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Looper control based on a data file
This type of Looper control uses data from a data file or query...
<Looper>.Collapse (Function)
Collapses a break that was expanded beforehand in a Looper control.
Display different content on each row
In a Looper control, a different content can be assigned to the Table, Chart, List Box and TreeView controls...
<Looper>.RefreshVisible (Function)
Changes or returns the visibility status of the refresh bar in a Looper control.
LooperExpand (Function)
Expands a break in the Looper control on a given row.
<Looper>.AddIWBeginning (Function)
Adds a row consisting of an internal window at the beginning of an Infinite Looper control. The row is inserted before the first row in the Looper control. The scrollbar of the Looper control remains at the same position.
The Looper control
A Looper control is used to repeat the controls found in a specific area...
Infinite Table and Looper controls
There are two methods to populate Table and Looper controls programmatically...
<Looper>.ExpandAll (Function)
Expands all breaks in a Looper control with break.
LooperCollapse (Function)
Collapses a break that was expanded beforehand in a Looper control.
<Looper>.CollapseExpand (Function)
On a given row of a Looper control:
  • collapses a break (if it is expanded),
  • expands a break (if it is collapsed).
LooperRefreshVisible (Function)
Changes or returns the visibility status of the refresh bar in a Looper control.
<Looper>.AddInProgress (Function)
Gets or sets the display mode of the internal loading window used when additional elements are loaded in an Infinite Looper control.
AAF: Increase the height of the lines in the Table or RepeatString fields
In Table, TreeView Table and Looper controls, the user can resize the height of rows, in read-only or in edit...
Linear Looper control properties
'Image gallery' Looper control
The "Image gallery" Looper control is used to manage the display of a set of images without programming...
LooperExpandAll (Function)
Expands all breaks in a Looper control with break.
LooperAddIWBeginning (Function)
Adds a row consisting of an internal window at the beginning of an Infinite Looper control. The row is inserted before the first row in the Looper control. The scrollbar of the Looper control remains at the same position.
Looper control populated programmatically
A Looper control populated programmatically is directly linked to lists stored in memory...
LooperCollapseAll (Function)
Collapses all expanded breaks in a Looper control.
<Looper>.CollapseAll (Function)
Collapses all expanded breaks in a Looper control.
LooperCollapseExpand (Function)
On a given row of a Looper control:
  • collapses a break (if it is expanded),
  • expands a break (if it is collapsed).
<Looper>.Expand (Function)
Expands a break in the Looper control on a given row.
FOR EACH/FOR ALL statement (loop through controls)
The statement FOR EACH is used to perform different types of browse on the controls (List Box, Table or Looper controls)...
Report based on a Looper control
A report based on a Looper control is used to directly print the information displayed in the control...
RequestRefreshUI
Requests the execution of the "Request for refreshing the display" event (and gives back control without waiting for the execution of the event).
AppControl (Function)
Enables (or disables) the remote control for the current multi-user WINDEV application. This is an advanced function.
FutureHeight (Property)
The FutureHeight property is used to determine how high an auto-resizing control in a report will be after being enlarged.
DataBinding (Property)
The DataBinding property is used to identify and change the binding between a control and: an item in a data file. a variable. several variables....
FontStrikeOut (Property)
The FontStrikeOut property is used to: Determine if the text displayed is struck through. Apply strikethrough formatting (or not) the text displayed in a control....
Editing the WEBDEV style sheet
WEBDEV allows you to manage all the WEBDEV styles used in a project......
InputType (Property)
The InputType property is used to identify or change the type of input supported by a control: Duration, Date, Numeric, etc.
dPixelColor (Function)
Identifies the color of a pixel: in an Image control. in an Image variable. in a picLayer variable. in a WDPic variable]....
dCircle (Function)
Draws a circle or an ellipse: in an Image control, in an Image variable, in a WDPic variable (on the background layer), in a picLayer variable....
The Splitter control
The Splitter control is used to divide a window into several distinct areas......
AutoCorrect (Property)
The AutoCorrect property allows you to define a set of automatic corrections to be applied in a Word Processing control as the user types.
GenerateGeometricImage (Function)
Randomly generates an image with geometric shapes. This image can be used to temporarily fill an Image control, for example.
MinZoom (Property)
The MinZoom property is used to get the minimum zoom value that can be used for the Camera control (for the camera in use).
MaxZoom (Property)
The MaxZoom property is used to get the maximum zoom value that can be used for the Camera control (for the camera in use).
SetFocusAndReturnToUserInput (Function)
Stops the current process, sets the focus to the specified control, window or page, and allows the user to enter data.
diagLibrary (Type of variable)
The diagLibrary type is used to define all the advanced characteristics of a library of preset shapes used by a Diagram Editor control.
diagActionAllowed (Type of variable)
The diagActionAuthorized type is used to define the actions available to end users on a diagram shape in the Diagram Editor control.
<Window>.EdSelectPlus (Function)
Selects a control when the interface is modified by the end user ("Allow end users to modify the UI" option enabled).
<Window>.EdSelectMinus (Function)
Deselects a control when the interface is modified by the end user ("Allow end users to modify the UI" option enabled).
ActionCible (Property)
The Property TargetAction allows you to define the action performed when clicking on the target control (s) of the step of a guided tour.
Control constants
List of constants used by the functions for managing controls...
FileToMemoryTable (Function)
Populates a Table control programmatically with the records from a data file, HFSQL view or query (query created in the query editor or with HExecuteSQLQuery).
Testing and debugging a remote site
WEBDEV offers several methods to test and debug a site on the development computer (see The different types of WEBDEV sites)......
Native Oracle Connector: Running the same query several times
In some cases, it may be useful to run the same query multiple times while modifying one or more parameters......
Native Oracle Connector: Retrieving the output value of a stored procedure
The Native Oracle Connector is used to: specify the input values during the call to a stored procedure. retrieve the output values after a call to a stored procedure....