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Miscellaneous Windows functions
List of miscellaneous Windows functions...
Ellipsis (Property)
The Ellipsis property is used to determine and change the truncation mode with ellipses in: a window control (Static, edit control, List box, Button, Combo box or Static table column). a Static control in a report....
Name (Property)
The Name property is used to get: the name of the font associated with a Font variable. the name of a control, report or report block. the name of a control, group of controls or window. the name of a control, group of controls or page....
Drag and Drop from the explorer
The Drag and Drop from the explorer consists in selecting one or more files in the Windows explorer and in transferring them into a control of a WINDEV window......
The Calculated control
The "Calculated" control is used to perform calculations in a report......
The "Commands" pane
The "Commands" pane lists......
InterpretAmpersand (Property)
The InterpretAmpersand property is used to determine and change how the '&' character is interpreted in: the caption of a Static control. the elements of a List Box control. the elements of a Combo Box control. the values of a column in a Table control....
TableColumnSelect (Function)
Returns the column number corresponding to one of the columns selected in the Table control. This function is kept for backward compatibility. It is recommended to use TableSelect.
SpellAvailable (Function)
Indicates whether a dictionary is available for the spelling checker (check performed in the controls that use the integrated correction or check performed by WLanguage functions).
Error 1033: The access directives are not allowed in a structure
Erase patches
To quickly modify the operating mode of an application, you can use application patches......
Using C# code
You can use C# code in WINDEV applications (Windows applications and components, .NET assemblies......
Color (Property)
The Color property is used to get or change the font color for: a Font variable. a text displayed in a Static control or in a calculated control of a report. a text displayed in a window control. a text displayed in a page control....
gLink (Function)
Adds an "invisible" value into an element found in a List Box or Combo Box control. Function kept for compatibility. It is recommended to use gStoredValue....
gLinkActivate (Function)
Allows (or not) retrieving the value defined by gLink in a List Box or a Combo Box control. Function kept for compatibility. It is recommended to use gStoredValueEnable....
Error 2: Incomplete line
Error 1007: The member is global: use the: operator: to access it
xlsVersion (Example)
Usage example of the xlsVersion function
CallWD: Function specific to the external language
Calls a WLanguage function from an external language....
FTPConnect (Function)
Connects the current computer to an FTP server (File Transfer Protocol).
Monitoring robot: General check parameters
The general parameters of the check must be defined when creating or modifying a check......
Handling Spreadsheet controls programmatically (in a report)
Using the query result
The result of a select query can be used in......
Example for creating a select query
This help page explains how to create two select queries......
Burning a CD/DVD
Several WLanguage functions are used to burn the CDs or DVDs......