Handling a control by programming in a report

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Overview

Initializing or modifying the value of a control

Retrieving the value of a control

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Report controls

Handling a control by programming in a report

Overview

All report controls can be handled by programming. To do so, use the control variable in the code. The variable of the control corresponds to the name of the control. You can:

assign a value to a report control (or modify its value)
retrieve the value of a report control (rarer event as the value cannot be modified by the user)

Note: See Handle an element in a WLanguage process for more details.

Versions 18 and later

This feature is now available for the iPhone/iPad applications.

New in version 18

This feature is now available for the iPhone/iPad applications.

Initializing or modifying the value of a control

General case

To initialize a value, all you have to do is allocate the control variable.

For example, for a calculated control:

// Calculate the price IOT of the current product
CALC_MyCalculatedControl = Product.Price * 1.196

Remark on calculated controls: If the control is automatically filled by the report (calculation from a control or item found in the report), no value should be assigned by programming to the "Calculated" control.

Special case: Check Box control

To initialize a check box, all you have to do is assign the variable of the "Check Box" control. By default, no option is checked when a check box is displayed.

To check an option in a check box, use the following syntax:

<Name of Check Box> = 1
<Name of Check Box> = True

To uncheck an option in a check box, use the following syntax:

<Name of Check Box> = 0
<Name of Check Box> = False

For example:

// Assign the value of a check box
CBOX_MyCheckBox = True

Special case: Image control

To display an image file in an "Image" control, a simple assignment is sufficient.

For example:

direct assignment:

IMG_MyImage = "C:\Temp\MyImage.BMP"
assignment by variable:

ImagePath = fCurrentDir() + "\MyImage.BMP"
IMG_MyImage = ImagePath

Retrieving the value of a control

To retrieve the content of a control:

perform a simple assignment. For example:

CurrentContentCalculatedControl = CALC_MyCalculatedControl
handle the control directly. For example:

IF CALC_MyCalculatedControl>10 THEN...
use ..Value.

Special case: Static control

To retrieve the content of a "Static" control:

perform a simple assignment. For example:
handle the "Static" control directly. For example:
use ..Value or ..Caption.

Special case: Preset control

The total number of pages found in a report cannot be retrieved. This number is known when printing the last page of the report.

Special case: Check Box control

To find out the value of a "Check Box" control, use the following syntax:

<Control_Value> = <Name of Check Box>

In this case, <Control_Value> is a boolean that is set to:

True (or 1) if the box is checked
False (or 0) if the box is not checked.

You can for example:

run a test on the value of a "Check Box" control. For example:

IF CBOX_MyCheckBox = True THEN
// MyControl becomes visible
MyControl..Visible = True
END
handle the "Check Box" control directly. For example:

Info(CBOX_MyCheckBox)