Template controls can be nested. A control Template control can use another control Template control. - If necessary:
- Enter the processes associated with the controls. These processes are automatically imported into the report using the control Template control.
- Anchor the controls in the template. These anchors are automatically used in the report using the control Template control.
- Adjust the size of the template to the controls present in the template ("Resize" in the context menu).
- Give your template a name ("General" tab of the description window).
Note: If you use the programming chart, the field template name is prefixed with "MDLC_". - Save your control template (
 ). The control template is available and it can be used in a "Control template" control. The file created is in ".WDT" format.
Creating a control template from existing controls To create a control template from existing controls: - Select the controls that must be included in the control template.
- On the "Modification" tab, in the "Transformations" group, expand "Refactoring and swapping" and select "Create a control template from the selection".
Remarks: - You can also select "Refactoring .. Create a control template from the selection" in the context menu of the selection.
- You have the ability to create a template of a control template, which means a a control template based on another control template.
Special cases - The context menus are available in the control templates:
- If the window includes context menus, the context menus of the control template must have different names.
- The context menus of the control template are added to the context menus of the window.
- If there are two identical control templates with context menus in a window, the override of the context menu of the control template applies to both control templates.
- If several control templates found in a window have the same source, updating a control template triggers the update of all the control templates that use the same source in the window.
Test a page or window control Template control To run the test of a control template: - Open the control template in the editor.
- Click the "Go" button ("Run the window test" or "Run the page test" icon).
To use a control template: - Open the window or the page in which the control template must be included.
- Create a control Template control:
- for a page or window: under the "Creation" pane, in the "Containers" group, click on "Control template".
- Select the template control to be incorporated in the window, page or report.
Please note The field template is associated once and for all with the "Field template" field. To change the association, you must delete the "Control Template" control and recreate it. - Validate and position the field if necessary.
Remarks: - A template created with WINDEV or WINDEV Mobile (for a window) cannot be used in a page or a report.
- A template created under WEBDEV (in a page) cannot be used in a window or report.
Renaming a control template If a control template is renamed, the link with the elements that use this template is lost. This link can be re-established using the template list window: under the "Window" pane, in the "Templates" group, scroll down to "Templates" and select "Template list used".
Related Examples:
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Training (WEBDEV): WW_Auto_Zoom
[ + ] This example offers a control template based on an image that displays an image thumbnail and through a click, enlarges the image without disturbing the page's layout. Limitatiosn: - The images cannot be loaded from a database - The control template cannot be included in a looper
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Training (WEBDEV): WW_RSS_Stream
[ + ] This example explains how to read and display a RSS stream in a WEBDEV page via the RSS type and via the WLanguage functions for handling RSS. A reusable control template is used to display the RSS data.
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