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Programming Looper control attributes (prefix syntax)
All the looper attributes can be handled by programming......
HFileExist (Function)
Determines: whether a file exists, which means whether it was physically created (HCreation or HCreationIfNotFound). whether a view or a query was defined....
Programming Looper controls based on a data file (prefix syntax)
These are the main concepts for programming Looper controls based on a data file......
SCM: Management of branches
The management of branches is used to manage several versions of the same application in parallel......
HExtractMemo (Function)
Extracts the content of a binary memo item from an HFSQL file, a query or an HFSQL view to a physical file (on disk).
HExportJSON (Function)
Exports the records found in a data file (HFSQL or OLE DB), view or query to a JSON file.
Duration (Type of variable)
The Duration type enables you to easily handle the intervals of dates and times...
HLogRecreate (Function)
Used to re-create an empty log.
HLogRestart (Function)
Restarts the logging process on a file.
HLogStop (Function)
Stops the log process of a file.
Programming the looper attributes
All the looper attributes can be handled by programming......
HStatNbDuplicates (Function)
Returns the number of duplicates for a given key item.
HStatNbRec (Function)
Returns the number of entries for a given key item.
HAlias (Function)
Creates a logical alias of a data file (or query) or cancels all existing aliases.
HLockFile (Function)
Locks a data file and restricts the access to this data file for all other sites or applications.
HChangeLogDir (Function)
Modifies the location of log files corresponding to an HFSQL data file.
HDescribeTrigger (Function)
Adds or modifies a trigger on an HFSQL data file.
HDeleteTrigger (Function)
Deletes a trigger.
HStatNbRecRange (Function)
Returns an estimate regarding the number of entries for a given key item in a given interval of values.
HModifyStructure (Function)
Used to update the structure of an HFSQL data file by performing an automatic data modification (also called data synchronization).
Programming the browsing Looper controls
These are the main concepts for programming Looper controls based on a data file......
HGetCurrentPosition (Function)
Returns the approximate position of current record in the data file.
HSetPosition (Function)
Sets the position on a record, based on the approximate position of one of its items.
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....
Date (Type of variable)
The Date type enables you to easily handle the dates...