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Font variable
Alias of a window
Name of a tab pane
Object type
Name of an Connection
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Name (Property)

In french: Nom

Not available with this kind of connection

Name is used to find out

the name of the font associated with a Font variable.
Remark: The font name must correspond to one of the fonts installed on the current computer.
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.
The Property Name allows to know the real name of an Control generated in the page, i.e. the alias of Control. This property can only be used on the following types of controls: edit control, List Box, Combo Box, Check Box, Radio Button and Button.

The Property Name allows you to change the name of the policy associated with an Variable of type Font.

The Property Name also allows you to manage the name of the different HFSQL objects. You can:

Find out the name of a connection.
Find out the name of an object handled by indirection:
- data file defined in the data model editor or by programming,
- view,
- query run beforehand by HExecuteQuery,
- item defined in the data model editor or by programming,
- link defined in the data model editor or by programming.
Define the name of the described element:
- when a file is described by programming,
- when an item is described by programming,
- when a link is described by programming,
- when a full-text index is described by programming.

Used on the MyChildWindow keyword, the Name property allows to retrieve the name of the last closed child window in a mobile application.

Versions 15 and later

This property is now available for Android applications.

New in version 15

This property is now available for Android applications.

Versions 17 and later

This property is now available for iPhone/iPad applications.

New in version 17

This property is now available for iPhone/iPad applications.

Versions 18 and later

This property is now available in Windows Store apps mode.

This property is now available for reports in iPhone/iPad applications.

This property is now available in Android Widget mode.

New in version 18

This property is now available in Windows Store apps mode.

This property is now available for reports in iPhone/iPad applications.

This property is now available in Android Widget mode.

This property is now available in Windows Store apps mode.

This property is now available for reports in iPhone/iPad applications.

This property is now available in Android Widget mode.

Versions 20 and later

This property is now available for Table controls and table columns in Android and iPhone/iPad applications.

New in version 20

This property is now available for Table controls and table columns in Android and iPhone/iPad applications.

Remark: From version 19, HFSQL is the new name of HyperFileSQL.

Versions 21 and later

This property is now available in Apple Watch mode.

This property is now available in Universal Windows 10 App mode.

New in version 21

This property is now available in Apple Watch mode.

This property is now available in Universal Windows 10 App mode.

This property is now available in Apple Watch mode.

This property is now available in Universal Windows 10 App mode.

Example

// Define the characteristics of a Font variable
Font1 is Font
Police1.Nom = "Arial"
Font1.Size = 14
Police1.Angle = 45
// Apply the font to "MyControl"
MyFont Field = Font 1

AnItem1 is Item Description
...
// Declare the item 1
AnItem1.Name = "ITM1"
AnItem1.Type = hItemText
AnItem1.Size = 20
HDescribeItem(AFile, AnItem1)
...
HDescribeFile(AFile)
HCreation(Temp_File)

// Procedure to which a control name is passed as parameter
PROCEDURE MakeVisible(Control)
// Name of current control
IF {Control}..Name = "CustomerName" THEN
{Control}..Visible = True
END

Syntax

Finding out the name of specified element Hide the details

<Result> = <Element used>.Name

<Result>: Character string

Name of specified element.

<Element used>: Character string (with or without quotes)

Name of element to use.

Modifying the name of specified element Hide the details

<Element used>: Character string (with or without quotes)

Name of dynamic object used:
file defined by programming via the File description type,
item defined by programming via the Item description type,
link defined by programming via the Link description type.
full-text index defined by programming via the FullTextIndex description type.
or
Name of the Font variable to use.

<New name>: Character string

New name for the specified element

Remarks

Font variable

A font can be created from a Font variable.

To define the font characteristics, use:

FontCreate;
Alphabet, Angle, Barred, Condensed, Color, Extended, Bold, Italics, Large, Underlined and Size.

This font can be used:

To write text in drawings (dFont).
To write in charts (grLabelFont , grLegendFont , grTitleFont and grAxisTitleFont).
To print (iFont).
In the fields of a window (Property Font of the fields of a window).
In the fields of an report (Property Font of the fields of an report).

Alias of a window

The same window (child or sibling window) can be opened several times. To differentiate and identify the opened windows, an alias is assigned to each window.

To define an alias, use OpenSister or OpenChild. This alias is used to identify windows with functions that take a window name as a parameter (CurrentTitle, NextTitle, ReturnToCapture, etc.) or to handle a control in a given window.

To know the alias of a window, use the CurrentWin, PreviousWin or Property Alias functions.

If no alias is specified when the window is opened, an alias is automatically assigned to the window by WINDEV.

Name of a tab pane

The Property Name returns the name of the tab pane. For example: Tab[ 2] for the second tab panel.

Object type

The Property Name returns a string Void ("") for:

the rows found in the Table, List Box, ListView or Combo Box controls,
the cells in Table controls.

Name of an Connection

A connection can be created by a Connection variable. The name of the connection corresponds to the name of the variable.

If a connection with the same name already exists (in the analysis or described beforehand), the name of the connection is defined by the HFSQL engine that adds a suffix (a number) to the name of the variable.

In this case, the Name property allows to know the name of the Connection defined by the HFSQL engine.

Versions 18 and later

Finding out the name of the last child window that was closed
In the mobile applications, the windows are opened by OpenMobileWindow (or OpenChild) instead of Open up.

You can find out the name of the last child window that was closed in the "Closing of a child window" event of the window that opened the child window (the one that called OpenMobileWindow or OpenChild).

Just use the Property Name on the keyword MyChildWindow:

// Close a child window
NameChildWindow = MyChildWindow.Name

Remark: ReturnedValue is used to find out the value returned by the child window when it is closed.