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<Internal window>.ChangeSourceWindow (Function)
Dynamically changes the window displayed in an Internal Window control.
Case of internal window dequeues Modifies the currently displayed window. This modification is saved in the list of internal windows to scroll.
Internal window functions
The following functions are used to manage "Internal windows" controls...
The Internal Window control
The "Internal Window" control is used to include a window (and its code) in a control of another window...
WLanguage properties of Internal Window controls
List of WLanguage properties of Internal Window controls
WinUsefulSize (Function)
Specifies the useful size of an internal window with automatic scrollbars. The useful size corresponds to the full size of the internal window:
  • Width of the internal window.
  • Height of the internal window.
Events associated with internal windows
List of events associated with internal windows
ChangeSourceWindow (Function)
Dynamically changes the window displayed in an Internal Window control.
Case of internal window dequeues Modifies the currently displayed window. This modification is saved in the list of internal windows to scroll.
MyInternalWindow (Reserved word)
MyInternalWindow is used to handle the current internal window.
Reset (Function)
Reinitializes:
  • all the controls found in the current window or page (including the groups of controls, the supercontrols and the internal windows).
  • the controls found in a group of controls, a supercontrol, an internal window or an internal page.
Changing the window content with a swipe gesture
The mobile devices propose several features available via finger movements...
ToastDisplayIW (Function)
Opens a toast whose content is based on an internal window.
Display modes, transparency and symmetry of an image
An image can be displayed in a window, a window control, a report control, a page control or a block according to several display modes....
Reintegrating text into a project
All the text form the translation file can be reintegrated into a project......
Installing OpenOffice
WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile propose a spelling checker......
WEBDEV layouts
A layout allows you to define several views of a page without duplicating it......
7. Multilingual applications in practice
YInitial (Property)
The YInitial property is used to: Find out the Y-coordinate: of a control (position on Y-axis) when opening the window or the page. of a window (position on Y-axis) when opening the window. Modify the Y-coordinate of a control anchored "to bottom" (position on the vertical axis) when opening the window. Find out the Y-coordinate of a control in relation to its block (position in millimeters on the vertical axis) when opening the report....
Page in Session mode: Populating controls after a long process
In a web application, you may need to run long processes (for example, to update counters......
Report controls
Several types of controls can be handled in a report created by the report editor......
Handling a status bar in the window editor
This help page presents the different operations that can be performed in a status bar......
WinScreenRectangle (Function)
Returns the coordinates of the screen that contains a window.
Icon (Property)
The Icon property is used to: Find out the icon displayed in the title bar of a window or a Dockable Panel control. Change the icon displayed in the title bar of a window or a Dockable Panel control....
<Window>.ToSource (Function)
Automatically updates: the values of a data file's items in memory with the values from the controls in the window. the value of the WLanguage variables with the value of the window controls. This function is also available for WEBDEV pages....
Title (Property)
The Title property is used to: Get the title of a Table control column, a Chart control, a window or a page Change the title of a Table control column, a Chart control, a window or a page....
ScreenToFile (Function)
Automatically updates: the values of a data file's items in memory with the values from the controls in the window. the value of the WLanguage variables with the value of the window controls. This function is also available for WEBDEV pages....
<Source>.FromWindow (Function)
Automatically initializes: the values of a data file's items in memory with the values from the controls in the window. the value of the WLanguage variables with the value of the window controls. This function is also available for WEBDEV pages....
SourceFromWindow (Function)
Automatically updates: the values of a data file's items in memory with the values from the controls in the window. the value of the WLanguage variables with the value of the window controls. This function is also available for WEBDEV pages....
Ad Hoc deployment
ScreenToSource (Function)
Automatically initializes: the values of a data file's items in memory with the values from the controls in the window. the value of the WLanguage variables with the value of the window controls. This function is also available for WEBDEV pages....
MenuInsertMenu (Function)
Inserts a menu before another menu in a window.
HandleParentNext (Function)
Forces the parent of the next window to open.
BTOpenDeviceProperties (Function)
Opens the window of properties for a Bluetooth device.
SpeechRecognitionAddCommand (Function)
Adds a voice command into the current window.
OpenMainMenu (Function)
Opens the main menu of the current window.
gpwEnumControl (Function)
Enumerates the controls found in a window or page.
WinAdaptHeight (Function)
Adapts the window height to the content of controls.